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The Sabbateans (or Sabbatians) were a variety of Jewish followers, disciples, and believers in Sabbatai Zevi (1626–1676), [1] [2] [3] an Ottoman Jewish rabbi and Kabbalist who was proclaimed to be the Jewish Messiah in 1666 by Nathan of Gaza.
Illustration of Sabbatai Zevi from 1906 (Joods Historisch Museum). The Dönme (Hebrew: דוֹנְמֶה, romanized: Dōnme, Ottoman Turkish: دونمه, Turkish: Dönme) were a group of Sabbatean crypto-Jews in the Ottoman Empire who were forced to convert to Islam, but retained their Jewish faith and Kabbalistic beliefs in secret.
Jacob Frank, 1895 depiction. Frankism is a Sabbatean religious movement of the 18th and 19th centuries, [1] created in Podolia, named after its founder, Jacob Frank.Frank completely rejected Jewish norms, preaching to his followers that they were obligated to transgress moral boundaries.
Sabbatai Zevi [a] (August 1, 1626 – c. September 17, 1676) [1] was an Ottoman Jewish mystic, and ordained rabbi from Smyrna (now İzmir, Turkey). [2] [3] His family origins may have been Ashkenazi or Sephardi.
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Samuel Primo (c. 1635 in Jerusalem – 1708 in Adrianople), was a prominent Sabbatean sectarian of the 17th century. [1]Primo was one of the earliest followers of Sabbatai Zevi, the self-proclaimed Jewish messiah.
Moses Pinheiro (d. 1689) [1] was an Italian Jew who lived in Livorno in the seventeenth century. He was one of the most influential pupils and followers of Sabbatai Zevi.. He was held in high esteem on account of his religious and kabbalistic knowledge; and, as the maternal grandfather of Joseph Ergas, the well-known anti-Sabbatean, he had great influence over the Jews of Leghorn, urging them ...
He studied under Joseph Trani of Constantinople (died 1644), and under Mordecai, a German kabbalist.From the latter, he probably derived the touch of mysticism, which, combined with cunning and great intelligence, made him the most suitable representative of Sabbatai Zevi.