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. [1][2]

A messianic movement, established around Shabetai Tsevi (1626–1676), Sabbatianism (often Sabbateanism) erupted in the Ottoman Empire in the second half of the seventeenth century and spread widely among Jews in Europe, North Africa, and Asia.

Uniquely in the history of rabbinic Judaism, Sabbateanism displayed a particular interest in women and was especially attractive to them. Due to Z evi’s female-liberationist, egalitarian vision, many women became saintly visionary mystics and celebrated spiritual masters.

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. Active throughout the Ottoman Empire, Zevi claimed to be the long-awaited Jewish Messiah and founded the Sabbatean movement. [4] .

Christian denominations teaching first-day Sabbatarianism, such as the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster, observe the Lord's Day as a day of worship and rest. Sabbatarianism advocates the observation of the Sabbath in Christianity, in keeping with the Ten Commandments. [1]

Key writings on Sabbatianism and its legacy and afterlife in Jewish culture, memory, and religion. The pronouncements of Sabbatai Tsevi (1626–76) gave rise to Sabbatianism, a key messianic movement in Judaism that spread across Jewish communities in Europe, Asia and North Africa.

Sabbatai Zevi’s followers, both during his “Messiahship” and after his forced conversion to Islam, are known as Sabbateans. Part of the Sabbateans lived on until well into 21st-century Turkey as descendants of the Dönmeh. Main article: History of the Jews in the Ottoman Empire.

Feb 15, 2023 · Shabbateanism (Shabta’ut) was a Jewish messianic movement whose widespread influence and profound impact in the 17 th and 18 th centuries remain difficult to comprehend even today. What made so...

These long-hidden texts reveal new facets of the Sabbatian movement and its history, as well as of Gershom Scholem as a historian, and serve as prologue to any further study of this most stormy and complicated episode in Jewish history.

The pronouncements of Sabbatai Tsevi (1626-76) gave rise to Sabbatianism, a key messianic movement in Judaism that spread across Jewish communities in Europe, ...