{"product_id":"sabbatai-7778-evi-the-mystical-messiah-1626-1676-paperback","title":"Sabbatai \u0026#7778;evi: The Mystical Messiah, 1626-1676 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGershom Gerhard Scholem\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eYaacob Dweck\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eR. J. Zwi Werblowsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGershom Scholem stands out among modern thinkers for the richness and power of his historical imagination. A work widely esteemed as his magnum opus, \u003ci\u003eSabbatai Ṣevi\u003c\/i\u003e offers a vividly detailed account of the only messianic movement ever to engulf the entire Jewish world. Sabbatai Ṣevi was an obscure kabbalist rabbi of seventeenth-century Turkey who aroused a fervent following that spread over the Jewish world after he declared himself to be the Messiah. The movement suffered a severe blow when Ṣevi was forced to convert to Islam, but a clandestine sect survived. A monumental and revisionary work of Jewish historiography, \u003ci\u003eSabbatai Ṣevi\u003c\/i\u003e details Ṣevi's rise to prominence and stands out for its combination of philological and empirical authority and passion. This edition contains a new introduction by Yaacob Dweck that explains the scholarly importance of Scholem's work to a new generation of readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGershom Scholem \u003c\/b\u003e(1897-1982) was one of the most important Jewish intellectuals of the twentieth century and the father of the academic study of Jewish mysticism. He was a professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. \u003cb\u003eYaacob Dweck\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of history and Judaic studies at Princeton University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Scandal of Kabbalah\u003c\/i\u003e (Princeton).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1096\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.3 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 04, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757000196384,"sku":"9780691172095","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b3f5b679b754c44cacc1fdc1385ae855.webp?v=1780091340","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/sabbatai-7778-evi-the-mystical-messiah-1626-1676-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}