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Sabbatianism
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Article from the Jewish Virtual Library on the medieval leader who claimed to be the Jewish messiah. Includes images of Sabbatean artifacts.
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/loc/False.html
Article discusses Kook's views on Sabbatai Zvi and the movement he founded.
http://www.orot.com/rksabbbath.html
Biography of Zevi by a New Age Sabbatean.
http://www.donmeh-west.com/sabbatai.shtml
Doctirines and history of the movement founded by Sabbatai Zvi.
http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/judaism/shabb.html
Short article in PDF format.
http://www.routledge.com/textboo.../0415236614/companion/pdf/38.pdf
Muslim perspective on Zevi.
http://www.jews-for-allah.org/Je...bbiMessiahMuslimSabbataiZevi.htm
Online encyclopedia article.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabbatai_Zevi
Article from the Jewish Encyclopedia on the pseudo-messiah and kabbalist who founded the Shabbethaian sect.
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=531&letter=S
Article by Professor Avraham Elqayam of Bar Ilan University, Israel on the influence of Sufism on Zevi.
http://www.kheper.net/topics/Isl...ic_esotericism/Sabbatai/Zevi.htm
Article from the Jewish Virtual Library on the medieval leader who claimed to be the Jewish messiah. Includes images of Sabbatean artifacts.
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/loc/False.html
The history of a famed Rabbi who left the folds of faith
http://www.jewishmag.com/14MAG/ZVI/zvi.htm
Entry from the Glossary of Religion and Philosophy.
http://atheism.about.com/library...y/judaism/bldef_sabbatianism.htm
Doctoral thesis by Abraham Elqayam.
http://www.chez.com/jec2/abstheslqayam1.htm
Shabbati Zvi and the messianic movement, a historical story
http://www.jewishmag.com/17MAG/ZVI/zvi.htm
Information on Zevi and his followers.
http://camel2.conncoll.edu/acade...relstudies/290/judaism/zevi.html
Powerpoint presentation by L. E. Levine.
http://attila.stevens-tech.edu/~...vine/Facforum/shabatsai_tzvi.ppt
Islamic view on the "crypto-Jewish" Donmeh community in Turkey which formally converted to Islam with Sabbatai Zvi in the seventeenth century.
http://www.islamicparty.com/commonsense/14donmeh.htm
Online encyclopedia article on the group who followed Sabbatai Zvi.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donmeh
Critical biography and analysis.
http://www.jewishgates.com/file.asp?File_ID=373
Article on the eighteenth century messianic leader who took over a remnant of Sabbatai Zevi's followers in Europe.
http://www.kheper.net/topics/Kabbalah/Jacob_Frank.htm
Extensive article on the messianic figure with reference to Karen Armstrong's book "A History of God" and Gershom G. Scholem's text "Sabbati Sevi".
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~slocks/asym/zevi.html
Online encyclopedia article on the eighteenth century messianic leader.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Frank
Criticism of Sabbatianism.
http://www.dccsa.com/greatjoy/synagogu.htm
Reproduces and interprets the Hebrew-Zoharic letter written by three disciples of Jacob Frank in 1880 and addressed to the Jews of Hungary.
http://www.donmeh-west.com/frankintro.shtml