Friday, August 22, 2008

Shabbati Zevi affair

The second event happens in 1666. Rabbi Sabetay Sevi declares himself messiah and causes turmoil. The sultan calls him to the palace, his head is in danger. Doctor Abravanel (Hayati Zade) asks for his pardon. Sabetay Sevi changes his name to Mehmet Efendi, he is now a Moslem. From Warsaw to Cairo thousands follow his example.



Sabbatai Sevi By Gershom Gerhard Scholem
Sabbatai Sevi: The Mystical Messiah, 1626-1676
By Gershom Gerhard Scholem
Published by Princeton University Press, 1973

pp 674-675

Take details from lehmann artical

Rifaat about young Turks and Rothschild and Mustafa kamal

Mustafa Fauzi Hayati Zed an opostate jew with jewish name describe in Moses B Raphel abrabenal

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