The topic of Conversos (Spanish and Portuguese Jewish converts to Christianity) and the attraction to the enigmatic figure of Sabbatai … More
Tag: Sabbatai Zevi
Conversos and the Sabbatean Movement: The Unlikely Supporters of Sabbatai Zevi
The Kindle version is on sale at Amazon today for only .99 cents! In 1665-1666 the messianic movement of Sabbatai … More
Conversos and the Sabbatean Movement: The Unlikely Supporters of Sabbatai Zevi
In 1665-1666 the messianic movement of Sabbatai Zevi (also written as Shabbetai Zevi, Shabbetai Tzvi, Shabtai Sevi, etc.) spread like … More
Sabbateanism and the Converso Experience
By David Gonzalez Guajardo In the events leading up to the outbreak of Sabbateanism, conversos came to the forefront … More
The Other Secret Jews: Turkey’s Dönme Elite
Adam Hirsch of the New Republic recently published an article on the Donme. The Donme were Jews who accepted the … More
Crypto-Jewish Sabbateans: The Donmeh
The story of Crypto-Judaism usually revolves around Spanish and Portuguese Jews who converted to Catholicisim between the 14th and 16th … More
Converso Involvement in the Sabbatai Zevi Movement
By Rabbi Juan Bejarano-Gutierrez The rise of Sabbatai Zevi and his messianic movement greatly impacted communities comprised of former Conversos. … More
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