{"product_id":"sabbatai-7778-evi-the-mystical-messiah-1626-1676","title":"Sabbatai \u0026#7778;evi: The Mystical Messiah, 1626-1676","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460730589458,"sku":"9780691172095","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_70826e0b-8233-4377-8910-76932e5df00a.jpg?v=1730046648","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sabbatai-7778-evi-the-mystical-messiah-1626-1676","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}