Shabbetai Tzvi movement

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The Shabbetai Tzvi movement was a 17th-century Jewish messianic movement centered on the self-proclaimed messiah Shabbetai Tzvi, whose widespread following and dramatic apostasy profoundly shook the Jewish world.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Sabbatean movement 4
Sabbateanism 4
Shabbetai Tzvi movement canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 17th-century movement ⓘ
Jewish messianic movement ⓘ
religious movement ⓘ
associatedWithCity Amsterdam ⓘ
Constantinople ⓘ
Gaza ⓘ
linked to: Gaza City

Hamburg ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
Livorno ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth communities ⓘ
Salonika ⓘ
Smyrna ⓘ
Venice ⓘ
characterizedBy dramatic collapse after leader’s apostasy ⓘ
intense messianic expectation ⓘ
mass enthusiasm ⓘ
widespread popular support ⓘ
documentedIn Gershom Scholem’s studies of Sabbateanism ⓘ
endTime late 17th century ⓘ
followedBy Donmeh ⓘ
later Sabbatean groups ⓘ
geographicScope Europe ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
hasAftermath Donmeh communities in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
increased suspicion of Kabbalah in some Jewish circles ⓘ
influence on later discussions of Jewish modernity ⓘ
influence on later movements such as Frankism ⓘ
rabbinic backlash against messianic speculation ⓘ
rise of crypto-Sabbateanism ⓘ
strengthening of rabbinic authority ⓘ
trauma and disappointment in Jewish communities ⓘ
hasBelief Shabbetai Tzvi is the Jewish messiah ⓘ
hasCentralFigure Shabbetai Tzvi ⓘ
hasDoctrine antinomian tendencies in some circles ⓘ
imminent redemption of the Jewish people ⓘ
mystical reinterpretation of commandments ⓘ
hasKeyEvent Shabbetai Tzvi’s forced conversion to Islam in 1666 ⓘ
Shabbetai Tzvi’s journey to Constantinople in 1666 ⓘ
prophetic activities of Nathan of Gaza ⓘ
public proclamation of Shabbetai Tzvi as messiah in 1665 ⓘ
subsequent disillusionment in many Jewish communities ⓘ
hasLeader Shabbetai Tzvi ⓘ
hasPropagandist Nathan of Gaza ⓘ
hasTheologicalInfluence Lurianic Kabbalah ⓘ
linked to: Safed Kabbalah
influencedCommunity Ashkenazi Jews ⓘ
Mizrahi Jews ⓘ
Sephardi Jews ⓘ
opposedBy many contemporary rabbis ⓘ
peakActivityTime 1665 ⓘ
1666 ⓘ
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
startTime circa 1665 ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Isaac Luria → influenced → Shabbetai Tzvi movement ⓘ
Isaac Luria → influenced → Shabbetai Tzvi movement ⓘ
subject linked to: the Ari
Rabbi Yaakov Emden → opposedMovement → Sabbateanism ⓘ
linked to: Shabbetai Tzvi movement
Rabbi Yaakov Emden → opposedMovement → Frankism ⓘ
linked to: Shabbetai Tzvi movement
Rabbi Yonatan Eybeschutz → allegedAffiliation → Sabbateanism ⓘ
linked to: Shabbetai Tzvi movement
Rabbi Yonatan Eybeschutz → deniedAffiliation → Sabbateanism ⓘ
linked to: Shabbetai Tzvi movement
Shabbetai Tzvi → movement → Sabbatean movement ⓘ
linked to: Shabbetai Tzvi movement
Shabbetai Tzvi → movement → Sabbateanism ⓘ
linked to: Shabbetai Tzvi movement
Nathan of Gaza → movement → Sabbatean movement ⓘ
linked to: Shabbetai Tzvi movement
Nathan of Gaza → partOf → Sabbatean movement ⓘ
linked to: Shabbetai Tzvi movement
Donmeh → innerReligiousIdentity → Sabbatean Judaism ⓘ
linked to: Shabbetai Tzvi movement
Donmeh → associatedWith → Sabbatean movement ⓘ
linked to: Shabbetai Tzvi movement