Bits of Torah Truths, Volume 2, Studying with the rabbis
by Duane D Miller
Sabbatai Zevi (The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization)
by Gershom Gerhard Scholem
Sabbatai Zevi (1626-76) stirred up the Jewish world of the mid-seventeenth century by claiming to be the messiah, then stunned it by suddenly converting to Islam. His story, and that of the movement he created, is a landmark event in early modern Jewish history and a dramatic example of what can happen when mystic dreams and messianic hopes combine in an explosive mixture. Now, for the first time, English readers can experience these events through the words of those who lived through them, in l...
