Shabbetai Tzvi movement

E108207

17th-century movement Jewish messianic movement religious movement

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.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Sabbateanism	3
Shabbetai Tzvi movement canonical	2
Frankism	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	17th-century movement ⓘ Jewish messianic movement ⓘ religious movement ⓘ
associatedWithCity	Amsterdam ⓘ Constantinople (probable) ⓘ surface form: Constantinople Gaza City ⓘ surface form: Gaza Hamburg ⓘ Jerusalem ⓘ Livorno ⓘ Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ surface form: 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	Safed Kabbalah ⓘ surface form: Lurianic Kabbalah
influencedCommunity	Ashkenazi Jews ⓘ Mizrahi Jews ⓘ Sephardi Jews ⓘ
opposedBy	many contemporary rabbis ⓘ
peakActivityTime	1665 ⓘ 1666 ⓘ
religiousTradition	Judaism ⓘ
startTime	circa 1665 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Isaac Luria → influenced → Shabbetai Tzvi movement ⓘ

the Ari → influenced → Shabbetai Tzvi movement ⓘ

subject surface form: Isaac Luria

Rabbi Yaakov Emden → opposedMovement → Shabbetai Tzvi movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sabbateanism

Rabbi Yaakov Emden → opposedMovement → Shabbetai Tzvi movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frankism

Rabbi Yonatan Eybeschutz → allegedAffiliation → Shabbetai Tzvi movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sabbateanism

Rabbi Yonatan Eybeschutz → deniedAffiliation → Shabbetai Tzvi movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sabbateanism