Just a very naughty boy: Sabbatai Zevi and C17th Jewish messianism

 

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Dor Saar, a historian of Judaism at Tel Aviv University, discusses with host Gilad Halpern the curious case of a 17th-century Jewish theologian and mysticist called Abraham Miguel Cardoso, one of the principal backers of Sabbatai Zevi, the most well-known false messiah in the history of Judaism.

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