{"product_id":"sabbatai-7778-evi-the-mystical-messiah-1626-1676-9780691172095","title":"Sabbatai \u0026#7778;evi: The Mystical Messiah, 1626-1676","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Gershom Scholem\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Judaism - Kabbalah \u0026amp; Mysticism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGershom Scholem stands out among modern thinkers for the richness and power of his historical imagination. A work widely esteemed as his magnum opus, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSabbatai ?evi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e offers a vividly detailed account of the only messianic movement ever to engulf the entire Jewish world. Sabbatai ?evi 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 ?evi was forced to convert to Islam, but a clandestine sect survived. A monumental and revisionary work of Jewish historiography, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSabbatai ?evi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e details ?evi'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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45268587937943,"sku":"9780691172095","price":2864.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780691172095.webp?v=1767148879","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/sabbatai-7778-evi-the-mystical-messiah-1626-1676-9780691172095","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}