The burden of silence : Sabbatai Sevi and the evolution of the Ottoman-Turkish dönmes /
This is the first comprehensive social and religious history of the Sabbatean movement from its birth in the Ottoman Empire in the seventeenth century to the Republic of Turkey in the first half of the twentieth century. Initiated by a Jewish 'messiah', Sabbatai Sevi (1626-1676), the movem...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2015]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This is the first comprehensive social and religious history of the Sabbatean movement from its birth in the Ottoman Empire in the seventeenth century to the Republic of Turkey in the first half of the twentieth century. Initiated by a Jewish 'messiah', Sabbatai Sevi (1626-1676), the movement became an influential historical event, in terms of its rapid dissemination and widespread impact, combining Jewish, Islamic, and Christian religious and social elements in the early modern Eurasian world. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190244064 0190244062 9780190244071 0190244070 |