Princeton University Press Publishes 'Dissident Rabbi'
July 15, 2019
July 15, 2019
PRINCETON, New Jersey, July 15 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description:
Dissident Rabbi: The Life of Jacob Sasportas, by Yaacob Dweck
In 1665, Sabbetai Zevi, a self-proclaimed Messiah with a mass following throughout the Ottoman Empire and Europe, announced that the redemption of the world was at hand.
As Jews everywhere rejected the traditional laws of Judaism in favor of new norms established by Sabbetai Zevi, and abandoned rea . . .
Dissident Rabbi: The Life of Jacob Sasportas, by Yaacob Dweck
In 1665, Sabbetai Zevi, a self-proclaimed Messiah with a mass following throughout the Ottoman Empire and Europe, announced that the redemption of the world was at hand.
As Jews everywhere rejected the traditional laws of Judaism in favor of new norms established by Sabbetai Zevi, and abandoned rea . . .