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Language: en
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-05-02 - Publisher: Brandeis University Press
The pronouncements of Sabbatai Tsevi (1626-76) gave rise to Sabbatianism, a key messianic movement in Judaism that spread across Jewish communities in Europe, A
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Pages: 388
Pages: 388
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Language: en
Pages: 403
Pages: 403
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