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

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

Tel Aviv Review · TLV1 Studios

February 15, 201621m 9s

Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (traffic.libsyn.com) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.

Show Notes

Dor Saar, a historian of Judaism at Tel Aviv University, discusses 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.

Song: Yehudit Ravitz - Gaagua

This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, which promotes humanistic, democratic, and liberal values in the social discourse in Israel.