Sabbatai Zevi; Testimonies to a fallen messiah.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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9781904113256

Sabbatai Zevi; Testimonies to a fallen messiah.

Zevi, Sabbatai. Trans. by David J. Halperin.

Littman Libr./Jewish Civiliz.

2007

235 pages

$49.50

Hardcover

Littman library of Jewish civilization

BM755

In this second volume in his continuing investigation of the ...

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