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Sabbatai Sevi
by Gershom Gerhard Scholem
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with references to "Nathan of Gaza".
Excerpt - on Page 31: "
... I: THE BACKGROUND OF THE SABBATIAN MOVEMENT can be discovered in later Sabbatian theology and particularly in Nathan of Gaza's doctrine of the "thought-some light" and the "thought-less light." The kabbalists did not explicitly say that the act of simsum ... "
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The Sabbatean Prophets
by Matt Goldish
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with references to "Nathan of Gaza".
Excerpt - on Page 38: "
... The Jewish messianic pretenders Abraham Abulafia, David ha- Reubeni, and Solomon Molkho, as well as Nathan of Gaza himself, all went to Rome on messianic missions. ... "
Key Phrases:
Shabbatai Zvi, Nathan of Gaza, Isaac Luria, Hayyim Vital, Land of Israel, Lost Tribes, former conversos, prophetic messianism, prophetic possession, mass prophecies, messianic agitation, converso background
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Kabbalah (Meridian)
by Gershon Scholem
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with references to "Nathan of Gaza".
Excerpt - on Page 80: "
... originality later Kabbalah contains is derived mainly from the Kabbalah of the Shabbateans, whose principle ideas were the creation of Nathan of Gaza (d. ... "
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Messianic Mystics
by Moshe Idel
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with references to "Nathan of Gaza".
Excerpt - on Page 97: "
... This is a paradigmatic event which we will return to when dealing with Shlomo Molkho and Nathan of Gaza. Abulafia's journey to Rome in 1280 is the first recorded sojourn of a Messiah with the explicit intention to meet ... "
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Lurianic Kabbalah, Abraham Abulafia, Sabbatai Tzevi, Middle Ages, Menahem Nahum, Nathan of Gaza, messianic phenomena, sacral royalty, acute messianism, messianic awareness, supernal anthropos, messianic topics
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