"Nathan of Gaza"

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Sabbatai Sevi
Sabbatai Sevi by Gershom Gerhard Scholem
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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 ... "

The Sabbatean Prophets
The Sabbatean Prophets by Matt Goldish
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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. ... "

Kabbalah (Meridian)
Kabbalah (Meridian) by Gershon Scholem
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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. ... "

Messianic Mystics
Messianic Mystics by Moshe Idel
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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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