Sabbatianism
Sabbatianism noun: a Jewish messianic movement of the 17th century, centred around Sabbatai Zevi (1626–1676).
Noun
Sabbatianism (uncountable)
- A Jewish messianic movement of the 17th century, centred around Sabbatai Zevi (1626–1676).
- Sabbateanism is the matrix of every significant movement to have emerged in the eighteenth and nineteenth century, from Hasidism, to Reform Judaism, to the earliest Masonic circles and revolutionary idealism.1971, Gershom Scholem, translated by unknown, The Messianic Idea in Judaism and other Essays on Jewish Spirituality
Forms of Sabbatianism
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Origin of Sabbatianism
From Sabbatian + -ism.
Questions about Sabbatianism
- What does Sabbatianism mean?
- Sabbatianism means a Jewish messianic movement of the 17th century, centred around Sabbatai Zevi (1626–1676).
- What part of speech is Sabbatianism?
- Sabbatianism is a noun.
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