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False Messiah
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Shabbetai Tzvi: The False Messiah Who Shook Judaism
In 1665, Shabbetai Tzvi declared himself the Messiah and swept the Jewish world into a frenzy of hope — then converted to Islam, leaving devastation in his wake.
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Shabbetai Tzvi: The False Messiah Who Shook the Jewish World
In 1665, a charismatic Turkish Jew named Shabbetai Tzvi proclaimed himself the Messiah — and the majority of world Jewry believed him. His conversion to Islam shattered the movement and left wounds that shaped Jewish history for centuries. Explore the rise and fall of history's most consequential false messiah.
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