num_pages: 287
description: A dual portrait of controversial religious figure Rabbi Sabbatai Sevi and his Jewish cult traces Sevi's early life and education against a richly detailed backdrop of Jewish community culture, discussing how he acquired an international following despite his conversion to Islam in 1666. Reprint.
language: English
title: The Lost Messiah: In Search of the Mystical Rabbi Sabbatai Sevi
publisher: The Overlook Press