Women and the Messianic heresy of Sabbatai Zevi
Subtitle: 1666--1816
By: Ada Rapoport-Albert ; translated from the Hebrew by Deborah Greniman.
Contributors: Greniman, Deborah.
Series: Littman library of Jewish civilization
Publisher: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; Portland, Or
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781904113843
Subjects: Shabbethai Tzevi, -- 1626-1676; Frank, Jacob, -- ca. 1726-1791; Sabbathaians -- History; Women in Judaism; Equality; Pseudo-Messiahs; Hasidism -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Female prophets in Sabbatianism; title: Historical precedents and contexts; title: Sabbatian women as religious activists; title: Women in sectarian Sabbatianism; title: The egalitarian agenda: sources of inspiration and modes of implementation; title: In the egalitarian 'family' of Jacob Frank; title: The redemptive 'maiden'; title: 'The mother of God': Frank and the Russian sectarians; title: Conclusion: from Sabbatianism to Hasidism.