Саббатай Цеви

Sabbatai Zevi AKA Mordecai Zevi AKA AMIRAH, AKA "Our Lord and King, his Majesty be exalted" AKA (Adoneinu Malkeinu Yarum Hodo)in Hebrew AKA The Messiah (in his and his followers' belief); Montenegro 1626 - 1676 Teachers: Joseph Escapa, rabbi of Smyrna; Rabbi Isaac Luria; Students:Jacob Frank; Baron Thomas von Schoenfeld; Gershom Scholem; Isaac Silveyra ; Moses Pinheiro; Joseph Ergas; Abraham ha-Yakini; Nathan Benjamin Levi AKA Nathan of Gaza; Samuel Primo; Solomon Algazi; Friends; Raphael Joseph Halabi ("of Aleppo"); Henry Oldenburg; Baruch Spinoza Enemies:Ottoman Sultan Mehmed IV ; grand vizier, Ahmed Koprulu; Rabbi Hiyya Abraham Di Boton; Nehemiah ha-Kohen; Organizations: founder of the Jewish Sabbatean movement; Author: Comments: claimed to be Messiah, converted to Islam rather than die; Qabalist; Rabbi; applied Tantra principles to Jewish mysticism, such as to eat nonkosher food, speak the forbidden name of God, and commit other "holy sins; expected to be proclaimed the messiah in the year 1648; orthodox community banned him "cherem", a type of excommunication in Judaism; Resources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabbatai_Zevi; http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?load=print&link=150354&yazarAd=