TY - CHAP
T1 - Me’ora’ot Tsvi and the Construction of Sabbatianism in the Nineteenth Century
AU - Meir, Jonatan
N1 - Funding Information:
This paper began as a presentation at the 17th World Congress of Jewish Studies, August, 2017. This is the first part of a larger project designed to produce a critical edition of Me’ora’ot tsvi, on the basis of the early publications and manuscripts, in collaboration with Shinichi Yamamoto. I thank him for the conversations which led to the completion of the article. The project is supported by the Israel Science Foundation, Grant 1868/17.
PY - 2020/7
Y1 - 2020/7
N2 - In 1814, a book called The Tale of Dreams: The End of Wonders (Sipur halomot kets ha-pla’ot, also called Me’ora’ot tsvi) was published in the town of Kopys. A year later, it was printed there again, this time with corrections, additions and far-reaching changes. 1 The publisher, R. Israel Jaffe, was affiliated with Habad Hasidism, and towards the end of 1814 he printed the first edition of Shivhei ha-Besht (In Praise of the Baʻal Shem Tov). At first glance, Me’ora’ot tsvi seems unexceptional. In nineteenth-century Jewish Eastern Europe, many popular pamphlets of this sort spread wondrous tales, versions of historical events and hagiographic accounts of various holy men. But this book had a sensational topic: the Sabbatian movement. According to its title page, it contained the story of Sabbatai Tsvi, based on the writings of Moshe Hagiz, Jacob Sasportas, and Tsvi Hirsch Ashkenazi, the Hakham Tsvi.
AB - In 1814, a book called The Tale of Dreams: The End of Wonders (Sipur halomot kets ha-pla’ot, also called Me’ora’ot tsvi) was published in the town of Kopys. A year later, it was printed there again, this time with corrections, additions and far-reaching changes. 1 The publisher, R. Israel Jaffe, was affiliated with Habad Hasidism, and towards the end of 1814 he printed the first edition of Shivhei ha-Besht (In Praise of the Baʻal Shem Tov). At first glance, Me’ora’ot tsvi seems unexceptional. In nineteenth-century Jewish Eastern Europe, many popular pamphlets of this sort spread wondrous tales, versions of historical events and hagiographic accounts of various holy men. But this book had a sensational topic: the Sabbatian movement. According to its title page, it contained the story of Sabbatai Tsvi, based on the writings of Moshe Hagiz, Jacob Sasportas, and Tsvi Hirsch Ashkenazi, the Hakham Tsvi.
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U2 - 10.1163/9789004431966_004
DO - 10.1163/9789004431966_004
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9789004431966
T3 - Studia Judaeoslavica
SP - 30
EP - 51
BT - Making History Jewish
A2 - Maciejko, Paweł
A2 - Ury, Scott
PB - Brill
ER -