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The Outbreak of Sabbateanism — The Eastern European Factor

The Outbreak of Sabbateanism — The Eastern European Factor The Journal ofJewish Thought and Philosophy, Vol. 4, pp. 171-183 © 1994 Reprints available directly from the publisher Photocopying permitted by licence only The Outbreak of Sabbateanism - The Eastern European Factor Ja~ob Barnai Haifa University, Haifa) Israel In this paper I discuss and elaborate a thesis based on the assumption that every historical event, especially if it is a great event, has multiple causes. There may be only a few such causes, or there may be many of them; some of them may be clear, while others are hidden. These factors may take a number of forms: ideological, political, cultural, social or economic. The historian's first task, in my view, is to attempt to discover the proba- ble causes and circumstances leading to the occurrence of a particular event. The next task is to assess, on the basis of documentation and inter- pretation the probable weight of each of the elements that contributed to the occurrence of this event. It is well-known that messianic movements have no religious or geo- graphic boundaries; they have existed in almost every human society since the dawn of history. One of the most prominent of them was the Sabbatean movement, which http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy Brill

The Outbreak of Sabbateanism — The Eastern European Factor

Barnai, Jacob
The Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy , Volume 4 (1): 13 – Jan 1, 1995
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The Journal ofJewish Thought and Philosophy, Vol. 4, pp. 171-183 © 1994 Reprints available directly from the publisher Photocopying permitted by licence only The Outbreak of Sabbateanism - The Eastern European Factor Ja~ob Barnai Haifa University, Haifa) Israel In this paper I discuss and elaborate a thesis based on the assumption that every historical event, especially if it is a great event, has multiple causes. There may be only a few such causes, or there may be many of them; some of them may be clear, while others are hidden. These factors may take a number of forms: ideological, political, cultural, social or economic. The historian's first task, in my view, is to attempt to discover the proba- ble causes and circumstances leading to the occurrence of a particular event. The next task is to assess, on the basis of documentation and inter- pretation the probable weight of each of the elements that contributed to the occurrence of this event. It is well-known that messianic movements have no religious or geo- graphic boundaries; they have existed in almost every human society since the dawn of history. One of the most prominent of them was the Sabbatean movement, which

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Published: Jan 1, 1995

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