The Earliest Footprint of a Messianic Queen: Sarah the Ashkenazi in Amsterdam

A record from 1 November 1655 of a donation to a certain Sarah from Poland is probably the first documented historical appearance of Sarah the Ashkenazi, future wife of messiah Shabbetai Tzevi. Individually recorded donations by the Sephardic community to Polish refugees were quite unusual in these...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Haven, Alexander van der (Συγγραφέας)
Τύπος μέσου: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο
Γλώσσα:Αγγλικά
Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Έκδοση: [2019]
Στο/Στη: Zutot
Έτος: 2020, Τόμος: 17, Τεύχος: 1, Σελίδες: 15-21
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά:B Sabbatianism
B Amsterdam
B Welfare
B Sarah the Ashkenazi
B Refugees
B Jewish History
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Σύνοψη:A record from 1 November 1655 of a donation to a certain Sarah from Poland is probably the first documented historical appearance of Sarah the Ashkenazi, future wife of messiah Shabbetai Tzevi. Individually recorded donations by the Sephardic community to Polish refugees were quite unusual in these years, but, according to later biographical sources, the future messianic bride Sarah displayed a great talent for persuading others, and this explains why Amsterdam's Portuguese Mahamad would give her money. Arriving as a Polish refugee around the time of this record, Sarah the Ashkenazi told a fantastic autobiographical tale that made her stand out among the other refugees and forged a bond of kinship with an earlier refugee. Moreover, she might have claimed clairvoyant abilities.
ISSN:1875-0214
Περιλαμβάνει:Enthalten in: Zutot
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18750214-12171082