Sabbatai Sevi and the Evolution of the Ottoman-Turkish Dönmes
by
Cengiz Sisman
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
The Burden of Silence is the first monograph on Sabbateanism, an early modern Ottoman-Jewish messianic movement, tracing it from its beginnings during the seventeenth century up to the present day. Initiated by the Jewish rabbi Sabbatai Sevi, the movement combined Jewish, Islamic, and Christian religious...