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Shabtai Tsvi
Title
Shabtai Tsvi
Date
1925
Description
The historical figure Shabtai Zvi (1826-1876), a spiritual leader who claimed to be the long-awaited Jewish messiah and then. Active throughout the Ottoman Empire, Shabtai Tsvi was eventually arrested and imprisoned by the grand vizier Ahmed Koprulu who gave him the option of death or converting to Islam. Shabtai Tsvi converted to Islam, as did 300 families among his followers.
Shabtai Zvi is the subject of a number of Yiddish-language plays during this inter-war era; his attraction lay in part in his marginal status. This manuscript of a Shabtai Zvi play pictured here is one of a number of Shabtai-Zvi items contained in the museum collection. It is signed by the name Yankev Nayman, Ish Khosid (lit. Pious Man), a pseudonym of director Dovid Herman.
Shabtai Zvi is the subject of a number of Yiddish-language plays during this inter-war era; his attraction lay in part in his marginal status. This manuscript of a Shabtai Zvi play pictured here is one of a number of Shabtai-Zvi items contained in the museum collection. It is signed by the name Yankev Nayman, Ish Khosid (lit. Pious Man), a pseudonym of director Dovid Herman.
Source
RG8
Publisher
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
Language
Yiddish
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Citation
“Shabtai Tsvi
,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed March 23, 2023, https://ataleoftwomuseums.yivo.org/items/show/2234.
,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed March 23, 2023, https://ataleoftwomuseums.yivo.org/items/show/2234.