https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabbatai_Zevi
Assisted by his wife, Sabbatai became the leader of the community. He used his power to crush the opposition. He deposed the existing rabbi of Smyrna, Aaron Lapapa, and appointed Chaim Benveniste in his place. His popularity grew, as people of all faiths repeated his story. His fame extended far and wide. Italy, Germany, and the Netherlands had centers of his Messianic movement. The Jews of Hamburg and Amsterdam learned of the events in Smyrna from trustworthy Christians. Henry Oldenburg, a distinguished German savant who became the first secretary of the Royal Society, wrote to Baruch Spinoza (Spinozae Epistolae No 33): "All the world here is talking of a rumour of the return of the Israelites … to their own country. … Should the news be confirmed, it may bring about a revolution in all things."[6]
Sabbatai's followers included many prominent rabbis, such as Isaac Aboab da Fonseca, Moses Raphael de Aguilar, Moses Galante, Moses Zacuto, and the above-mentioned Hayyim Benveniste. Dionysius Musaphia, an adherent of Spinoza, likewise became a follower. People spread fantastic reports, which were widely believed. For example, it was said, "In the north of Scotland a ship had appeared with silken sails and ropes, manned by sailors who spoke Hebrew. The flag bore the inscription 'The Twelve Tribes of Israel'."[11] The Jewish community of Avignon, France prepared to emigrate to the new kingdom in the spring of 1666.[6]
The readiness of the Jews to believe the messianic claims of Sabbatai Zevi may largely be explained by the desperate state of European Jewry in the mid-17th century. The bloody pogroms of Bohdan Khmelnytsky had wiped out around 100,000 Jews in Eastern Europe,[12] or more,[13] others put the numbers killed at between 40,000 and 100,000,[14] about one third of Europe's Jewish population at the time and destroyed many centers of Jewish learning and communal life. There is no doubt that for most of the Jews of Europe there could not have been a more propitious moment for the messiah to deliver salvation than the moment Sabbetai Zevi made his appearance.
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[–] 16178152? ago
Thank god you faggots all found each other on a containment thread. Toss up a quarantine, stay here forever, and keep the rest of the board. . . well, not clean, per se. Help keep the traffic lanes clear for a time.
Here. Have the earliest known depiction of Jesus in the graphic arts. It's mocking graffiti from the second century telling someone named Alexemanos he worships an ass.
[–] 16178169? ago
This board has been continually shilled because all the same faggots, shills and conspiracy morons are migrating here from half chan because it’s turned into a joke. All I did in this thread was point out that Christians can’t even get their own fucking story straight, whether you believe in the church or don’t it , Christ’s teachings. It isn’t hard to understand natural law
[–] 16178180? ago
Heil, I guess. I dunno – I didn't read the OP. I'm just glad there's a semipermeable barrier now.
[–] 16178155? ago
I haven't had a thread get this derailed since ever. I must of made someone mad.
[–] 16178161? ago
What your thread about the mysterious jew from the 17th century that was apparently the anti christ that made all jews bad. This is a half chan thread meant to D&C and create typical Christian paranoia and lunacy. The anti christ is outside your door, ruling your life everyday. The thread fucking sucked anyways faggot and so do Shabbos goys like you that make them
[–] 16178159? ago
Believe what you want, asshole. As long as you stay here and try to keep the thread on track, the rest of the board thanks you for fucking right off.