Conversos and the Sabbatean Movement: The Unlikely Supporters of Sabbatai Zevi by Juan Marcos Bejarano Gutierrez

Author:Juan Marcos Bejarano Gutierrez
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Yaron Publisher
Published: 2019-02-02T23:00:00+00:00

When Zevi died in 1676, Cardozo retooled his theory to incorporate the classic idea of Messiah ben Joseph and Messiah ben David. Cardozo argued that Sabbatai Zevi was the Davidic Messiah and in an exciting twist argued that he, Miguel Cardozo was the Messiah ben Joseph. Bruce Rosenstock argues that while Cardozo’s claiming to be the Messiah ben Joseph may seem odd at first glance, it was not as awkward as might first appear. He points to the fact that Rabbi Isaac Luria’s disciples considered him to be the Messiah ben Joseph. Rosenstock also points to the case of Rabbi Samson b. Pesah of Ostropol. Pesah died during the 1648 disasters. A contemporary of Sabbatai Zevi, Rabbi Nehemiah Cohen even argued with Zevi because he believed that he and not Zevi was the Messiah ben Joseph. According to Rosenstock, Cardozo characterized himself as an “anti-elitist” Messiah. In this role, he believed he would share the secrets of “Israel’s redemption bearing knowledge” to the masses of Israel. Despite his aversion to emulating anything Christian, Cardozo appears to have done just that by arguing for an inherent unity between both messianic figures. In short, “Cardozo makes the two Messiahs into a single, powerful icon of redemption. This single icon is the image of the two messiahs joined together as one.”[84]

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