The True Messiah (1669) by Yoannikii Galiatovskii
An Anti‐Judaic Treatise in Response to the Sabbatian Movement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10197273 |
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| Authors | Golda Akhiezer (0000-0002-9789-1043, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 160-178 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-16 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Religious History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4227 • E-ISSN: 1467-9809 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9809.12818 |
| OpenAlex | W4205230859 |
| Language | EN |
The anti‐Judaic polemical book, The True Messiah (1669), composed by the Orthodox archimandrite Yoannikii Galiatovskii from the Mohyla Academy in Kiev, was a response to the emergence of the messianic movement of Sabbatai Zevi, the largest of its kind throughout Jewish history. Sabbatianism, as a theological phenomenon attracting not only Jews but also Christians from Eastern Europe, occupies a prominent place in Galiatovskii's polemic. This article aims to analyse its novel Orthodox anti‐Judaic features, together with factors which led to their development
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Epistemology · Judaism · Messiah · Movement (music · Phenomenon · Theology · Classics · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Philosophy · Religious studies · Religious Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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