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  Learn more about Messiah in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Jacob Querido, son of Joseph Filosof, and brother of the fourth wife of Sabbatai, became the head of the Shabbethaians in Salonica, being regarded by them as the incarnation of Shabbethai.
He taught that he was a reincarnation of King David.
He laid stress on the idea of the "holy king" who was at the same time Messiah, and he accordingly called himself "santo seƱor" (="holy lord").
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /m/me/messiah.html   (4046 words)

  
 JewishEncyclopedia.com - SHABBETHAI ẒEBI B. MORDECAI:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Pseudo-Messiah and cabalist; founder of the Shabbethaian sect; born on the Ninth of Ab (July 23, 1626) at Smyrna; died, according to some, on the Day of Atonement (Sept. 30), 1676, at Duleigno, a small town in Albania.
As the day on which he was brought to Abydos was the day preceding Passover, he slew a paschal lamb for himself and his followers and ate it with its fat, which was a violation of the Law.
The conference between the two impostors ended in mutual dissatisfaction, and the fanatical Shabbethaians are said to have contemplated the secret murder of the dangerous rival.
www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=531&letter=S   (3522 words)

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