Nathan of Gaza

Nathan of Gaza
נתן העזתי
Engraving of Nathan of Gaza
Engraving from Cornelius Hazart's Kerckelycke Historie van de Gheheele Werelt, 1671[1]
Personal life
Born1643 (1643)
Jerusalem, Ottoman Syria, Ottoman Empire
Died1680 (aged 36–37)
Religious life
ReligionSabbateanism

Nathan of Gaza (Hebrew: נתן העזתי‎; 1643–1680), also Nathan Benjamin ben Elisha Hayyim haLevi Ashkenazi or Ghazzati, was a theologian and author born in Jerusalem. After his marriage in 1663 he moved to Gaza, where he became famous as a prophet for the Jewish messiah claimant Sabbatai Zevi.

  1. ^ "Hazard, Cornelius. Kerckelycke Historie van de Gheheele Werelt [History of Turkey, Palestine, Syria, Greece, Muscovy, Persia, Morocco, and Tartary]". kestenbaum.net. Archived from the original on 2024-12-07. Retrieved 2024-12-07.

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