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Also known as Sabbatianism

thumb|right|Illustration of Sabbatai Zevi from 1906 (Joods Historisch Museum)

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  • Sabbatai Zevi
  • Conversion to Islam
  • Sabbatean-related controversies in Jewish history
  • The Emden-Eybeschutz controversy
  • Sabbateans and early Hasidism
  • Sabbateans and modern secularism
  • Rabbis who opposed the Sabbateans
  • Notable people
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading

thumb|right|Illustration of Sabbatai Zevi from 1906 (Joods Historisch Museum)

The Sabbateans (or Sabbatians) are a variety of Jewish followers, disciples, and believers in Sabbatai Zevi (1626–1676), an Ottoman Jewish rabbi and Kabbalist who was proclaimed to be the Jewish Messiah in 1666 by Nathan of Gaza.

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