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Solomon Molkho, the sixteenth-century messianic pretender, included a sketch of his own fanciful flag in his signature. His flag, modeled after those of the Maccabees, included the Hebrew word “Macabi…
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Solomon Molkho
Places:
Kingdom of Italy (Italy)
Date:
Early 16th Century
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This letter hailing Shabbetai Tzvi as the Messiah was signed by twenty-four prominent members of the Amsterdam Jewish community who had founded a learned society, Yeshuot Meshiho, in his honor. It was…
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Eliah ben Michael Judah Leon
Places:
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1666