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Nathan of Gaza
Nathan of Gaza | |
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נתן העזתי | |
 Engraving from Cornelius Hazart's Kerckelycke Historie van de Gheheele Werelt, 1671[1] | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1643 Jerusalem, Ottoman Syria, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 1680 (aged 36–37) |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Sabbateanism |
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.
- ^ "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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