A playlist from The Jewish Story
Gaza
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The False Messiah
August 30, 2018 · 60 min · Episode page →
The appearance of Shabbetai Zvi evoked a tidal wave of messianic hope which swept Jews and Christians in its wake. Was his advent just a case of the...
About this playlist
Gaza, from Nathan of Gaza, prophet of Shabbetai Tzvi, to the raids of the 1950s and the intifadas.
Where this sits in the story
3 of 9 eras
The Second Temple600 BCE–70 CESages and Geonim70–1000Sefarad and Ashkenaz1000–1492After the Expulsion1492–1700Modernity Arrives1700–1880Return and Catastrophe1880–1948The Young State1948–1967After 19671967–1987Into the Present1987–2023
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