Case file · High strangeness
Nathan of Gaza's vision
In 1665 the young kabbalist Nathan of Gaza announced a prophetic vision that Sabbatai Zevi was the Messiah, starting the largest messianic movement in Jewish history.
1665 CE · 31.50, 34.47 · status: account
The account
The movement spread from Gaza to Smyrna, Europe and Yemen. In 1666 the Ottoman sultan gave Sabbatai a choice of death or Islam, and he converted.