Nathan Benjamin ben Elisha Hayyim haLevi Ashkenazi (Hebrew: נתן בנימין בן אלישע חיים הלוי אשכנזי, romanized: Nāṯān Bīnyāmīn bēn ʾĔlîšāʿ Ḥayyīm hā-Levī ʾAškənazī), more famously known as Nathan of Gaza (Hebrew: נתן העזתי, romanized: Nāṯān hā-ʿAzzāṯī; 1643–1680), 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.
Nathan Benjamin ben Elisha Hayyim haLevi Ashkenazi (Hebrew: נתן בנימין בן אלישע חיים הלוי אשכנזי, romanized: Nāṯān Bīnyāmīn bēn ʾĔlîšāʿ Ḥayyīm hā-Levī ʾAškənazī), more famously known as Nathan of Gaza (Hebrew: נתן העזתי, romanized: Nāṯān hā-ʿAzzāṯī; 1643–1680), 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.
Source: Wikipedia "Nathan of Gaza" · CC BY-SA 4.0
Share this article: X · Bluesky