The Lost Post of Sabbatai Sevi

s conversion met its match in Nathan of Gaza, Sabbatai advocate and disciple whose descent from a line of distinguished Rabbis lent credibility to his interpretation; later elaborated by kabbalist of the circle of r. Isaac Luria – elaborated persuasively enough that the greatest authority on the history of religion remarked, "one unfamiliar with the hermeneutics might easily be deceived."