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