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The novel describes a Jewish life in a Polish village of Goray after the massacres of the Cossack riots during the Khmelnitsky Uprising of 1648, which was influenced by the teachings of the false messiah Sabbatai Zevi in desperate hopes for messiah and redemption.
A very strange tale based on historical events in 17th century Poland, Satan in Goray follows a small village's collapse into religious hysteria after many Jewish communities were destroyed by the Chmielnicki massacre around 1650 (an uprising by the Cossacks against Catholics and Jews in eastern Poland).
31 de jul. de 1996 · In the 17th Century, European Jewish civilization almost collapsed. Social norms fell apart as people abandoned their homes and their farms in something that can only be described as a mass psychosis. Satan in Goray tells the story from the perspective of one town.
- Isaac Bashevis Singer
Satan in Goray. Hardcover – January 1, 1955. As messianic zeal sweeps through medieval Poland, the Jews of Goray divide between those who, like the Rabbi, insist that no one can "force the end" and those who follow the messianic pretender Sabbatai Zevi.
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- Isaac Bashevis Singer
SATAN IN GORAY. As messianic zeal sweeps through medieval Poland, the Jews of Goray divide between those who, like the Rabbi, insist that no one can "force the end" and those who follow the messianic pretender Sabbatai Zevi.
In the little Polish town of Goray, ravaged by a terrible pogrom, expectations of the 'End of Days' foretold by cabalists run high. Grief becomes joy as...
Satan in Goray. Isaac Bashevis Singer. Noonday Press, 1955 - Fiction - 158 pages. As messianic zeal sweeps through medieval Poland, the Jews of Goray divide between those who, like the Rabbi,...
