Mattithiah Ashkenazi Bloch

Mattithiah ben Benjamin Ze'ev (Wolf) Ashkenazi Bloch (Hebrew: מתתיהו בן בנימין זאב אשכנזי בלוך) was a 17th-century Sabbatean Kabbalist. He was appointed by Sabbatai Zevi as one of his prophets charged with the announcement of the Redemption.

Mattithiah Ashkenazi Bloch
Personal
Born1610/1620[1]
Cracow, Poland
Diedafter 1668[1]
ReligionJudaism

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  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainKohler, Kaufmann; Broydé, Isaac (1902). "Bloch, Mattithiah Ashkenazi". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 256.

  1. ^ a b Scholem, Gershom (2007). "Bloch, Mattathias ben Benjamin Ze'ev (Wolf) Ashkenazi". In Berenbaum, Michael; Skolnik, Fred (eds.). Encyclopaedia Judaica (2nd ed.). Detroit: Macmillan Reference. ISBN 978-0-02-866097-4.