Dönmeh Sabbatean-Descendant Communities
Jewish Mysticism Religious tradition
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About this record
Dönmeh Sabbatean-Descendant Communities is cataloged as a Religious tradition within Jewish Mysticism. Its candidate country context is “Türkiye” and its period or origin is “Late 17th century–present, with major secularization and dispersal.” It is associated with the parent tradition “Sabbateanism in an Ottoman Islamic setting.”
This summary is assembled only from the record fields shown below. It does not add ritual instructions, doctrinal claims or inferred geography.
Record fields
- Alternate / historical names
- Dönmeh; Dönme; Salonican Dönmeh; Sabbatean converts to Islam
- Parent tradition
- Sabbateanism in an Ottoman Islamic setting
- Public geographic context
- Türkiye
- Period / origin
- Late 17th century–present, with major secularization and dispersal
- Living / historical status
- Historically documented community; contemporary identity and practice vary
- Access / protocol
- Closed ethnoreligion
- Evidence status
- Related-entry source
Geography
CandidateTürkiye
This record also has global, transnational, diaspora, textual or doctrinal context and is not reduced to one country.
Public geographic context is limited to country level or broader. A documented site may still be named as the record’s public identity, but no subnational location field or coordinates are published.
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Dönmeh Sabbatean-Descendant Communities. Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages, record 0804. https://esotericlineages.com/entry/0804
Created and maintained by Ayara and Kyle Jonathan B@KJB_and_AYARA · https://x.com/KJB_and_AYARA