Leyb ben Oyzer

Leyb ben Oyzer or Yehuda Leib ben Ozer Rosencranz (Rosenkrantz), or Leib ben Rabbi Oizers (d. 1727) was an 18th-century shamash ha-kehilla (beadle or sexton of the congregation), trustee, and secretary or notary, of the Jewish community in Amsterdam.[1][2] He is the author of the Bashraybung fun Shabsai Tsvi, a Yiddish chronicle written in 1718 about the messianic Sabbateanism movement.[3]

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  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Radensky-1997 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Kriegel, Maurice (2012). "Review of La beauté du diable. Portrait de Sabbataï Zevi". Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales. 67 (3): 853–855. doi:10.1017/S0395264900007617. ISSN 0395-2649. JSTOR 23394399.