Abraham Ben Levi Conque
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Abraham ben Levi Conque, also spelt Konki and Cuenque, (born 1648) was a 17th-century rabbi and kabbalist in
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Life

Swayed by his cabalistic studies, Conque threw himself into the Sabbatean movement around Sabbatai Zevi, and became one of the most earnest apostles of the Messiah. Even the apostasy of Zevi did not shake Conque's belief, and he remained until his death a faithful follower. Conque traveled, as a collector for the poor Jews of Eretz Yisrael, throughout Germany and Russia, and everywhere endeavored to win adherents to the movement. At the request of a friend residing at Frankfort-on-the-Main, he wrote, in 1689, an account of Shabbethai Ẓebi's life, which reveals in the author a peculiar state of mind. The account is full of miracles and prodigies, firmly believed in by Conque. It is referred to in Jacob Emden's history of the Shabbethaian movement, "Zot Torat ha-Ḳena'ot." Conque was also the author of the following works: *"Abaḳ Soferim" (Dust of Scholars), Amsterdam, 1704, the first part, under the special title of "Em ha-Yeled," comprises homilies on the Pentateuch; the second, "Uggat Reẓafim," contains Biblical interpretations by himself and others; and the third, "Em la-Binah," consists of nineteen sermons. *"Minḥat Ḳena'ot" (Offering of Jealousy), a treatise on jealousy. *"Abaḳ Derakim" (Dust of Roads), a collection of sermons. The last two are mentioned by Azulai, who claims to have seen them in manuscript.


References

* Azulai, ''Shem ha-Gedolim'', ii., s.v.; *
Joseph Zedner Joseph Zedner (10 February 1804 – 10 October 1871) was a German Jewish bibliographer and librarian. After completing his education, he acted as teacher in the Jewish school in Strelitz (Mecklenburg), where the lexicographer Daniel Sanders wa ...
, Auswahl, p. 178, note 10; * Heinrich Grätz, Gesch.x. 228, 306, 422; *
Moritz Steinschneider Moritz Steinschneider (30 March 1816, Prostějov, Moravia, Austrian Empire – 24 January 1907, Berlin) was a Moravian bibliographer and Orientalist. He received his early instruction in Hebrew from his father, Jacob Steinschneider ( 1782; ...
, Cat. Bodl. col. 675


External links

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''Encyclopaedia Judaica'' (2007)
entry on "Cuenque (Cuenca?), Abraham Ben Levi" by Joseph Elijah Heller {{DEFAULTSORT:Conque, Abraham 1648 births Sabbateans Rabbis in Hebron Rabbis in Ottoman Palestine Kabbalists Year of death missing