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Painting The Tree of Jesse by Gerolamo Genga shows a tree growing from a reclining Jesse, with branches holding biblical figures, and the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child at the top.

False messiah: Shabbetai Tzevi

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Painting The Tree of Jesse by Gerolamo Genga shows a tree growing from a reclining Jesse, with branches holding biblical figures, and the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child at the top.

Gerolamo Genga: The Tree of Jesse

The Tree of Jesse by Gerolamo Genga, c.1535; in the collection of the National...

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False messiah: Shabbetai Tzevi

False messiah: Shabbetai Tzevi

Shabbetai Tzevi blessing a Jewish congregation at Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (now İzmir,...

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