%0 Electronic Article %A Schleicher, Marianne %I Univ. %D 2019 %G Danish %@ 1904-8181 %T Shabbetai Tsvis nedstigning til Farao - et jødisk eksempel på forløsning gennem urenhed %J Religionsvidenskabeligt tidsskrift %V 69 %P 105-119 %U https://tidsskrift.dk/rvt/article/download/112745/161474 %U https://tidsskrift.dk/rvt/article/view/112745 %U https://doi.org/10.7146/rt.v0i69.112745 %X As a Jewish example of redemption through impurity, this article analyses the 'strange acts' of the Jewish mystic Shabbetai Tsvi. These acts included pronunciation of the tetragrammaton, liturgical subversions of synagogue service and Jewish praxis in general, odd approaches to sex, praying at grave sites, extreme asceticism, and conversion to Islam. Referring to theories by Robert Bellah, Philippe Descola, and Hans J. Lundager Jensen, I argue for the adequacy of 'inverted dualism' as a concept that can explain these strange acts in conflict with Jewish law. The explanation is situated in the historical development of Israelite-Jewish religion from a monistic worldview, over a direct dualistic worldview, to an inverted, this-worldly dualism with great bearings on how Jews would perceive evil and the Torah.