"The Sabbatean Movement, Its Roots, Twists and Turns, and Aftermath", draft of an essay in the handwriting of Gershom Scholem. [1942-1945]. Hebrew.
The essay was intended as the introduction to Scholem's book, "Sabbatai Sevi and the Sabbatean Movement in His Lifetime" (Am Oved, Tel Aviv, 1957) (Hebrew). It surveys the history of the Sabbatean movement, its uniqueness, the circumstances of its emergence and those of its decline.
The handwritten title page that Scholem added to the draft contains a note reading: "Written between 1942 and 1945 and lost for a few years, and therefore I was unable to use it as an introduction to my book in 1955".
In 1987 the essay was finally published as part of the "Complete Works of Gershom Scholem", as the introduction to the said book.
[1] title page + [7] leaves (11 written pages) in Scholem's handwriting, with emphases and corrections. Approx. 28 cm. Good condition. Some stains and minor defects.
See: "Sabbatai Sevi and the Sabbatean Movement in His Lifetime" (Hebrew). Tel Aviv: Am Oved, 1987.