| Table des matières |
| | List of Tables and Illustrations | x |
| | Acknowledgments | xiii |
| | List of Abbreviations | xvi |
| | Notes on Transliteration | xvii |
| | Introduction | 1 |
| ch. 1 | Remapping a Messianic Movement in the Early Modern World | 13 |
| | The "Messiah" of an Ottoman City | 16 |
| | The Early Modern Ottoman Crisis, Ottoman Jewry, and the Sabbatean Movement | 19 |
| | Ottoman Sultans, European Monarchs, and Sabbatai Sevi | 25 |
| | Grand Viziers, the Ottoman Puritans, and Sabbatai Sevi | 30 |
| | Natural Calamities, Environmental Crises and the Sabbatean Movement | 34 |
| | Sabbatai Sevi and Nathan of Gaza: The Beginnings of a Messianic Movement | 38 |
| ch. 2 | The Rise and Fall of the Sabbatean Movement in the Eurasian World | 44 |
| | Sultan's Gaze: Ottoman Perception of the Sabbatean Movement | 45 |
| | Izmir: The Messiah Appeared | 47 |
| | Istanbul: The Messiah Imprisoned | 55 |
| | Dardanelles: The Messiah Exiled | 57 |
| | London: Dissemination and Magnitude of the Movement in the Eurasian World | 61 |
| | Edirne: The Messiah Convicted | 69 |
| | Spain and Portuguese: The Marrano Impact on the Movement | 72 |
| | Sultan's Palace: "Become a Muslim or Prepare to Die!" | 75 |
| ch. 3 | From a Global Movement to an Ottoman Sect: The Birth of a Crypto-Messianic Community | 83 |
| | A New Muslim in the Ottoman World | 84 |
| | Living and Schooling at the "Pharaoh's Palace" | 87 |
| | Self-Perception of the Messiah and the Mystery of the Godhead | 92 |
| | The Early Messianic Community | 99 |
| | The Exiled Messiah | 105 |
| | The Dead Messiah? | 109 |
| ch. 4 | Authority, Authenticity, and Leadership: Failed Prophecy and the Emergence of Post-Messianic Sects in the Ottoman Empire and Eastern Europe | 116 |
| | The Birth of a Post-Messianic Community: Yakubis | 120 |
| | Jewish Sabbateans among the Donmes | 123 |
| | A Growing Community: Individual Conversions versus Mass Conversions | 132 |
| | A New Authority: Karakas | 136 |
| | A New Authenticity: Kapancis | 141 |
| ch. 5 | Politics of Crypto- and Hybrid Identities among the Jews, Christians and Muslims | 145 |
| | Naming Hybrid Jewish and Ottoman Communities | 148 |
| | European Connections: The Karakas and the Polish Crypto-Jewish Frankists | 150 |
| | Donmes among the Jews, Christians, and Muslims | 156 |
| | Christian Missionaries "Discover" the Donmes | 161 |
| | Ottoman Officials "Discover" the Donmes | 164 |
| ch. 6 | Donme Kabbala: Beliefs and Practices in Parallel Space and Time | 170 |
| | The Eighteen Commandments as a Kabbalistic Constitution | 171 |
| | The Credo and Abolition of Ceremonial Law | 177 |
| | Language and Liturgy | 178 |
| | Religious Calendar and Festivals | 181 |
| | Crypto-Self-Government and Its Institutions | 192 |
| ch. 7 | The Experience of Modernity: The Emergence of Orthodox, Reformist, and Liberal Donmes | 214 |
| | Modern Schools and the Rise of a New Generation | 216 |
| | Salonica and Internationalization of the Donmes | 228 |
| | Alternative Brotherhoods: Donmes as Sufis and Freemasons | 237 |
| | From Salonica to Empire: Donmes as Revolutionary Young Turks | 243 |
| | Between Tradition and Modernity | 251 |
| | Farewell to the Salonican "Golden Age" | 254 |
| ch. 8 | From Empire to Nation-State: Resettlement in Modern Turkey | 262 |
| | The Donme Alteneuland: Turkey | 263 |
| | Donmes as the Founding Elite of the Modern Turkey and Mustafa Kemal [Ataturk] | 266 |
| | New "Ideal" Citizens and Crypto-Identities | 269 |
| | Repositioning in a nation-state: Mustafa Kemal's "bomb of Enlightenment" and the Karakas Rustu Affair | 271 |
| | Silencing the Donmes: Beginning of an End? | 282 |
| | Conclusion: Passion for the Waiting | 285 |
| | Bibliography | 291 |
| | Index | 309 |
