Career
Even the apostasy of Zevi did not shake Conque"s belief, and he remained until his death a faithful follower. 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.
lieutenant 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 "Econometrica ha-Yeled," comprises homilies on the Pentateuch.
The second, "Uggat Reẓafim," contains Biblical interpretations by himself and others And the third, "Econometrica 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.
