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121Abulafia, Abraham ben-Samuel — (1241–after 1291) Spanish Cabbalist. Abulafia was a member of a powerful and widespread family. When he was a child, his family moved from Saragossa to Toleda in Navarre, where he was taught the Bible, the Mishnah and the Talmud by his… …
Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament
122Adret, Solomon ben-Abraham (Rashba) — (c. 1235–1310) Spanish rabbi and scholar. Adret studied under Rabbi Moses NAHMANIDES, and after some years of business activity was appointed rabbi of his native city, Barcelona, a post he held for forty years. He was known as Rashba from the… …
Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament
123Cordovero, Moses ben-Jacob — (1522–70) Safad mystic. Practically nothing is known of Cordovero’s biography; his name suggests that the family came from Spain but it is not known where he was born. Cordovero was a systematic thinker, and could be called a philosopher of… …
Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament
124Hayon, Nehemiah Hiya ben-Moses — (c. 1655–c. 1730) Safad Cabbalist. Hayon was born in Safad, in Galilee, his father having emigrated there from Sarajevo. He was a student of the Cabbala and known to be a follower of the messianic claims of SHABBETAI ZEVI. When he settled in… …
Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament
125Molcho, Solomon — (c. 1500–32) Pseudo messiah. Molcho was born Diogo Pieres in Lisbon, of Marrano parents. It seems that he studied Hebrew, rabbinic literature and maybe the Cabbala as a boy. On the arrival of David REUVENI in Portugal in 1525, Molcho was swept …
Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament
126Muelhausen, Yom Tov Lipmann — (14–15th century) Prague rabbi. Muelhausen was ordered to take part in a public disputation in Prague about 1389 on the charge that Judaism consistently blasphemed against Christianity. His defence, aided by his knowledge of Christian works in …
Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament
127Nathan of Gaza — (1643/4–80) Sup porter of SHABBETAI ZEVI. Nathan was born in Jerusalem and went to live in the house of his father in law in Gaza, where he studied the Cabbala. He met Shabbetai Zevi and, claiming to act on a vision, proclaimed him the Messiah …
Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament
128Scholem, Gershom Gerhard — (1897–1982) Historian and student of Jewish mysticism. Scholem, born in Germany, was professor of Jewish mysticism and the Cabbala at the Hebrew University from 1933–65 and was widely regarded as the world’s leading authority on the subject.… …
Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament