Baʿal Shem Ṭov: Quick Facts


Facts

Also Known As Beshṭ • Israel ben Eliezer
Born c.1700 • Poland
Died 1760 • Ukraine
Subjects Of Study Ḥasidism

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Joseph Gikatilla
Spanish Kabbalist
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Jonathan Eybeschütz
Polish rabbi and scholar
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Moses De León
Spanish Kabbalist
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Judah ben Samuel
German Jewish mystic
Martin Buber
Martin Buber
German religious philosopher
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Isaac ben Solomon Luria
Jewish mystic
False messiah: Shabbetai Tzevi
Shabbetai Tzevi
Jewish pseudo-messiah
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Simon Markovich Dubnow
Russian historian
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Naḥmanides
Spanish scholar and rabbi
Philo Judaeus
Philo Judaeus
Jewish philosopher
Abraham Isaac Kook
Abraham Isaac Kook
chief rabbi of Palestine
Angelus Silesius.
Angelus Silesius
German poet
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Jacob Isaac ben Asher Przysucha
Polish Ḥasidic leader
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Elijah Delmedigo
philosopher
Josephus before Vespasian
Flavius Josephus
Jewish priest, scholar, and historian
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Judah ha-Levi
Hebrew poet
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Franz Rosenzweig
German philosopher