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Born 1248 • Spain
Died c.1305 • Spain
Subjects Of Study Kabbala
Baʿal Shem Ṭov
Baʿal Shem Ṭov
Polish rabbi
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Moses De León
Spanish Kabbalist
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Eleazar ben Judah Of Worms
German rabbi
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Moses ben Jacob Cordovero
Jewish mystic
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Naḥmanides
Spanish scholar and rabbi
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Isaac ben Solomon Luria
Jewish mystic
False messiah: Shabbetai Tzevi
Shabbetai Tzevi
Jewish pseudo-messiah
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Jonathan Eybeschütz
Polish rabbi and scholar
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Joseph Albo
Spanish philosopher
Philo Judaeus
Philo Judaeus
Jewish philosopher
Engraving by Lucas Vorsterman after Peter Paul Rubens showing St. Ignatius of Loyola with a halo, hands clasped in prayer before a crucifix and open book.
St. Ignatius of Loyola
Spanish saint
Engraving of Saint Teresa of Avila in a Carmelite habit, gazing upward and holding a crucifix and a scroll.
St. Teresa of Ávila
Spanish mystic
St. John of the Cross
St. John of the Cross
Spanish mystic
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Judah ben Samuel
German Jewish mystic
Abraham Isaac Kook
Abraham Isaac Kook
chief rabbi of Palestine
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María de Agreda
Spanish mystic
Peter of Alcántara, Saint
Saint Peter of Alcántara
Spanish mystic
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Elijah Delmedigo
philosopher
Martin Buber
Martin Buber
German religious philosopher
Christopher Columbus
Isabella I
queen of Spain