Moses De León: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Moses ben Shem Tov
Born	1250 • León • Spain
Died	1305 (aged 55) • Spain
Subjects Of Study	Kabbala

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Joseph Gikatilla

Spanish Kabbalist

Baʿal Shem Ṭov

Baʿal Shem Ṭov

Polish rabbi

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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

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

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Isaac ben Solomon Luria

Jewish mystic

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

False messiah: Shabbetai Tzevi

Shabbetai Tzevi

Jewish pseudo-messiah

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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Jonathan Eybeschütz

Polish rabbi and scholar

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María de Agreda

Spanish mystic

Peter of Alcántara, Saint

Saint Peter of Alcántara

Spanish mystic

Bronze statue of Maimonides, depicted with a beard and wearing a turban, shown from the chest up against a clear blue background.

Moses Maimonides

Jewish philosopher, scholar, and physician

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Joseph ben Ephraim Karo

Jewish scholar

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Ibn Janāḥ

Spanish-Jewish grammarian

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Abraham ben Meir ibn Ezra

Spanish-Jewish scholar