Isaac ben Samuel of Acre — (fl. 13th 14th century) (Hebrew: יצחק בן שמואל דמן עכו, Yitzhak ben Shmuel d min Akko ) was a kabbalist who lived in the Land of Israel. According to Azulai ( Shem ha Gedolim ) he was a pupil of Nahmanides. He was at Acre when that town was taken … Wikipedia
ISAAC BEN SAMUEL OF ACRE — (late 13th–mid 14th century), kabbalist. In his youth Isaac of Acre studied in the yeshivah of Solomon Petit in Acre and he quotes Petit s story in which Aristotle is ridiculed by the wife of Alexander the Great. In 1291 Isaac left Acre for Italy … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Isaac ben Samuel of Acre — (fl. 13th 14th cent) Spanish kabbalist. In 1291 he left Acre for Italy, and then went to Spain, where he met Moses de Leon. His publications include a commentary on Nahmanides mysticism, a mystical diary, a commentary on the Sepher Yetzirah,… … Dictionary of Jewish Biography
ISAAC BEN JACOB HA-KOHEN — (second half of 13th century), Spanish kabbalist. He was born in Soria and was related to shem tov b. abraham ibn gaon . He traveled through Spain and Provence together with his brother jacob and also on his own and collected the traditions of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ZACUTO, ABRAHAM BEN SAMUEL — (1452–c. 1515), astronomer and historian. His ancestors were French Jewish exiles who had come to Castile in 1306. In his biblical and talmudic studies he was instructed by his father and R. isaac aboab ii , and he attended the University of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ABULAFIA, ABRAHAM BEN SAMUEL — (1240–after 1291), founder of the prophetic Kabbalah. Born in Saragossa, Spain, Abulafia moved to Tudela in his childhood and studied with his father until the latter s death in 1258. In 1260 he left Spain for the Land of Israel in search for the … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Shem Tov ben Abraham ibn Gaon — (1283 ca. 1330) (Hebrew: שם טוב בן אברהם אבן גאון) was a Spanish Talmudist and kabbalist. Biography Shem Ṭob was born at Soria, Spain. From his genealogy given in the preface to his Keter Shem Ṭob, Azulai ( Shem ha Gedolim, ii., s.v. Keter Shem… … Wikipedia
Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla — (1248 ndash; after 1305) ( he. יוסף בן אברהם ג יקטיליה, es. Chiquitilla, the little ) was a Spanish kabbalist, student of Abraham Abulafia. Biography Born at Medinaceli, Old Castile, Gikatilla was for some time a pupil of the kabbalist Abraham… … Wikipedia
Samson ben Abraham of Sens — Samson ben Abraham (c. 1150 c. 1230), also known as the Rash of Sens (an acronym of his name) or the Prince of Sens , was one of the leading French Tosafists in the second half of the 12th and the beginning of the 13th centuries. He was the most… … Wikipedia
MOSES BEN SHEM TOV DE LEON — (c. 1240–1305), a leading kabbalist, author of the bulk of the zohar . (For later views on the authorship of the Zohar, see the addendum to zohar .) Moses was apparently born in Leon, near Castile – he also calls himself Moses from the town of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
