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41Israel Sarug — Ashkenazi (also Saruk ) (16th century; fl. 1590 1610) was a pupil of Isaac Luria, and devoted himself at the death of his master to the propagation of the latter s kabalistic system, for which he gained many adherents in various parts of Italy.… …
42Samuel Vital — Samuel ben Hayyim Vital (16th century) was a Kabalist born in Damascus in the latter half of the sixteenth century. While still young he married a daughter of Isaiah Pinto, rabbi of Damascus. Poverty compelled him to emigrate to Egypt, where,… …
43Nehemiah Hayyun — Nehemiah Hiyya ben Moses Hayyun (ca. 1650 – ca. 1730) was a kabalist from Bosnia. His parents, of Sephardic descent, lived in Sarajevo, Bosnia, where probably he was born, although in later life he pretended that he was a Palestinian emissary… …
44Naphtali Cohen — Portrait of Rabbi Naphtali Cohen, from 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia. Naphtali Cohen (1649–1718), also known as Naphtali Katz, was a Russo German rabbi and kabalist born in Ostrowo in the Ukraine. He belonged to a family of rabbis in Ostrowo, where… …
45Christian Knorr von Rosenroth — Sefirotic diagram from Christian von Rosenroth s Kabbala Denudata. Christian Knorr von Rosenroth (July 15/16, 1636 – May 4, 1689) was a German Hebraist born at Alt Raudten, today Stara Rudna in Silesia. After having completed his studies in the… …
46John Dee — For other people named John Dee, see John Dee (disambiguation). John Dee …
47Naphtali Hirsch Treves — Naphtali Hirsch ben Eliezer Treves (or Naphtali Hirz) was a kabalist and scholar of the 16th century who officiated as Hazzan in Frankfort on the Main. He was the author of Perush (1560), a famous cabalistic commentary on the Siddur (prayer book) …
48Paolo Riccio — [Paul Ritz, Paulus Ricius, Paulus Riccius, Rici, Ricci, Paulus Israelita] was a German Jewish convert to Christianity in the first half of the sixteenth century. He became professor of philosophy in the University of Pavia; subsequently he was… …
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50Menahem Zioni — (Ziyyuni) ben Meir of Speyer was a kabbalist of the middle of the 15th century, author of the cabalistic commentary Ẓiyyuni, from which he derives his name. He based his work upon Rashi and Naḥmanides, and especially upon the old cabalistic… …
