Johan Kemper

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Johan Christian Jakob Kemper (also: Moshe Ben Aharon von Krakau ; * 1670 ; † 1716 ) was a Polish Jew who converted from Judaism to Lutheran Christianity.

He was a lecturer in Hebrew at Uppsala University from 1697 to 1716 . He was probably Emanuel Swedenborg's teacher .

During his stay in Uppsala he wrote a three-volume work on the Zohar , entitled Matteh Mosche (The Staff of Moses). In it he tried to prove that the Zohar contained the Christian doctrine of the Trinity. This belief led him to a literal translation of the Gospel according to Matthew into Hebrew, with a Kabbalistic commentary.

Works

  • Hebrew translation of the Gospel of Matthew , 1703
  • Meriat Enayim , 1704
  • Matteh Moshe , 1711
personal data
SURNAME Kemper, Johan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kemper, Johan Christian Jakob; Moshe Ben Aharon from Krakow
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1670
DATE OF DEATH 1716