Josef della Reina

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Josef della Reina (* 1418 ; † 1472 in Sidon ) was a kabbalistic - messianic enthusiast in Galilee who was killed while trying to force salvation through a violent incantation.

His fate was treated literarily by Agnon and Jizchak Bashevis Singer ; furthermore by a Messiah poem by Meir Wieners (Vienna 1919).

literature

  • DE LA REINA, JOSEF . In: Georg Herlitz, Bruno Kirschner: Jüdisches Lexikon . Volume 2: D - H . Jewish publishing house, Berlin 1928, column 64.
  • Geoffrey W. Dennis: The encyclopedia of Jewish myth, magic and mysticism . Llewellyn et al., St. Paul MN et al. 2007, ISBN 0-7387-0905-0 .
personal data
SURNAME Reina, Josef della
BRIEF DESCRIPTION mystical enthusiast in Galilee
DATE OF BIRTH 1418
DATE OF DEATH 1472
Place of death Sidon