Mosque de Leon

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Bust of the Mosque de Leons in Guadalajara

Moshe ben Schem Tov de Leon (משה בן שם-טוב די-ליאון, * around 1250 in Guadalajara ; † 1305 in Arévalo ) was originally a follower of Maimonides and later became a Kabbalist . He lived in Guadalajara and Ávila , among others .

Mosche de Leon got to know Josef Gikatilla's prophetic Kabbalah through his acquaintance ; Influenced by this, after studying Neoplatonic texts , he developed into the most influential exponent of the theosophical ( sephiroth - theological ) direction. The largest part of the work Zohar is ascribed to him, which was written in Aramaic artificial language and distributed by Mosche de Leon from around 1275 "as an allegedly old work of Rabbi Shim'on bar Jochaj " from the early 2nd century; afterwards he wrote Kabbalistic writings under his own name "and quoted from the Zôhar like from an old book". Although this became the main work of Kabbalah and pushed the other Kabbalistic writings into the background, very little is known about him as the presumed author.

literature

  • Angel Sáenz-Badillos, Judit Targarona Borrás: Diccionario de autores judios. (Sefarad. Siglos X-XV). El Almendro, Córdoba 1988, ISBN 84-86077-69-9 , ( Estudios de Cultura Hebrea 10), pp. 71f.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Johann Maier : The Kabbalah . Introduction - Classical Texts - Explanations. Verlag CH Beck, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-406-39659-3 , p. 13 f .
  2. ^ Johann Maier: The Kabbalah . Introduction - Classical Texts - Explanations. Verlag CH Beck, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-406-39659-3 , p. 15 .
personal data
SURNAME Mosque de Leon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moshe ben Shem Tov de Leon (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Kabbalist, originally a follower of Maimonides
DATE OF BIRTH around 1250
PLACE OF BIRTH Guadalajara
DATE OF DEATH 1305
Place of death Arévalo