Moses Zacuto

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Mose Zacuto (also Moshe Sachut , Mose Zachut etc .; * around 1625 in Amsterdam ; † 1697 in Mantua ) was a Jewish poet and Kabbalist .

He wrote the works tofte aruch (“Hell is ready”, Dante imitation), Mysterium and jessod olam (“Foundation of the world”, drama, one of the first Hebrew dramas).

literature

  • Katharina Koch: Franz Joseph Molitor and the Jewish tradition. 1990, p. 242f. ( Digitized version )