Moses de León

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Moses de León was a 13th-century Spanish Jewish mystic and writer traditionally credited with composing or compiling the core text of the Zohar, a foundational work of Kabbalah.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish mystic
Kabbalist
medieval Jewish scholar
rabbi
writer
alsoKnownAs Moses de León
surface form: Moshe ben Shem-Tov de León

Moses de León
surface form: Moshe ben Shemtov de León

Moses de León
surface form: Moshe de León
birthDate c. 1250
century 13th century
countryOfBirth Kingdom of León
countryOfDeath Castile
surface form: Kingdom of Castile
deathDate 1305
era High Middle Ages
ethnicGroup Sephardi Jew
familyName de León
fieldOfWork Jewish mysticism
Jewish philosophy
Kabbalah
genre mystical literature
religious literature
givenName Moses
influenced Christian Kabbalah
Kabbalah
surface form: Jewish mysticism

later Kabbalists
influencedBy Talmudic literature
earlier Kabbalistic traditions
medieval Jewish philosophy
languageOfWorkOrName Aramaic
Hebrew
Spanish
movement Kabbalistic tradition
notableWork Ha-Nefesh ha-Hakhamah
Mishkan ha-Edut
Sefer ha-Rimon
Shekel ha-Kodesh
Zohar
occupation author
mystic
religious scholar
placeOfBirth León
placeOfDeath Ávila
region medieval Spain
religion Judaism
residence Guadalajara
Valladolid
Ávila
tradition Kabbalah
surface form: Spanish Kabbalah
traditionallyCreditedWith compiling the core text of the Zohar
composing the core text of the Zohar

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Moses de León alsoKnownAs Moses de León
this entity surface form: Moshe de León
Moses de León alsoKnownAs Moses de León
this entity surface form: Moshe ben Shem-Tov de León
Moses de León alsoKnownAs Moses de León
this entity surface form: Moshe ben Shemtov de León
Kabbalah associatedWithFigure Moses de León
Zohar associatedWithPerson Moses de León