Moses ben Shem Tov, de Leon, 1250-1305

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Name (Hebrew)
משה בן שם טוב, די לאון, 1250-1305
Name (Latin)
Moses ben Shem Tov, de Leon, 1250-1305
Other forms of name
Moses ben Shemṭob, di Leon, 1250-1305
nnaa Moses ben Shem-Tob de Leon, ca. 1250-1305
nnea Moses ben Shem Tov, de Leon, d. 1305
Leon, Moshe De-, 1250-1305
Moshe ben Shem Tov, de Leon, 1250-1305
Moshe d'Leon, 1250-1305
Leon, Moses de, 1250-1305
Moses ben Shem-Tob de Leon, 1250-1305
Moses di Leon ben Shemtob, 1250-1305
Moses, de Leon, 1250-1305
Moisés, de León, 1250-1305
Moses, of Leon, 1250-1305
Moses Ben Shemtob, de Leon, 1250-1305
Leon, Mose ben Schem-Tob de, 1250-1305
Mose ben Schem-Tob, de Leon, 1250-1305
Moses ben Shem-Tob, de Leon, 1250-1305
Moses ben Shem Tov, de Leon, d. 1305 nnea
Moshe, De-Leon, 1250-1305
Mosheh ben Shem Ṭov, me-ʻir Leʼon, 1250-1305
Mosheh, de-Leʼon, 1250-1305
Moïse de Leon, 1250-1305
משה בן שם טוב, די לאון
משה די לאון
משה די ליאון
משה דה ליאון
משה דה לאון
די ליאון, משה
די לאון, משה
דה לאון, משה
דה ליאון, משה
לאון, משה די
די-ליאון, משה בן שם טוב
ליאון, משה בן שם טוב די-
רמד"ל
משה בן שם-טוב, די-ליאון
משה בן שם טוב, דה לאון, נפ' 1305
Date of birth
1250
Date of death
1305
Place of birth
León (Spain)
Place of death
Arévalo (Spain)
Occupation
Rabbis
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 79260667
Wikidata: Q456758
Library of congress: n 85299967
Sources of Information
  • Encyc. Brit., c1983(Moses (ben Shem Tov) de León; b. 1250, León, Spain; d. 1305, Arevalo)
  • Encyc. Judaica, c1971(Moses ben Shem Tov de Leon, c. 1240-1305; a leading kabbalist, author of the bulk of Zohar)
  • His Sefer ha-rimon, 1987:t.p. (Mosheh de-Leʼon) added t.p. (Moshe De-Leon [in rom.])
  • LC manual auth. cd.(hdg.: Moses ben Shem-Tob de Leon, ca. 1250-1305; variants: Moses de Leon; Mosheh ben Shem Ṭov, me-ʻir Leʼon; Leon, Moses (ben Shem-Tob) de; Leon, Mose ben Schem-Tob de; Leon, Moses ben Shem-Tob de; Mose ben Schem-Tob de Leon; Moses di Leon ben Shemṭob)
  • Zohar. English. Selections. The wisdom of the Zohar, 1987, c1985:CIP pub. info. (Rabbi Moses de Leon of Avila, Spain; presumed author of Zohar)
  • Record enhanced with data from Bibliography of the Hebrew Book database
  • La résidence du témoignage, 2020:title page (Moïse de Leon)
  • El libro del siclo del santuario, 2022:title page (Rabí Moisés de León.)
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Wikipedia description:

Moses de León (c. 1240 – 1305), known in Hebrew as Moshe ben Shem-Tov (משה בן שם־טוב די־ליאון), was a Spanish rabbi and Kabbalist who first publicized the Zohar. Modern scholars believe the Zohar is his own work, despite his claim to have copied it out of an ancient manuscript by Shimon ben Yochai. His other works include Sefer ha-Rimon, written in Hebrew, and hundreds of pseudepigraphic responsa, commentaries, and Kabbalistic tracts which he falsely attributed to earlier authorities.

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