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LEON, MOSES BEN SI

This article appears in Volume V16, Page 443 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: LAP-LEO
LEON, MOSES BEN SI EM-TOBI DE (d. 1305), Jewish scholar, was born in Leon (Spain) in the middle of the 13th
century
  and died at Arevalo. His fame is due to his authorship of the most influential Kabbalist
work
 , the Zohar (see KABBALA), which was attributed to Simon b. Yol7ai, a
Rabbi
  of the 2nd
century
 . In
modern
  times the discovery of the modernity of the Zohar has led to injustice to the author. Moses de Leon undoubtedly used old materials and out of them constructed a
work
  of genius. The discredit into which he
fell
  was due partly to the unedifying incidents of his personal career. He led a wandering
life
 , and was more or less of an adventurer. But as to the greatness of his work, the profundity of his philosophy and the brilliance of his religious
idealism
 , there can be no question.
See Graetz, History of the
Jews
 , vol. iv. ch. i.; Geiger, Leon de
Modena
 . (I. A.)


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