See also:

• MOSES (Gr. Mwvo c, Mcoo-i3s)
• MOSES, ASSUMPTION OF

MOSES See also:

• BEN (from Old Eng. bennan, within)

BEN SI See also:

• LEON
• LEON, LUIS PONCE DE (1527-1591)
• MOSES BEN SI LEON
• LEON, or LEON DE LAS ALDAMAS

LEON  EM-TOBI DE (d . 1305), Jewish See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LEON
• LEON, LUIS PONCE DE (1527-1591)
• LEON, MOSES BEN SI
• LEON, or LEON DE LAS ALDAMAS

Leon (See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain) in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 13th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century and died at Arevalo . His fame is due to his authorship of the most influential Kabbalist See also:

• WORK

work, the Zohar (see KABBALA), which was attributed to See also:

• SIMON, ABRAHAM (1622-1692)
• SIMON, JULES FRANCOIS (1814–1896)
• SIMON, RICHARD (1638–1712)
• SIMON, SIR JOHN (1816–1904)
• SIMON, THOMAS (c. 1623-1665)

Simon b . Yol7ai, a See also:

• RABBI

Rabbi of the 2nd century . In See also:

• MODERN

modern times the See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery of the modernity of the Zohar has led to injustice to the author . See also:

• MOSES (Gr. Mwvo c, Mcoo-i3s)
• MOSES, ASSUMPTION OF

Moses de Leon undoubtedly used old materials and out of them constructed a work of See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius . The discredit into which he See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell was due partly to the unedifying incidents of his See also:

• PERSONAL

personal career . He led a wandering See also:

• LIFE

life, and was more or less of an adventurer . But as to the greatness of his work, the profundity of his See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy and the brilliance of his religious See also:

• IDEALISM (from Gr. i5Ea, archetype or model, through been urged of the truth of its point of view is the persistency Fr. idealisme)

idealism, there can be no question . See See also:

• GRAETZ, HEINRICH (1817–1891)

Graetz, See also:

• HISTORY

History of the See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

Jews, vol. iv. ch. i.; Geiger, Leon de See also:

• MODENA (ancient Mutina)

Modena . (I .