Moses de León
משה בן שם-טוב די-ליאון
Moshe ben Shem-Tov de León
CountrySpain
LanguagesAramaic, Medieval Hebrew
Datesc. 1240 — 1305
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jewish authors
judaism
medieval europe
Moses de León, known in Hebrew as Moshe ben Shem-Tov, 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.— Wikipedia
