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Abraham ben Samuel Abulafia

(c. 1240—1291)


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(1240–c.1291).

A wandering Spanish kabbalist. He wrote a number of mystical essays, and in 1280 went to Rome to persuade the pope to relieve the sufferings of the Jews. He ...

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Abulafia, Abraham ben Samuel (1240–c.1291)
in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1 rev) Length: 81 words
ABULAFIA, AVRAHAM BEN SHEMUʿEL
in The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion (2) Length: 266 words

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