Jacob Ṣemaḥ, Humanist

Jacob Ṣemaḥ (ca. 1578–1667), an erudite physician-kabbalist, was raised amongst the conversos of Viana de Caminha in northwest Portugal. He fled the country in his mid-thirties to live openly as a Jew, arriving first in Salonica. Ṣemaḥ was responsible for the consolidation of the Lurianic literary c...

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Main Author: Chajes, J. H. 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2022
In: European journal of jewish studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 16, Issue: 1, Pages: 93-116
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Tsemaḥ, Yaʿaḳov ben Ḥayim ca. -nach 1665 / Portugal / Education / Cabala / Knowledge communication / Humanist
IxTheo Classification:AF Geography of religion
AG Religious life; material religion
BH Judaism
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBH Iberian Peninsula
Further subjects:B Jacob Ṣemaḥ
B Lurianic Kabbalah
B converso
B Humanism
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