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Also Known As Judah Aryeh • Leon of Modena
Born April 23, 1571 • Venice • Italy
Died March 24, 1648 (aged 76) • Venice • Italy
Notable Works “Ari nohem”
Subjects Of Study Judaism
Jacob Israel Emden
Danish rabbi
Hillel ben Samuel
Jewish physician and scholar
Saʿadia ben Joseph
Jewish exegete and philosopher
Leo Pinsker
Russian-Polish physician and polemicist
David al-Mukammas
Jewish philosopher
Johannes Pfefferkorn
German controversialist
Martin Buber
Martin Buber
German religious philosopher
Josephus before Vespasian
Flavius Josephus
Jewish priest, scholar, and historian
Judah ha-Levi
Hebrew poet
Isaac ben Solomon Luria
Jewish mystic
Lorenzo Valla
Italian humanist
Franz Rosenzweig
German philosopher
Baʿal Shem Ṭov
Polish rabbi
Sir Sigmund Sternberg
British philanthropist and entrepreneur
Poggio Bracciolini, Gian Francesco
Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini
Italian scholar
Shabbetai Tzevi
Shabbetai Tzevi
Jewish pseudo-messiah
Eleazar ben Judah Of Worms
German rabbi
Elijah Bokher Levita
Italian grammarian
Simon Markovich Dubnow
Russian historian
Amos
Amos
Hebrew prophet