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Abraham Abulafia

1240 - 1292

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Abraham ben Samuel Abulafia (Hebrew: אברהם בן שמואל אבולעפיה) was the founder of the school of "Prophetic Kabbalah". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abraham Abulafia has received more than 284,328 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Abraham Abulafia is the 909th most popular writer (down from 885th in 2019), the 281st most popular biography from Spain (down from 274th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Spanish Writer.

Abraham Abulafia was an important Jewish mystic and philosopher who is most famous for his work in the Kabbalah, a Jewish mystical tradition.

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  • 25

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  • 2.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among writers, Abraham Abulafia ranks 909 out of 7,302. Before him are Etty Hillesum, Bruce Chatwin, Maurice Druon, Wole Soyinka, Stefan George, and Branislav Nušić. After him are Gnaeus Naevius, N. F. S. Grundtvig, Achim von Arnim, L. Ron Hubbard, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, and Johann Kaspar Lavater.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1240, Abraham Abulafia ranks 7. Before him are Pope Benedict XI, Cimabue, Yunus Emre, Arnolfo di Cambio, Arnaldus de Villa Nova, and Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg. After him are Magnus III of Sweden, Boetius of Dacia, Siger of Brabant, Emperor Duzong, Pietro Cavallini, and Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt. Among people deceased in 1292, Abraham Abulafia ranks 4. Before him are Roger Bacon, Pope Nicholas IV, and Kinga of Poland. After him are Thibaud Gaudin, Guiraut Riquier, William VII, Marquis of Montferrat, and John Peckham.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Abraham Abulafia ranks 281 out of 3,355. Before him are Jorge Semprún (1923), Carles Puyol (1978), Silius Italicus (26), Postumus (250), Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1402), and Muhammad I of Granada (1194). After him are Liuvigild (525), Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria (1609), Fernando Alonso (1981), Ildefons Cerdà (1815), Ibn Zuhr (1091), and Jesús Franco (1930).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Abraham Abulafia ranks 29. Before him are Jacinto Benavente (1866), Luis de Góngora (1561), Antonio Machado (1875), Vicente Aleixandre (1898), Jorge Semprún (1923), and Silius Italicus (26). After him are Carlos Ruiz Zafón (1964), Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836), Prudentius (348), Juan Antonio Villacañas (1922), Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867), and Benito Pérez Galdós (1843).

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