RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Isaac Luria

1534 - 1572

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Isaac ben Solomon Luria Ashkenazi (Hebrew: יִצְחָק בן שלמה לוּרְיָא אשכנזי; c. 1534 – July 25, 1572), commonly known in Jewish religious circles as Ha'ari, Ha'ari Hakadosh or Arizal, was a leading rabbi and Jewish mystic in the community of Safed in the Galilee region of Ottoman Syria, now Israel. He is considered the father of contemporary Kabbalah, his teachings being referred to as Lurianic Kabbalah. While his direct literary contribution to the Kabbalistic school of Safed was extremely minute (he wrote only a few poems), his spiritual fame led to their veneration and the acceptance of his authority. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Isaac Luria has received more than 608,814 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Isaac Luria is the 675th most popular religious figure (down from 653rd in 2019), the 93rd most popular biography from Israel (down from 86th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Israeli Religious Figure.

Isaac Luria was a Russian-born American biochemist who is most famous for the discovery of the structure of thyroxine and the first to synthesize cortisone.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Isaac Luria ranks 675 out of 3,187. Before him are John Cassian, Kinga of Poland, John of Capistrano, Muhammad al-Jawad, Saint Remigius, and Victor of Aveyron. After him are Julia of Corsica, Norbert of Xanten, Robert of Molesme, Jacobus da Varagine, Holofernes, and Pope Leo V.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1534, Isaac Luria ranks 6. Before him are Oda Nobunaga, Orlande de Lassus, Frederick II of Denmark, Myeongjong of Joseon, and Joseph of Anchieta. After him are James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, Archduchess Eleanor of Austria, Guru Ram Das, Lautaro, Abtai Sain Khan, and Giovanni de' Bardi. Among people deceased in 1572, Isaac Luria ranks 10. Before him are Jeanne d'Albret, Túpac Amaru, Şah Sultan, Gaspard II de Coligny, John Knox, and Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía. After him are Longqing Emperor, Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland, Miguel López de Legazpi, François Clouet, Petrus Ramus, and Archduchess Barbara of Austria.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Isaac Luria ranks 93 out of 466. Before him are Canaan (null), Manasseh (-709), Nicodemus (-50), Abu Nidal (1937), Pope Theodore I (600), and Cyril of Jerusalem (313). After him are Pontius Pilate's wife (6), Ahaziah of Judah (-900), Dan Shechtman (1941), Antigonus II Mattathias (-100), Epiphanius of Salamis (315), and Tzipi Livni (1958).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Israel

Among religious figures born in Israel, Isaac Luria ranks 40. Before him are James, brother of Jesus (-20), Penitent thief (-18), Annas (-22), Canaan (null), Nicodemus (-50), and Pope Theodore I (600). After him are Pontius Pilate's wife (6), Epiphanius of Salamis (315), Zephaniah (-701), Philip the Evangelist (100), Al-Tabarani (873), and Mariam Baouardy (1846).

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