RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Moses ben Jacob Cordovero

1522 - 1570

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Moses ben Jacob Cordovero (Hebrew: משה קורדובירו Moshe Kordovero ‎; 1522–1570) was a central figure in the historical development of Kabbalah, leader of a mystical school in 16th-century Safed, Ottoman Syria. He is known by the acronym the Ramak (Hebrew: רמ״ק). After the Medieval flourishing of Kabbalah, centered on the Zohar, attempts were made to give a complete intellectual system to its theology, such as by Meir ibn Gabbai. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Moses ben Jacob Cordovero has received more than 141,392 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Moses ben Jacob Cordovero is the 1,282nd most popular religious figure (down from 1,217th in 2019), the 170th most popular biography from Israel (down from 148th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Israeli Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Moses ben Jacob Cordovero ranks 1,282 out of 3,187. Before him are Said ibn al-Musayyib, William M. Branham, Anastasia the Patrician, Aldegonde, Adam Stefan Sapieha, and Bernardin Gantin. After him are Frederick of Utrecht, Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, Juliana of Liège, Teobaldo Boccapecci, Robert Estienne, and Jean-Marie Villot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1522, Moses ben Jacob Cordovero ranks 12. Before him are Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Lodovico Ferrari, Sen no Rikyū, Joachim du Bellay, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, and Charles II de Valois, Duke of Orléans. After him are Shibata Katsuie, Catherine of Ricci, Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Sophia Jagiellon, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Dirck Coornhert, and Honoré I, Lord of Monaco. Among people deceased in 1570, Moses ben Jacob Cordovero ranks 7. Before him are Jacopo Sansovino, Francesco Primaticcio, Francesco Melzi, Yi Hwang, Paris Bordone, and Philibert de l'Orme. After him are João de Barros, Frans Floris, Tielman Susato, Eleonora Gonzaga, Duchess of Urbino, Diego Ortiz, and Pietro Loredan.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Moses ben Jacob Cordovero ranks 170 out of 466. Before him are Meir Amit (1921), Lusius Quietus (100), Al-Hafiz (1074), Procopius of Scythopolis (250), Gabi Ashkenazi (1954), and Dan Halutz (1948). After him are Avram Grant (1955), May Ziade (1886), Hasan Salama (1912), Ibzan (null), Jonathan Apphus (-200), and Shulamit Aloni (1928).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Israel

Among religious figures born in Israel, Moses ben Jacob Cordovero ranks 52. Before him are Mariam Baouardy (1846), Saint Petronilla (50), Simeon of Jerusalem (100), Shoghi Effendi (1897), Angelus of Jerusalem (1185), and Procopius of Scythopolis (250). After him are Michel Sabbah (1933), John of Patmos (50), Narcissus of Jerusalem (95), Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas (1843), and João Ribeiro (null).

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