Abraham ben Isaac of Granada
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Abraham ben Isaac of Granada also Abraham Merimon was a Kabbalist of the thirteenth century.
Works
Abraham wrote:- A work on the KabbalaKabbalahKabbalah/Kabala is a discipline and school of thought concerned with the esoteric aspect of Rabbinic Judaism. It was systematized in 11th-13th century Hachmei Provence and Spain, and again after the Expulsion from Spain, in 16th century Ottoman Palestine...
, under the title of Sefer ha-Berit. This is quoted by Moses BotarelMoses BotarelMoses Botarel was a Spanish scholar who lived in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. He was a pupil of Jacob Sefardi , who instructed him in the Kabbala....
in the introduction to his commentary on the Sefer Yeẓirah, which passage contains a reference to MaimonidesMaimonidesMoses ben-Maimon, called Maimonides and also known as Mūsā ibn Maymūn in Arabic, or Rambam , was a preeminent medieval Jewish philosopher and one of the greatest Torah scholars and physicians of the Middle Ages...
' Moreh. - Another work on the Kabbala, under the title Berit MenuḥahBerit MenuchahBerit Menuchah also Berith Menuha, is a kabbalistic work by rabbi Abraham ben Isaac of Granada.-External links:* at hebrewbooks.org, PDF file...
, valued highly by Isaac LuriaIsaac LuriaIsaac Luria , also called Yitzhak Ben Shlomo Ashkenazi acronym "The Ari" "Ari-Hakadosh", or "Arizal", meaning "The Lion", was a foremost rabbi and Jewish mystic in the community of Safed in the Galilee region of Ottoman Palestine...
for its profound comments. Its language, as well as the manner in which Simon ben Yohai is introduced as speaker, shows striking resemblance to the ZoharZoharThe Zohar is the foundational work in the literature of Jewish mystical thought known as Kabbalah. It is a group of books including commentary on the mystical aspects of the Torah and scriptural interpretations as well as material on Mysticism, mythical cosmogony, and mystical psychology...
, and it may be that the author had a larger version of the Zohar before him than is now extant. - A work entitled Megalle ha-Ta'alumot, quoted by the author in the work previously mentioned.
Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography
- Adolf JellinekAdolf Jellinek----Adolf Jellinek |Drslavice]], nearby Uherské Hradiště, Moravia - December 28, 1893, Vienna) was an Austrian rabbi and scholar...
, Auswahl Kabbalistischer Mystik, i.9 (German part); - Heimann Joseph MichaelHeimann Joseph MichaelHeimann Joseph Michael was a Hebrew bibliographer born at Hamburg. He showed great acuteness of mind in early childhood, had a phenomenal memory, and was an indefatigable student. He studied Talmudics and received also private instruction in all the branches of a regular school education...
, Or ha-Ḥayyim, No. 146; - Isaac ben Jacob BenjacobIsaac ben Jacob BenjacobIsaac ben Jacob Benjacob was a Russian bibliographer, author, and publisher. His parents moved to Vilnius when he was still a child, and there he received instruction in Hebrew grammar and rabbinical lore....
, Oẓar ha-Sefarim, pp. 84, 86, 292.