Gerondi, Jacob ben Sheshet

Gerondi, Jacob ben Sheshet
(fl. 13th cent)
   Spanish kabbalist. He lived in Gerona. He wrote Meshiv Devarim Nekohim, in which he formulated kabbal-istic meanings of the essence of the Torah, the creation of the world, divine providence and retri-bution.

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