Luzzatto, Moses Hayyim (Ramhal)
- Luzzatto, Moses Hayyim (Ramhal)
(1707-46)
Italian kabbalist. Hebrew poet and writer. He was born in Padua. He engaged in mystical practices and gathered around himself a group of disciples. He believed he was in communion with a maggid who dictated secret doctrines to him. His messianic claims provoked the hostility of the rabbis. Forced to leave Italy, he settled in Amsterdam and subse-quently went to Palestine. He wrote kabbalistic studies, ethical works, theological investigations, poetry and verse drama. He is regarded as the father of modern Hebrew literature.
Dictionary of Jewish Biography.
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