LUZZATTO, Moses
- Era: 1707 - 1747
- Location: Italy
- Categories: RELIGION, LITERATURE
Poet, playwright and theologian, also known as Ramchal. A follower of Luria’s Kabbalistic tradition, he attracted an immediate following, subsequently expanded by his influence on thousands of eastern European Jews who were attracted by his description of the moral life as a magnet drawing people to God. Contemporary Jewish critics judged him to be yet another false Messiah of whom over the centuries there had been many
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