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Abraham Abulafia

1240 - 1292

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Abraham ben Samuel Abulafia (Hebrew: אברהם בן שמואל אבולעפיה) was the founder of the school of "Prophetic Kabbalah". He was born in Zaragoza, Kingdom of Aragon, in 1240, and is assumed to have died sometime after 1291 following a stay on the small and windswept island of Comino (the smallest of the three inhabited islands that make up the Maltese archipelago). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abraham Abulafia is the 975th most popular writer (down from 908th in 2019), the 312th most popular biography from Spain (down from 281st in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Spanish Writer.

Abraham Abulafia was an important Jewish mystic and philosopher who is most famous for his work in the Kabbalah, a Jewish mystical tradition.

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Among writers, Abraham Abulafia ranks 975 out of 7,302. Before him are Cormac McCarthy, Ambrose Bierce, Raymond Carver, Venantius Fortunatus, Jean Giraudoux, and Viktor Shklovsky. After him are Sonia Rykiel, Hélène Cixous, Avienus, Sin Saimdang, Victorien Sardou, and Bruce Chatwin.

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Among people born in 1240, Abraham Abulafia ranks 8. Before him are Cimabue, Yunus Emre, Arnolfo di Cambio, Arnaldus de Villa Nova, Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg, and Boetius of Dacia. After him are Siger of Brabant, Pietro Cavallini, Magnus III of Sweden, Elizabeth the Cuman, Konstantin Tih, and Albert II, Margrave of Meissen. Among people deceased in 1292, Abraham Abulafia ranks 4. Before him are Roger Bacon, Pope Nicholas IV, and Kinga of Poland. After him are Thibaud Gaudin, Guiraut Riquier, William VII, Marquis of Montferrat, and John Peckham.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Abraham Abulafia ranks 312 out of 3,355. Before him are Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867), Niceto Alcalá-Zamora (1877), Silius Italicus (26), Benito Pérez Galdós (1843), Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain (1729), and Pedro Cea (1900). After him are Francis, Duke of Cádiz (1822), Carles Puyol (1978), Alfonso II of Asturias (759), Sergio Ramos (1986), Wittiza (687), and Carles Puigdemont (1962).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Abraham Abulafia ranks 32. Before him are Antonio Machado (1875), Mercè Rodoreda (1908), Prudentius (348), Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867), Silius Italicus (26), and Benito Pérez Galdós (1843). After him are Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836), Carlos Ruiz Zafón (1964), Arturo Pérez-Reverte (1951), Jorge Semprún (1923), Rosalía de Castro (1837), and Bernardino de Sahagún (1499).

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