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Isaac the Blind

1160 - 1235

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Isaac the Blind (Hebrew: רַבִּי יִצְחַק סַגִּי נְהוֹר Rabbī Yīṣḥaq Saggī Nəhōr, literally "Rabbi Isaac, of much light"; c. 1160–1235 in Provence, France), was a French rabbi and a famous writer on Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism). The Aramaic epithet "Saggi Nehor" means "of Much Light" in the sense of having excellent eyesight, an ironic euphemism for being blind. Some historians suspect him to be the author of the Book of the Bahir, an important early text of Kabbalah. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Isaac the Blind is the 2,078th most popular writer (up from 2,165th in 2019), the 2,343rd most popular biography from France (up from 2,429th in 2019) and the 291st most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Isaac the Blind ranks 2,078 out of 7,302. Before him are Aphrahat, Gustav Schwab, Anastasius Sinaita, Alexander Belyaev, Oscar Milosz, and Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić. After him are Ibn al-Farid, Piotr Skarga, Elsa Beskow, Wolfgang Borchert, Stanisław Przybyszewski, and Pierre Plantard.

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Among people born in 1160, Isaac the Blind ranks 12. Before him are Pérotin, Alys of France, Countess of Vexin, Hartmann von Aue, Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, Dulce of Aragon, and Arnaud Amalric. After him are Vladislaus III, Duke of Bohemia, William of Champlitte, Ma Yuan, Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen, David Kimhi, and Adelaide of Meissen. Among people deceased in 1235, Isaac the Blind ranks 5. Before him are Andrew II of Hungary, Henry I, Duke of Brabant, Elisabeth of Swabia, and Andronikos I of Trebizond. After him are Philip I, Count of Boulogne, David Kimhi, and Jordanus de Nemore.

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In France

Among people born in France, Isaac the Blind ranks 2,343 out of 6,770. Before him are Octave Lapize (1887), Jean-Jacques Beineix (1946), Rudi Garcia (1964), Louis Delluc (1890), Louis Jouvet (1887), and Joan of Valois, Countess of Hainaut (1294). After him are Matthias of Arras (1290), Peter Chanel (1803), Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron (1731), Ivo of Chartres (1040), Pierre Plantard (1920), and François Hotman (1524).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Isaac the Blind ranks 291. Before him are Paul Morand (1888), Elizabeth of the Trinity (1880), Anne Golon (1921), Robert de Boron (1110), Magnus Felix Ennodius (473), and Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (1960). After him are Pierre Plantard (1920), François Hotman (1524), Menasseh Ben Israel (1604), Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786), Thomas Merton (1915), and Benoît de Sainte-Maure (1154).

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