Isaac the Blind

Isaac the Blind (c. 1160-1235, Provence, France) was a famous writer on subjects dealing with Jewish mysticism and Kabbalah.

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1160 - 1235 - Provence - Jewish mysticism - Kabbalah

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He was the son of famous talmudist Abraham ben David of Posquières.

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A major Jewish mystic text, known as the Bahir, first appeared in the middle ages, around 1200 CE in France. It discusses a number of ideas that were to become important for the Kabbalah, and even though the origins of the anonymous work are obscure there were nevertheless important Jewish mystic thinkers who were writing at the same time in France. The most influencial of these was Isaac the Blind.

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Isaac knew about the Bahir, but was strongly influenced by the philosophy of Neo-Platonism.

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