Rabbi Shem Tov ibn Shem Tov

Kabbalist · c. 1380–c. 1441

Sephardi · EstablishedChristian Iberia

Spanish kabbalist whose Sefer HaEmunot defended Kabbalah and criticized the rationalist philosophy he blamed for the conversions of his time.

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