Moses de León

Moses de León

 orig. Moses ben Shem Tov

(born c. 1240, León—died 1305, Arevalo) Reputed author of the Sefer ha-zohar, the most important work of Jewish mysticism. Little is known of his life, though he is believed to have lived in Guadalajara (the centre for Spanish adherents of the Kabbala) until 1290 and later to have traveled widely. He represented the Zohar as an ancient book that he had discovered, but it is more likely a work of his own authorship.