Moshe Cordovero
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Moshe Cordovero was a 16th-century Safed rabbi and one of the most influential systematic thinkers and codifiers of Kabbalah.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Moshe Cordovero canonical | 23 |
| Moses Cordovero | 7 |
| Rabbi Moshe Cordovero | 2 |
| Moshe ben Yaakov Cordovero | 1 |
| Rabbi Moshe Cordovero (Ramak) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T158697 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Moshe Cordovero Context triple: [Kabbalah, associatedWithFigure, Moshe Cordovero]
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A.
Isaac Luria
Isaac Luria was a 16th-century Jewish mystic and rabbi whose innovative teachings in Safed profoundly reshaped Kabbalistic thought and practice.
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B.
Nachmanides (Ramban)
Nachmanides (Ramban) was a 13th-century Spanish rabbi, Talmudist, biblical commentator, philosopher, and early kabbalist whose writings profoundly shaped Jewish thought and mysticism.
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C.
Moses de León
Moses de León was a 13th-century Spanish Jewish mystic and writer traditionally credited with composing or compiling the core text of the Zohar, a foundational work of Kabbalah.
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D.
Saadia Gaon
Saadia Gaon was a 10th-century Jewish philosopher, rabbi, and exegete renowned for his foundational works in Jewish theology, biblical commentary, and translation, particularly in Judeo-Arabic.
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E.
Maimonides
Maimonides was a medieval Jewish philosopher, legal scholar, and physician whose works, especially "The Guide for the Perplexed," profoundly shaped Jewish thought and influenced later rationalist philosophers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Moshe Cordovero Target entity description: Moshe Cordovero was a 16th-century Safed rabbi and one of the most influential systematic thinkers and codifiers of Kabbalah.
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A.
Isaac Luria
Isaac Luria was a 16th-century Jewish mystic and rabbi whose innovative teachings in Safed profoundly reshaped Kabbalistic thought and practice.
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B.
Nachmanides (Ramban)
Nachmanides (Ramban) was a 13th-century Spanish rabbi, Talmudist, biblical commentator, philosopher, and early kabbalist whose writings profoundly shaped Jewish thought and mysticism.
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C.
Moses de León
Moses de León was a 13th-century Spanish Jewish mystic and writer traditionally credited with composing or compiling the core text of the Zohar, a foundational work of Kabbalah.
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D.
Saadia Gaon
Saadia Gaon was a 10th-century Jewish philosopher, rabbi, and exegete renowned for his foundational works in Jewish theology, biblical commentary, and translation, particularly in Judeo-Arabic.
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E.
Maimonides
Maimonides was a medieval Jewish philosopher, legal scholar, and physician whose works, especially "The Guide for the Perplexed," profoundly shaped Jewish thought and influenced later rationalist philosophers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish philosopher
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Kabbalist ⓘ human ⓘ rabbi ⓘ religious writer ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Safed ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1522 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1570 ⓘ |
| era | 16th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish people ⓘ |
| familyName | Cordovero ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Jewish ethics
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Jewish law ⓘ Kabbalah ⓘ |
| genre |
ethical treatise
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halakhic writing ⓘ mystical literature ⓘ |
| givenName |
Moses
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surface form:
Moshe
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| influenced |
Hayyim Vital
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surface form:
Chaim Vital
Isaac Luria ⓘ later Kabbalists ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Moses ben Jacob Cordovero’s predecessors in Spanish Kabbalah
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Zohar ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| movement |
Kabbalah
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Safed Kabbalah ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
ethical imitation of divine attributes
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systematic synthesis of earlier Kabbalistic traditions ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Elimah Rabbati
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Or Ne’erav ⓘ Pardes Rimonim ⓘ Sefer Gerushin ⓘ Shiur Komah ⓘ Tomer Devorah ⓘ |
| occupation |
Talmudist
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author ⓘ mystic ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Ottoman Empire
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Safed ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Ottoman Empire
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Safed ⓘ |
| positionHeld | head of a Kabbalistic academy in Safed ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence | Safed ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| studentOf |
Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz
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surface form:
Shlomo Alkabetz
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Moshe Cordovero Description of subject: Moshe Cordovero was a 16th-century Safed rabbi and one of the most influential systematic thinkers and codifiers of Kabbalah.
Referenced by (34)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Moses Cordovero
this entity surface form:
Moses Cordovero
this entity surface form:
Moses Cordovero
this entity surface form:
Moses Cordovero
subject surface form:
Ramak
this entity surface form:
Rabbi Moshe Cordovero
this entity surface form:
Moshe ben Yaakov Cordovero
this entity surface form:
Moses Cordovero
this entity surface form:
Rabbi Moshe Cordovero (Ramak)
this entity surface form:
Rabbi Moshe Cordovero
this entity surface form:
Moses Cordovero
this entity surface form:
Moses Cordovero
subject surface form:
Moshe Alshich