A report on Solomon Molcho
Solomon Molcho (שלמה מולכו Shelomo Molkho), or Molkho, originally Diogo Pires (c.
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Joseph Taitazak
1 linksTalmudic authority and kabalist who lived at Salonica in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Talmudic authority and kabalist who lived at Salonica in the 15th and 16th centuries.
With such a disposition to asceticism and mysticism, it was but natural that Joseph should become enthralled by the messianic vagaries of Solomon Molcho, whom he supported while preaching at Salonica in 1529.
Joseph Karo
1 linksThe author of the last great codification of Jewish law, the Beit Yosef, and its popular analogue, the Shulchan Arukh.
The author of the last great codification of Jewish law, the Beit Yosef, and its popular analogue, the Shulchan Arukh.
Another promise, that he would merit to die a martyr's death sanctifying God's Name like Rabbi Shlomo Molcho had merited, did not transpire for an unspecified reason.
List of messiah claimants
0 linksList of notable people who have been said to be a messiah, either by themselves or by their followers.
List of notable people who have been said to be a messiah, either by themselves or by their followers.
Shlomo Molcho, born Diogo Pires (1500-1532) in Lisbon to parents who were Jewish converts to Christianity. After meeting David Reuveni, he left his post as secretary to the king's council, traveled to Damascus, Safed, Jerusalem and later Solonika, where he studied kabbalah and became a mystic. He was eventually reunited with Reuveni, declared his aspirations as messiah, and was finally burned at the stake by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, for refusing to convert back to Christianity.
David Reubeni
0 linksJewish political activist, described by the Shengold Jewish Encyclopedia as "half-mystic, half-adventurer."
Jewish political activist, described by the Shengold Jewish Encyclopedia as "half-mystic, half-adventurer."
Reubeni's striking appearance–a swarthy dwarf in Oriental costume–and messianic claims attracted the attention of Diego Pires, a converso youth of noble birth, who, through the good agencies of Reubeni, had succeeded in returning to his Jewish roots and had taken the name of Solomon Molcho.
Jacob Mantino ben Samuel
0 linksJewish scholar and Italian physician, known also as Mantinus.
Jewish scholar and Italian physician, known also as Mantinus.
Meanwhile, the Messianic dreamer Solomon Molcho, whom Mantino had energetically opposed while he was in Venice, went to Rome, followed by Mantino.