Abraham Miguel Cardoso
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Abraham Miguel Cardozo (also Cardoso; c. 1626–1706) was a Sabbatean prophet and physician born in Rio Seco, Spain.[1]
Biography
A descendant of
.Becoming thereafter fairly prosperous, Cardoso married two wives, and began to devote himself to
Being endowed with great eloquence, Cardoso had many followers, but many enemies as well. An influential personage, Isaac Lumbroso, by spending much money, obtained his banishment from Tripoli. Cardoso then wandered from place to place, trying to lead people astray by his prophecies and visions, but meeting no success, as the rabbis had issued warnings against his vagaries. In 1703 he settled at Cairo and became the physician of the pasha of Egypt. Three years later, in 1706, he was assassinated by his nephew during a discussion on money matters.
Works
Cardoso was the author of many Kabbalistic and polemical works, of which only two are still extant:
- Boḳer Abraham (Dawn of Abraham), a Kabbalistic work in two volumes (Neubauer, Cat. Bodl. Hebr. MSS. No. 1441), an extract of which was published by Isaac Lopez in Kur Maẓref ha-Emunot,
- Ha-Ketab (The Writing), published in Weiss's Bet ha-Midrash, 1865.
Cardoso's other works were:
- Zeh Eli;
- Ḥokmato Shel Abraham Abinu
- Sefer ha-Ma'or
- Or Ẓaḥ we-Meẓuḳḳaḳ
- Wikkuaḥ Kellali
- Sullam Ya'aḳob
- Ḥereb Pipiyyot
- Elohe Abi
- Shema'Ḳaddishah
- Ṭob Adonai la-Kol
- Derush Amen
- Ereẓ Yisrael
- Sod Ḥai 'Alamin
- Derush ha-Ketab
- Solet Neḳiyyah
- Raza de-Razin
See also
- Jewish Messiah claimants
Notes
- ISBN 978-0-02-866097-4– via Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Jewish encyclopedia bibliography
- Heinrich Grätz, Gesch. der Juden, x.228, 229, 301;
- Kahana, Eben ha-To'im, pp. 53 et seq.;
- Moses Gaster, History of Bevis Marks, pp. 109 et seq.
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Richard Gottheil and Isaac Broydé (1901–1906). "Cardoso, Miguel". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.