entity_id,canonical_name,greek_name,tradition,entity_type,category,primary_domains,tags,cult_scope,primary_period,evidence_confidence,review_status,inclusion_basis,earth_association_score,chthonic_flag,serpent_flag,short_note,entity_class
ENT_JM_ALKABETZ,Solomon Alkabetz,,Jewish Mystical,Mystic,Safed mystic,"['kabbalah', 'liturgy', 'mysticism']",,devotional,,A,candidate_verified_name,Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0),0,0,0,"Solomon ben Moses Alkabetz (c.1500-1576), Safed kabbalist and poet, author of the hymn Lekhah Dodi welcoming the Sabbath bride (the Shekhinah); Cordovero's teacher and brother-in-law.",sage
ENT_JM_BESHT,Baal Shem Tov (Israel ben Eliezer),,Jewish Mystical,Mystic,Hasidic master,"['mysticism', 'devekut', 'healing']",,devotional,,A,candidate_verified_name,Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0),0,0,0,"Israel ben Eliezer (c.1698-1760), the 'Baal Shem Tov' (Master of the Good Name), founder of Hasidism; emphasized joyful devotion (devekut) and the divine presence in all things. Known through the hagiographic Shivhei ha-Besht.",sage
ENT_JM_CHAYYIM_VOLOZHIN,Chayyim of Volozhin,,Jewish Mystical,Mystic,Kabbalist,"['Torah study', 'kabbalah']",,devotional,,A,candidate_verified_name,Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0),0,0,0,"Chayyim of Volozhin (1749-1821), foremost disciple of the Vilna Gaon and founder of the Volozhin yeshiva; his Nefesh ha-Chayyim gave the Mitnagdic movement its kabbalistic-intellectual theology.",sage
ENT_JM_CORDOVERO,Moses Cordovero (Ramak),,Jewish Mystical,Mystic,Safed mystic,"['kabbalah', 'systematic theology']",,devotional,,A,candidate_verified_name,Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0),0,0,0,"Moses ben Jacob Cordovero (1522-1570), the great systematizer of pre-Lurianic Kabbalah in Safed; author of Pardes Rimmonim. His school preceded and shaped Luria's.",sage
ENT_JM_DOV_BER,Dov Ber of Mezeritch (the Maggid),,Jewish Mystical,Mystic,Hasidic master,"['mysticism', 'devekut']",,devotional,,A,candidate_verified_name,Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0),0,0,0,"Dov Ber of Mezeritch (c.1704-1772), 'the Great Maggid,' chief disciple and successor of the Baal Shem Tov who organized Hasidism into a movement and trained the generation of rebbes who spread it.",sage
ENT_JM_ELIMELECH,Elimelech of Lizhensk,,Jewish Mystical,Mystic,Hasidic master,"['mysticism', 'tzaddikism']",,devotional,,A,candidate_verified_name,Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0),0,0,0,"Elimelech of Lizhensk (1717-1787), disciple of Dov Ber whose Noam Elimelech articulated the doctrine of the tzaddik as channel of divine blessing, shaping Polish-Galician Hasidism.",sage
ENT_JM_JACOB_JOSEPH,Jacob Joseph of Polonne,,Jewish Mystical,Mystic,Hasidic master,"['mysticism', 'homiletics']",,devotional,,A,candidate_verified_name,Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0),0,0,0,"Jacob Joseph of Polonne (d. c.1782), disciple of the Baal Shem Tov and the first to record his teachings in print (Toldot Yaakov Yosef), the earliest Hasidic book.",sage
ENT_JM_KARO,Joseph Karo,,Jewish Mystical,Mystic,Safed mystic,"['halakhah', 'kabbalah', 'mysticism']",,devotional,,A,candidate_verified_name,Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0),0,0,0,"Joseph Karo (1488-1575), Safed jurist-mystic, author of the Shulchan Aruch code of law and the mystical diary Maggid Mesharim recording his angelic mentor (the maggid).",sage
ENT_JM_LEVI_YITZHAK,Levi Yitzhak of Berditchev,,Jewish Mystical,Mystic,Hasidic master,"['mysticism', 'devotion', 'intercession']",,devotional,,A,candidate_verified_name,Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0),0,0,0,"Levi Yitzhak of Berditchev (1740-1809), disciple of Dov Ber and beloved Hasidic rebbe famed as the compassionate 'defender' of Israel before God; author of Kedushat Levi.",sage
ENT_JM_LURIA,Isaac Luria (the Ari),,Jewish Mystical,Mystic,Lurianic kabbalist,"['kabbalah', 'mysticism', 'cosmology']",,devotional,,A,candidate_verified_name,Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0),0,0,0,"Isaac ben Solomon Luria (1534-1572), 'the Ari,' the central figure of Safed Kabbalah, whose teaching of Tzimtzum, Shevirat ha-Kelim and Tikkun reshaped all later Jewish mysticism. He wrote almost nothing; his doctrine survives through Vital.",sage
ENT_JM_LUZZATTO,Moses Hayyim Luzzatto (Ramchal),,Jewish Mystical,Mystic,Lurianic kabbalist,"['kabbalah', 'ethics', 'mysticism']",,devotional,,A,candidate_verified_name,Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0),0,0,0,"Moses Hayyim Luzzatto (1707-1746), 'the Ramchal,' Italian kabbalist and ethicist who systematized Lurianic doctrine; author of Mesillat Yesharim and recipient of a maggid. Suspected of Sabbatean leanings and forced to suppress his kabbalistic writings.",sage
ENT_JM_NACHMAN,Nachman of Breslov,,Jewish Mystical,Mystic,Hasidic master,"['mysticism', 'storytelling', 'devotion']",,devotional,,A,candidate_verified_name,Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0),0,0,0,"Nachman of Breslov (1772-1810), great-grandson of the Baal Shem Tov and founder of Breslov Hasidism; taught hitbodedut (secluded prayer) and composed mystical tales.",sage
ENT_JM_NATHAN_GAZA,Nathan of Gaza,,Jewish Mystical,Mystic,Messianic claimant,"['messianism', 'prophecy', 'kabbalah']",,devotional,,A,candidate_verified_name,Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0),0,0,0,"Abraham Nathan ben Elisha Hayyim Ashkenazi (1643-1680), 'Nathan of Gaza,' the prophet and theologian of the Sabbatean movement who proclaimed Sabbatai Zevi as messiah and built its Lurianic-based theology, including after the apostasy.",sage
ENT_JM_SABBATAI_ZEVI,Sabbatai Zevi,,Jewish Mystical,Mystic,Messianic claimant,"['messianism', 'mysticism']",,devotional,,A,candidate_verified_name,Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0),0,0,0,"Sabbatai Zevi (1626-1676), the self-proclaimed Jewish messiah whose movement convulsed Jewry in 1665-66; he converted to Islam under Ottoman threat, splitting his followers. Drew on Lurianic redemption theology.",sage
ENT_JM_SCHNEUR_ZALMAN,Schneur Zalman of Liadi,,Jewish Mystical,Mystic,Hasidic master,"['mysticism', 'intellectual Hasidism']",,devotional,,A,candidate_verified_name,Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0),0,0,0,"Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1745-1812), disciple of Dov Ber and founder of Chabad (Lubavitch) Hasidism; author of the Tanya, which fused Lurianic Kabbalah with an intellectual contemplative path.",sage
ENT_JM_VILNA_GAON,Elijah of Vilna (the Vilna Gaon),,Jewish Mystical,Mystic,Kabbalist,"['Torah study', 'kabbalah', 'halakhah']",,devotional,,A,candidate_verified_name,Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0),0,0,0,"Elijah ben Solomon Zalman (1720-1797), 'the Vilna Gaon,' the supreme Lithuanian Talmudist and kabbalist; leader of the Mitnagdim who fiercely opposed the rise of Hasidism, issuing bans against it.",sage
ENT_JM_VITAL,Hayyim Vital,,Jewish Mystical,Mystic,Lurianic kabbalist,"['kabbalah', 'mysticism']",,devotional,,A,candidate_verified_name,Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0),0,0,0,"Hayyim ben Joseph Vital (1542-1620), Luria's foremost disciple and recorder; his Etz Chaim is the chief written source for the Lurianic system.",sage