, a Spanish rabbi, of the thirteenth century, practised astrology,
, a Spanish rabbi, of the
thirteenth century, practised astrology, and assuming the
character of a prophet, predicted the coming of the Messiah to be in 1358, but died himself in 1303, fifty-five
years before the time when his prediction was to be fulfilled. A treatise of his, “De Nativitatibus,
” was printed
at Rome in