Azriel of Gerona

Azriel of Gerona was an important 13th-century kabbalist. He was a student of Isaac the Blind, a younger contemporary of Ezra ben Solomon, and Ramban’s Kabbalah teacher. He supported and contributed to the open propagation of kabbalistic teaching, to which his teacher Isaac the Blind objected, which we know from a surviving letter. All of his writing is on Kabbalah and has a particular style and distinct terminology. Until recently, he and his works were often confused with those of Ezra ben Solomon.