List of Jewish Kabbalists

This article lists figures in Kabbalah according to historical chronology and schools of thought.

Hasidism both adapted Kabbalah to its own internalised psychological concern, and also continued the development of the Jewish mystical tradition.

Rabbinic figures in Judaism are often known after the name of their magnum opus, or as Hebrew acronyms based on their name, preceded by R for Rabbi/Rav.

Jewish fusions of Philosophy and Kabbalah were shared by wider non-Jewish Renaissance trends (not listed here): Emigrees, some from Spain, some founding new centre of Safed in Ottoman Palestine: Cordoverian school.

Kitvei HaAri-Writings of the Ari written by disciples: Safed dissemination: Central European Kabbalist Rabbis: Italian Kabbalists: Sephardi-Mizrachi (Oriental) Kabbalah: Sabbatean mystical heresy (founders only): Eastern European Baal Shem/Nistarim and other mystical circles: Mitnagdic/Lithuanian Kabbalah: Kabbalistic notions pervade Hasidic thought, but it developed a new approach to Kabbalah, replacing esoteric theosophical focus with successive psychological internalisation.