Simon von Geldern

Simon of money, called the Oriental or the Orientals, ( born November 12, 1720 in Vienna, according to other sources in Dusseldorf, † 1774 [ according to other sources 1788 ] in Vorbach ) a German traveler and writer.

Life

Heinrich Heine describes it in his memoirs as an adventurer and utopian dreamers. Through his extensive travels in the Orient, he got his nickname. He spent many years in the port cities of North Africa, especially the Moroccan States, where he learned of the Portuguese in the craft of the armourer and continued to exercise with success.

Simon of funds made ​​a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. On Mount Moriah, he is said to have had a vision during a prayer. Later he was elected by a marauding nomadic Bedouin tribe in the North African desert as a leader.

Then he lingered at the courts of Europe and later had to flee to England, as his were discovered to intensive relations with a lady upper classes. He claimed to be an expert on the Kabbalah and published a French pamphlet entitled Moïse sur Mont Horeb, probably in reference to his vision is there.

However, in 1753 he saw the Geniza of Ezra Synagogue in Cairo, she was not allowed to investigate, as it was called, each of touch the hallowed pages would, infested with evil.

Simon of funds wrote diaries that ( that is not the great-uncle Simon described here ) Heinrich Heine in the attic of his uncle Simon 1 ( so-called Ark NOAE ) found in Mertensgasse in Dusseldorf.

Writings

• Prière que les Juifs font avant de se coucher, traduite de l' hébreu ... par M. le Dr RS et de Gueldres, 1758 ...
• The Israelites on Mount Horeb. An Oratorio, French and English. From A Manuscript Of Doctor De Gueldre. Cadell, London 1773
• Ma ʿ ase Yehudit Isaac b. David, Fürth 1784 digitized