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Moses ben Elijah Gallena
15th Century
Moses ben Elijah Gallena was a kabbalist, teacher, and translator who lived in Crete in the fifteenth century. Gallena translated Arabic works on astronomy, astrology, and geomancy into Hebrew. He is best known for his book on chiromancy (palmistry) and phrenology, Toledot Adam (This Is the Book of the Generations of Adam), first printed in Constantinople in 1515.
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Zeh ha-sefer toledot Adam (This Is the Book of the Generations of Adam)
The art of chiromancy (palmistry), which divines a person’s nature and often his or her future by examining the palm and fingers (and sometimes forehead), dates back to the ancient Near East and…