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Rabbi Jacob Emden was a student of his father Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch ben Yaakov Ashkenazi a Rabbi in Amsterdam.

Emden, a steadfast Talmudist, was a prominent opponent of the Sabbateans ( Messianic Kabbalists who followed Sabbatai Tzvi ).

Though anti-Maimonidean, Emden should be noted for his critical examination of the Zohar concluding that large parts of it were forged.