Background
His father, named Akiba according to Steinschneider and Benjacob, not Jacob, was the son of Abraham Sheftels and the brother of Isaiah Horowitz.
His father, named Akiba according to Steinschneider and Benjacob, not Jacob, was the son of Abraham Sheftels and the brother of Isaiah Horowitz.
Shabtai Sheftel Horowitz wrote Nishmat Shabbethai ha-Lewi, a kabbalistic treatise on the nature of the soul (Prague, 1616), and Shefa Ṭal (Prague, 1612. Frankfurt, 1719), another kabbalistic compendium, containing also some works of others This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gotthard Deutsch (1901–1906).
"Shabtai Sheftel Horowitz".
Jewish Encyclopedia.