 However, scholars such as Averroist Elijah del Medigo carried on Maimonides' crusade.Medigo claimed that the theurgic practices of Hermetism were against the teachings of the Torah.Others, such as Yohanan Alemanno, claimed that the Hermetic teachings were part of a primordial wisdom of the ancients and put the writings of Hermes as being equal to those of King Solomon.