Sha'arei Tzedek

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Sha'arei Tzedek is a foundational Kabbalistic work by medieval Spanish mystic Joseph Gikatilla that systematically explores divine names and metaphysical concepts within Jewish mysticism.

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instanceOf Jewish mystical text
Kabbalistic work
aimsTo explain metaphysical structure of reality in Kabbalistic terms
systematize Kabbalistic knowledge of divine names
associatedWith Castilian Kabbalists
medieval Spanish mysticism
author Joseph Gikatilla
Yosef Gikatilla
belongsToCorpusOf works of Joseph Gikatilla
circulation manuscript tradition
countryOfOrigin Castile
surface form: Kingdom of Castile
describedAs foundational Kabbalistic work
systematic exploration of divine names
field Kabbalah
focusesOn mystical interpretation of God’s names
relationship between divine names and sefirot
structure of the divine realm
genre mystical treatise
theological work
hasInfluenced later Kabbalistic literature
post-medieval Jewish mystics
hasPart discussion of metaphysical concepts
exposition of sefirotic structure
interpretation of biblical verses
systematic exposition of divine names
historicalContext medieval Iberian Jewry
influencedBy Sefer Yetzirah
Sefer HaBahir
surface form: Sefer ha-Bahir

early Kabbalistic literature
language Hebrew
mainSubject Jewish mysticism
divine attributes
divine names in Judaism
metaphysics in Kabbalah
Sefirot
surface form: sefirot
philosophicalTradition Neoplatonism
surface form: Jewish Neoplatonism
relatedWork Ginnat Egoz
Sha'arei Orah
religiousDiscipline Jewish theology
religiousTradition Judaism
theologicalPerspective theocentric
timePeriod Middle Ages
tradition Spanish Kabbalah
usedIn Jewish mystical exegesis
Kabbalistic study

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Joseph Gikatilla notableWork Sha'arei Tzedek