Sha'arei Orah

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Sha'arei Orah is a seminal Kabbalistic work that systematically explains the divine names and sefirot within Jewish mysticism.

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Sha'arei Orah canonical 3
Shaarei Orah 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish mystical text
Kabbalistic work
aimsTo clarify the structure of the sefirotic system
systematize Kabbalistic teachings on divine names
associatedWith medieval Spanish Jewish thought
Theosophical Kabbalah
surface form: theosophical Kabbalah
author Joseph Gikatilla
authorNameVariant Yosef Gikatilla
circulation manuscript tradition
printed editions
considered seminal work of Kabbalah
explains cosmic functions of divine names
relationships between divine names and sefirot
symbolic meanings of the sefirot
focusesOn names of God
structure of the sefirot
genre esoteric commentary
mystical theology
hasEnglishTranslation yes
influenced Safed Kabbalah
surface form: Lurianic Kabbalah

early modern Jewish mystics
later Kabbalistic literature
language Hebrew
literaryForm prose treatise
mainTopic Jewish mysticism
divine names in Judaism
sefirot
notableEnglishTitle Gates of Light
period 13th century
placeOfOrigin Castile
Christian Spain
religiousFunction contemplative study
mystical interpretation of Scripture
religiousSubtradition Kabbalah
religiousTradition Judaism
status classic of Jewish mysticism
structure organized as gates (she'arim)
studiedBy Jewish philosophers interested in mysticism
Kabbalists
titleTranslation Gates of Light
tradition Spanish Kabbalah
usedAs guide to sefirotic symbolism
reference work for divine names
usedIn Jewish mystical education
Kabbalistic study

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Joseph Gikatilla notableWork Sha'arei Orah
Sha'arei Tzedek relatedWork Sha'arei Orah
Hassagot al Sefer Yetzirah relatedWork Sha'arei Orah
this entity surface form: Shaarei Orah
Yosef Gikatilla notableWork Sha'arei Orah