Hekhalot Rabbati

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Hekhalot literature Jewish mystical text early medieval religious text

Hekhalot Rabbati is a foundational early Jewish mystical text that details visionary ascents to the heavenly palaces and encounters with the divine chariot.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Hekhalot Zutarti	2
Sefer Hekhalot	2
Heichalot literature	1
Hekhalot Rabbati canonical	1
Hekhalot corpus	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1032558 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Hekhalot Rabbati
Context triple: [Merkavah mysticism, associatedWithText, Hekhalot Rabbati]

A. Zohar
The Zohar is the central mystical text of Jewish Kabbalah, presenting esoteric interpretations of the Torah and profound teachings on the nature of God, the cosmos, and the soul.
B. Sefer Yetzirah
Sefer Yetzirah is an early foundational work of Jewish mysticism that explores creation through the Hebrew letters and the ten sefirot.
C. Sefer HaBahir
Sefer HaBahir is an early, foundational work of Jewish mysticism that introduces many of the core symbolic concepts and themes later developed in Kabbalah.
D. Arba’ah Turim
Arba’ah Turim is a foundational 14th-century Jewish legal code by Rabbi Jacob ben Asher that systematically organizes and clarifies halakhic rulings for practical religious life.
E. Sefer Etz Chaim
Sefer Etz Chaim is a foundational Kabbalistic work, attributed to Rabbi Chaim Vital based on the teachings of the Arizal, that systematically presents the doctrines of Lurianic Kabbalah.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Hekhalot Rabbati
Target entity description: Hekhalot Rabbati is a foundational early Jewish mystical text that details visionary ascents to the heavenly palaces and encounters with the divine chariot.

A. Zohar
The Zohar is the central mystical text of Jewish Kabbalah, presenting esoteric interpretations of the Torah and profound teachings on the nature of God, the cosmos, and the soul.
B. Sefer Yetzirah
Sefer Yetzirah is an early foundational work of Jewish mysticism that explores creation through the Hebrew letters and the ten sefirot.
C. Sefer HaBahir
Sefer HaBahir is an early, foundational work of Jewish mysticism that introduces many of the core symbolic concepts and themes later developed in Kabbalah.
D. Arba’ah Turim
Arba’ah Turim is a foundational 14th-century Jewish legal code by Rabbi Jacob ben Asher that systematically organizes and clarifies halakhic rulings for practical religious life.
E. Sefer Etz Chaim
Sefer Etz Chaim is a foundational Kabbalistic work, attributed to Rabbi Chaim Vital based on the teachings of the Arizal, that systematically presents the doctrines of Lurianic Kabbalah.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hekhalot literature ⓘ Jewish mystical text ⓘ early medieval religious text ⓘ
approximateDate	3rd–7th century CE ⓘ
associatedWith	Merkavah mysticism ⓘ early Jewish mysticism ⓘ
attributedTo	Rabbi Ishmael ⓘ
contains	adjurations ⓘ hymns ⓘ prayers ⓘ ritual instructions ⓘ
describes	angelic hierarchies ⓘ encounters with the divine chariot ⓘ heavenly liturgy ⓘ visionary ascents to heavenly palaces ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Rabbi Akiva ⓘ Rabbi Ishmael ⓘ
focusesOn	danger of visionary journeys ⓘ proper preparation of the mystic ⓘ techniques for heavenly ascent ⓘ
genre	apocalyptic literature ⓘ mystical literature ⓘ visionary literature ⓘ
hasConcept	angelic seals ⓘ divine throne ⓘ heavenly palaces (hekhalot) ⓘ secret names of God ⓘ seven heavens ⓘ
influenced	later Kabbalistic traditions ⓘ
language	Hebrew ⓘ
mainTheme	Merkavah mysticism ⓘ angelology ⓘ divine chariot ⓘ heavenly ascents ⓘ heavenly palaces ⓘ liturgical adjurations ⓘ
partOf	Hekhalot Rabbati self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hekhalot corpus
period	late antiquity ⓘ
preservedIn	medieval Hebrew manuscripts ⓘ
relatedWork	3 Enoch ⓘ Hekhalot Rabbati self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hekhalot Zutarti Merkavah mysticism ⓘ surface form: Maaseh Merkavah
religiousTradition	Judaism ⓘ
scholarlyField	Hekhalot studies ⓘ
studiedIn	academic study of Jewish mysticism ⓘ
usedIn	research on early Jewish mysticism ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Merkavah mysticism → associatedWithText → Hekhalot Rabbati ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hekhalot Zutarti

Rabbi Nehunia ben HaKana → associatedWith → Hekhalot Rabbati ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heichalot literature

Hekhalot Rabbati → partOf → Hekhalot Rabbati self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hekhalot corpus

Hekhalot Rabbati → relatedWork → Hekhalot Rabbati self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hekhalot Zutarti

Metatron → appearsInText → Hekhalot Rabbati ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sefer Hekhalot

3 Enoch → hasAlternativeName → Hekhalot Rabbati ⓘ