Yosef Gikatilla
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Yosef Gikatilla was a prominent 13th-century Spanish Kabbalist and author best known for his influential mystical works such as "Sha'arei Orah" (Gates of Light).
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yosef Gikatilla canonical | 5 |
| Yosef ben Abraham Gikatilla | 2 |
| Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T917640 — 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: Yosef Gikatilla Context triple: [Joseph Gikatilla, name, Yosef Gikatilla]
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A.
Pinchas Menachem Singer
Pinchas Menachem Singer was a Polish-Jewish rabbi and Talmudic scholar from a Hasidic background, known primarily as the father of Nobel Prize–winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer.
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B.
Mordechai Bentov
Mordechai Bentov was an Israeli politician and signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence who served in several ministerial roles in the early years of the state.
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C.
Eliyahu Berligne
Eliyahu Berligne was a Zionist activist and politician who played a significant role in the early political institutions of the Jewish community in pre-state Israel.
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D.
Eliyahu Dobkin
Eliyahu Dobkin was a Zionist leader and signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence who played a key role in the establishment of the State of Israel.
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E.
Haim-Moshe Shapira
Haim-Moshe Shapira was a prominent Israeli religious Zionist leader and long-serving cabinet minister who played a key role in the founding and early governance of the State of Israel.
- 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: Yosef Gikatilla Target entity description: Yosef Gikatilla was a prominent 13th-century Spanish Kabbalist and author best known for his influential mystical works such as "Sha'arei Orah" (Gates of Light).
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A.
Pinchas Menachem Singer
Pinchas Menachem Singer was a Polish-Jewish rabbi and Talmudic scholar from a Hasidic background, known primarily as the father of Nobel Prize–winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer.
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B.
Mordechai Bentov
Mordechai Bentov was an Israeli politician and signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence who served in several ministerial roles in the early years of the state.
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C.
Eliyahu Berligne
Eliyahu Berligne was a Zionist activist and politician who played a significant role in the early political institutions of the Jewish community in pre-state Israel.
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D.
Eliyahu Dobkin
Eliyahu Dobkin was a Zionist leader and signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence who played a key role in the establishment of the State of Israel.
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E.
Haim-Moshe Shapira
Haim-Moshe Shapira was a prominent Israeli religious Zionist leader and long-serving cabinet minister who played a key role in the founding and early governance of the State of Israel.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish mystic
ⓘ
Kabbalist ⓘ medieval rabbi ⓘ person ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hebrew Bible exegesis
ⓘ
theosophical Kabbalah ⓘ |
| birthCentury | 13th century ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 13th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Castile
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Castile
|
| culturalContext | medieval Sephardic Jewry ⓘ |
| deathCentury | 13th century ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Kabbalah
ⓘ
surface form:
Jewish mysticism
Kabbalah ⓘ |
| genre |
Kabbalistic commentary
ⓘ
mystical literature ⓘ |
| hasWorkType |
esoteric treatise
ⓘ
symbolic theology ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| influenced |
early modern Kabbalistic literature
ⓘ
later Spanish Kabbalists ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Abraham Abulafia ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Hebrew ⓘ |
| movement | Kabbalah ⓘ |
| name |
Joseph Gikatilla
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Yosef Gikatilla self-link ⓘ Yosef Gikatilla self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Yosef ben Abraham Gikatilla
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| notableFor |
influential impact on later Kabbalistic thought
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systematizing Kabbalistic symbolism of the divine names ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Gates of Light
ⓘ
Sha'arei Orah ⓘ |
| occupation |
Kabbalist
ⓘ
author ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Castile
ⓘ
Spain ⓘ |
| region | Iberian Peninsula ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| religiousRole | teacher of Kabbalah ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ |
| tradition | Spanish Kabbalah ⓘ |
| workFocus |
interpretation of the divine names
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symbolism of the Sefirot ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
Sefirot
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divine names in Judaism ⓘ mystical interpretation of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yosef Gikatilla Description of subject: Yosef Gikatilla was a prominent 13th-century Spanish Kabbalist and author best known for his influential mystical works such as "Sha'arei Orah" (Gates of Light).
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Yosef ben Abraham Gikatilla
this entity surface form:
Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla
this entity surface form:
Yosef ben Abraham Gikatilla