Temurah
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Temurah is a Kabbalistic method of letter substitution and permutation used to uncover hidden meanings within Hebrew scripture.
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kabbalistic method
→
esoteric hermeneutic technique → |
| aimsTo |
reveal esoteric interpretations
→
uncover hidden meanings → |
| appliesTo |
Hebrew scripture
→
Torah text → |
| basedOn |
Hebrew alphabet
→
fixed letter correspondences → |
| category | Jewish esotericism → |
| distinguishedFrom |
literal exegesis
→
peshat → |
| documentedIn |
Kabbalistic literature
→
medieval Jewish mystical texts → |
| epistemicStatus | mystical and non-literal → |
| field | Kabbalah → |
| hasConcept |
rearrangement of letters
→
systematic letter exchange → |
| hasMethodType |
letter permutation
→
letter substitution GENERATED → |
| hasScope |
entire verses
→
phrases → words → |
| hasVariant |
Albam
→
Atbash → Avgad → |
| influencedBy | rabbinic hermeneutics → |
| language | Hebrew → |
| partOf | Kabbalistic exegesis → |
| relatedTo |
Gematria
→
Notarikon → |
| usedBy |
Kabbalah
→
surface form: "Kabbalists"
|
| usedFor |
deriving occult meanings
→
mystical interpretation of scripture → |
| usedIn |
Kabbalah
→
surface form: "Jewish mysticism"
|
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.