Zohar

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Aramaic-language book Jewish mystical text Kabbalistic work

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.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Partzufim	1
Sefer ha-Zohar	1
Tikkunei ha-Zohar	1
Zoharic Kabbalah	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Aramaic-language book ⓘ Jewish mystical text ⓘ Kabbalistic work ⓘ
associatedWithPerson	Moses de León ⓘ
associatedWithText	Torah ⓘ surface form: Pentateuch Torah ⓘ
attributedAuthor	Shimon bar Yochai ⓘ
authorshipTheory	primarily composed or compiled by Moses de León ⓘ
circulation	manuscript form in the late Middle Ages ⓘ
describedAs	Book of Splendor ⓘ central text of Jewish Kabbalah ⓘ
discussesConcept	Ein Sof ⓘ creation ⓘ divine emanation ⓘ good and evil ⓘ messianic redemption ⓘ reincarnation ⓘ Sefirot ⓘ surface form: sefirot
firstPrinted	16th century ⓘ
firstPrintedPlace	Cremona ⓘ Mantua ⓘ
genre	midrashic commentary ⓘ mystical commentary ⓘ
historicalCompositionPeriod	late 13th century ⓘ
historicalCompositionPlace	Spain ⓘ
influenced	Christian Kabbalah ⓘ Hasidism ⓘ surface form: Hasidic Judaism Jewish liturgy ⓘ Jewish philosophy ⓘ Kabbalah ⓘ surface form: Lurianic Kabbalah
interpretationMethod	allegorical interpretation ⓘ mystical hermeneutics ⓘ symbolic exegesis ⓘ
language	Aramaic ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ
mainSubject	Kabbalah ⓘ surface form: Jewish Kabbalah cosmology ⓘ esoteric interpretation of the Torah ⓘ mysticism ⓘ nature of God ⓘ soul ⓘ
religiousStatus	authoritative mystical text for many Jewish communities ⓘ classical work of Kabbalah ⓘ
religiousTradition	Judaism ⓘ
structureIncludes	Idra Rabba ⓘ Idra Rabba ⓘ surface form: Idra Zuta Idra Rabba ⓘ surface form: Ra‘aya Meheimna Sifra di-Tsni’uta ⓘ Zohar self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Tikkunei ha-Zohar commentary on the Five Books of Moses ⓘ
titleMeaning	Splendor ⓘ
traditionalAuthorshipClaim	Shimon bar Yochai ⓘ surface form: 2nd-century sage Shimon bar Yochai

Referenced by (11)

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

Shimon bar Yochai (traditional attribution of Zohar) → associatedWork → Zohar ⓘ

subject surface form: Shimon bar Yochai

Gematria → formalizedIn → Zohar ⓘ

Etz Chaim → hasMainConcept → Zohar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Partzufim

Kabbalah → historicalPhase → Zohar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zoharic Kabbalah

Bahir → influenced → Zohar ⓘ

Sefer HaBahir → influenced → Zohar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sefer ha-Zohar

Moshe Cordovero → influencedBy → Zohar ⓘ

Kabbalah → majorText → Zohar ⓘ

Moses de León → notableWork → Zohar ⓘ

Gilgul (reincarnation) → primaryText → Zohar ⓘ

subject surface form: Gilgul

Zohar → structureIncludes → Zohar self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tikkunei ha-Zohar