Zohar
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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.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zohar canonical | 34 |
| Zoharic literature | 5 |
| Lurianic writings | 1 |
| Partzufim | 1 |
| Sefer HaZohar | 1 |
| Sefer ha-Zohar | 1 |
| The Zohar (selected portions) | 1 |
| Tikkunei ha-Zohar | 1 |
| Zohar (in later interpretations) | 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 (47)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Zoharic Kabbalah
subject surface form:
Gilgul
this entity surface form:
Partzufim
subject surface form:
Shimon bar Yochai
this entity surface form:
Tikkunei ha-Zohar
this entity surface form:
Sefer ha-Zohar
this entity surface form:
Zoharic literature
this entity surface form:
Zohar (in later interpretations)
this entity surface form:
Zoharic literature
this entity surface form:
Lurianic writings
this entity surface form:
Sefer HaZohar
this entity surface form:
Zoharic literature
this entity surface form:
Zoharic literature
this entity surface form:
Zoharic literature
subject surface form:
Binah
subject surface form:
The Kabbalah Unveiled
this entity surface form:
The Zohar (selected portions)
subject surface form:
Moshe Cordovero
subject surface form:
Moses de León
subject surface form:
Tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai