Sefer HaBahir
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Sefer HaBahir is an early, foundational work of Jewish mysticism that introduces many of the core symbolic concepts and themes later developed in Kabbalah.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hebrew religious text
→
Jewish mystical text → Kabbalistic work → |
| associatedWith |
12th-century Jewish mysticism
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Ashkenazi Jews →
surface form: "Ashkenazic Hasidim"
Southern France →
surface form: "Provence"
early Kabbalah → |
| attributedTo | Rabbi Nehunia ben HaKana → |
| centralConcept |
Sefirot
→
cosmic tree → divine emanation → divine names → mystical interpretation of Torah → mystical numerology → reincarnation → soul → symbolic reading of Hebrew letters → |
| contains |
allegorical interpretations of Scripture
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discussions of good and evil → esoteric teachings on creation → mystical cosmology → symbolic exegesis of biblical verses → teachings on the nature of God → teachings on the nature of the soul → |
| form |
collection of sayings and parables
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midrashic anthology → |
| genre |
Kabbalah
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mystical literature → |
| hasTitle |
Bahir
→
Sefer HaBahir → The Book of Brightness → |
| historicalCompositionPeriod | High Middle Ages → |
| influenced |
Kabbalah
→
surface form: "Lurianic Kabbalah"
Zohar →
surface form: "Sefer ha-Zohar"
later Kabbalistic literature → medieval Jewish mysticism → |
| influencedBy |
Merkavah mysticism
→
surface form: "Heikhalot literature"
rabbinic midrash → |
| language | Hebrew → |
| probableDate | 12th century → |
| probablePlaceOfComposition |
Southern France
→
surface form: "Provence"
|
| pseudepigraphicAttribution | Tannaitic sage → |
| religiousTradition | Judaism → |
| scripturalBasis |
Tanakh
→
surface form: "Hebrew Bible"
Five Books of Moses →
surface form: "Pentateuch"
|
| status |
early classic of Jewish mysticism
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foundational work of Kabbalah → |
| structure |
aphoristic
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fragmentary → |
| usedIn |
Jewish mystical traditions
→
Kabbalistic study → |