Bahir
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Bahir is an early and influential mystical work of Jewish Kabbalah that explores esoteric interpretations of the Hebrew Bible and divine emanations.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish mystical work
→
Kabbalistic text → religious text → |
| associatedPlace |
Provence
→
southern France → |
| associatedWith |
Ashkenazi Hasidim
→
Hasidei Ashkenaz → |
| attributedTo |
Rabbi Nehunia ben HaKana
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|
| conceptIntroduced |
cosmic tree imagery
→
mystical numerology → mystical understanding of the Sefirot → symbolism of letters → |
| dateOfComposition |
12th century
→
13th century → |
| field |
Jewish mysticism
→
Kabbalah → |
| genre |
esoteric literature
→
mystical literature → |
| hasForm |
aphorisms
→
collection of short passages → homilies → |
| hasTitle |
Book of Brightness
→
Sefer ha-Bahir → |
| inCanonOf |
Kabbalistic corpus
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|
| influenced |
Jewish philosophical mysticism
→
Lurianic Kabbalah → Zohar → later Kabbalistic literature → medieval Jewish mysticism → |
| language |
Hebrew
→
|
| mainTopic |
Sefirot
→
creation → divine emanations → esoteric interpretations of the Hebrew Bible → mystical exegesis → nature of God → soul → |
| religiousTradition |
Judaism
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|
| scriptureInterpreted |
Hebrew Bible
→
Torah → |
| status |
foundational Kabbalistic text
→
|
| studiedBy |
Kabbalists
→
scholars of Jewish mysticism → |
| usesForm |
midrashic style
→
parables → symbolic language → |
Referenced by (4)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Sefer HaBahir
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|
hasTitle |
|
Joseph Gikatilla
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|
influencedBy |
|
Kabbalah
→
|
majorText |
|
Sefer HaTemunah
→
|
relatedWork |