Spanish Kabbalah
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Spanish Kabbalah is the medieval Jewish mystical tradition that flourished among scholars in Christian and Muslim Spain, profoundly shaping later Kabbalistic thought and literature.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spanish Kabbalists | 1 |
Statements (107)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Jewish mystical tradition
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Kabbalistic tradition ⓘ medieval Jewish movement ⓘ |
| associatedWithFigure |
Abraham Abulafia
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Azriel of Gerona NERFINISHED ⓘ Isaac the Blind NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Gikatilla NERFINISHED ⓘ Meir ibn Gabbai NERFINISHED ⓘ Moses ben Nahman NERFINISHED ⓘ Moses de León NERFINISHED ⓘ Nachmanides NERFINISHED ⓘ Shem Tov ibn Gaon NERFINISHED ⓘ Todros Abulafia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| center |
Barcelona
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Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ Cordoba NERFINISHED ⓘ Gerona NERFINISHED ⓘ Guadalajara NERFINISHED ⓘ Saragossa NERFINISHED ⓘ Seville NERFINISHED ⓘ Toledo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coreConcept |
Ein Sof
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cosmic repair ⓘ divine emanation ⓘ mystical exegesis of the Torah ⓘ mystical interpretation of commandments ⓘ mystical symbolism of Hebrew letters ⓘ sefirot NERFINISHED ⓘ theurgy ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
Aristotelian philosophy
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Heikhalot literature NERFINISHED ⓘ Neoplatonic philosophy ⓘ Sefer Yetzirah tradition ⓘ early Ashkenazic mysticism ⓘ |
| flourishedIn |
High Middle Ages
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Late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| hasMainRegion |
Andalusia
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Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ Catalonia NERFINISHED ⓘ Christian Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ Crown of Aragon NERFINISHED ⓘ Muslim Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPeriod |
12th century
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13th century ⓘ 14th century ⓘ 15th century ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Christian-Muslim coexistence in Iberia
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Jewish communities in medieval Spain ⓘ Reconquista NERFINISHED ⓘ disputations between Jews and Christians ⓘ |
| historicalEventImpact |
Almohad persecutions
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expulsion of Jews from Portugal in 1497 ⓘ expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492 ⓘ |
| influenced |
Christian Kabbalah
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Jewish mysticism ⓘ Lurianic Kabbalah NERFINISHED ⓘ Safed Kabbalah NERFINISHED ⓘ early modern Kabbalistic literature ⓘ later Kabbalistic thought ⓘ |
| influencedCommunity |
Ashkenazi Jews
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Mizrahi Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ Sephardi Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedField |
Hasidic thought
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Jewish ethics ⓘ Jewish law interpretation ⓘ Jewish liturgy ⓘ Jewish philosophy ⓘ Western esotericism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
Aramaic
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Hebrew ⓘ Judeo-Arabic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorWork |
Maarekhet ha-Elohut
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Sefer ha-Bahir NERFINISHED ⓘ Sefer ha-Iyyun NERFINISHED ⓘ Sefer ha-Kanah NERFINISHED ⓘ Sefer ha-Meshiv NERFINISHED ⓘ Sefer ha-Peliyah NERFINISHED ⓘ Sefer ha-Temunah NERFINISHED ⓘ Sefer ha-Zohar NERFINISHED ⓘ Shaarei Orah NERFINISHED ⓘ Zohar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Judaism
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Rabbinic Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
diaspora of Kabbalists to the Ottoman Empire
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spread of Kabbalah to Italy ⓘ spread of Kabbalah to North Africa ⓘ spread of Kabbalah to Safed ⓘ spread of Kabbalah to the Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ |
| scholarlyField |
Jewish studies
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history of religion ⓘ medieval intellectual history ⓘ mysticism studies ⓘ |
| usedMethod |
allegorical exegesis
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contemplative meditation ⓘ gematria ⓘ letter permutations ⓘ mystical prayer ⓘ notarikon ⓘ symbolic exegesis ⓘ temurah ⓘ |
| viewOnCommandments |
commandments as affecting the sefirotic realm
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commandments as theurgic acts ⓘ |
| viewOnCreation | creation through emanation ⓘ |
| viewOnGod | distinction between Ein Sof and sefirot ⓘ |
| viewOnHumanity | human role in cosmic harmony ⓘ |
| viewOnTorah |
Torah as encoded divine names
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Torah as mystical text ⓘ |
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Spanish Kabbalists