Book of Concealment

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Book of Concealment is a brief but foundational mystical text within the Zoharic literature of Kabbalah, known for its dense, symbolic treatment of creation and divine mystery.

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Book of Concealment canonical 1
The Book of Concealed Mystery 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Kabbalistic text
Zoharic work
mystical text
associatedWithPlace medieval Spain
attributedAuthor Shimon bar Yochai NERFINISHED
dateOfComposition medieval period
hasAlternativeName Sifra de-Tzeniuta NERFINISHED
Sifra di-Tzniuta NERFINISHED
hasCanonicalStatus section of the Zohar
hasCharacteristic dense
elliptical style
highly symbolic
hasConcept cosmic head (Arich Anpin) NERFINISHED
mystical anthropology
primordial configuration of the sefirot
hasForm brief treatise
hasGenre esoteric literature
mysticism
theosophical Kabbalah NERFINISHED
hasInfluenceOn Lurianic Kabbalah NERFINISHED
Zoharic hermeneutics NERFINISHED
later Kabbalistic commentary
hasLanguage Aramaic
hasReligion Judaism NERFINISHED
hasSubject cosmology
creation
divine emanation
divine mystery
sefirot NERFINISHED
symbolic exegesis
hasSubtradition Zoharic Kabbalah NERFINISHED
hasTheme concealment and revelation of the divine
mystical interpretation of Genesis
structure of the Godhead
hasTradition Kabbalah NERFINISHED
isCommentedOnBy Kabbalistic commentators
isConsidered core component of classical Kabbalah
foundational text of Zoharic literature
isOftenStudiedWith Idra Rabba NERFINISHED
Idra Zuta NERFINISHED
isUsedIn advanced Kabbalistic study
partOf Zohar NERFINISHED
requires esoteric interpretation

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Sifra di-Tsni’uta titleMeaning Book of Concealment
"The Kabbalah Unveiled" includesText Book of Concealment
subject surface form: The Kabbalah Unveiled
this entity surface form: The Book of Concealed Mystery