Provencal Kabbalah
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Provencal Kabbalah is a medieval stream of Jewish mystical thought that developed in southern France, blending philosophical, esoteric, and exegetical traditions that significantly shaped later Kabbalistic literature.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish mystical movement
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Kabbalistic tradition ⓘ medieval Jewish intellectual current ⓘ |
| associatedWithLanguage |
Hebrew
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Judeo-Provençal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centeredInCity |
Béziers
NERFINISHED
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Lunel NERFINISHED ⓘ Montpellier NERFINISHED ⓘ Narbonne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| concerns |
mystical meaning of commandments
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nature of divine attributes ⓘ relationship between God and creation ⓘ |
| developedInCentury |
12th century
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13th century ⓘ |
| developedInCountry | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedInPeriod | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| developedInRegion |
Provence
NERFINISHED
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southern France ⓘ |
| drawsOn |
Heikhalot literature
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Sefer Yetzirah tradition ⓘ Talmudic tradition ⓘ midrashic literature ⓘ rabbinic exegesis ⓘ |
| emphasizesConcept |
divine emanation
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mystical exegesis of Torah ⓘ sefirot ⓘ symbolic interpretation of commandments ⓘ |
| hasKeyFigure |
Asher ben David
NERFINISHED
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Azriel of Gerona NERFINISHED ⓘ Isaac the Blind NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacob ben Sheshet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
bridge between early esotericism and classical Kabbalah
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formative stage of medieval Kabbalah ⓘ |
| influenced |
Castilian Kabbalah
NERFINISHED
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Lurianic Kabbalah NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Kabbalah NERFINISHED ⓘ Zoharic literature ⓘ later Jewish mystical exegesis ⓘ |
| intellectualContext |
Aristotelian philosophy
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Neoplatonism NERFINISHED ⓘ medieval Jewish philosophy ⓘ |
| methodologicalFeature |
allegorical interpretation of scripture
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esoteric commentary on biblical texts ⓘ philosophical reinterpretation of mystical symbols ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Ashkenazi Hasidism
NERFINISHED
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Gerona Kabbalah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| scholarlyField |
Jewish studies
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history of religions ⓘ mysticism studies ⓘ |
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