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.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Spanish Kabbalah canonical 13
Castilian Kabbalah 1
Spanish Kabbalists 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (107)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish mystical tradition
Kabbalistic tradition
medieval Jewish movement
associatedWithFigure Abraham Abulafia
Azriel of Gerona
Isaac the Blind
Joseph Gikatilla
Meir ibn Gabbai
Moses ben Nahman
Moses de León
Nachmanides
Shem Tov ibn Gaon
Todros Abulafia
center Barcelona
Castile
Cordoba
Gerona
linked to: Girona

Guadalajara
Saragossa
linked to: Zaragoza

Seville
Toledo
coreConcept Ein Sof
cosmic repair
divine emanation
mystical exegesis of the Torah
mystical interpretation of commandments
mystical symbolism of Hebrew letters
sefirot
linked to: Sefirot

theurgy
developedFrom Aristotelian philosophy
Heikhalot literature
linked to: Hekhalot Rabbati

Neoplatonic philosophy
Sefer Yetzirah tradition
early Ashkenazic mysticism
flourishedIn High Middle Ages
Late Middle Ages
hasMainRegion Andalusia
Castile
Catalonia
Christian Spain
linked to: medieval Spain

Crown of Aragon
Muslim Spain
linked to: Islamic Spain
hasPeriod 12th century
13th century
14th century
15th century
historicalContext Christian-Muslim coexistence in Iberia
Jewish communities in medieval Spain
Reconquista
disputations between Jews and Christians
historicalEventImpact Almohad persecutions
expulsion of Jews from Portugal in 1497
expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492
influenced Christian Kabbalah
Jewish mysticism
Lurianic Kabbalah
linked to: Safed Kabbalah

Safed Kabbalah
early modern Kabbalistic literature
later Kabbalistic thought
influencedCommunity Ashkenazi Jews
Mizrahi Jews
Sephardi Jews
influencedField Hasidic thought
Jewish ethics
Jewish law interpretation
Jewish liturgy
Jewish philosophy
Western esotericism
language Aramaic
Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic
majorWork Maarekhet ha-Elohut
Sefer ha-Bahir
linked to: Sefer HaBahir

Sefer ha-Iyyun
linked to: Sefer ha-Peliyah

Sefer ha-Kanah
Sefer ha-Meshiv
Sefer ha-Peliyah
Sefer ha-Temunah
linked to: Sefer HaTemunah

Sefer ha-Zohar
linked to: Zohar

Shaarei Orah
linked to: Sha'arei Orah

Zohar
religiousContext Judaism
Rabbinic Judaism
resultedIn diaspora of Kabbalists to the Ottoman Empire
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
history of religion
medieval intellectual history
mysticism studies
usedMethod allegorical exegesis
contemplative meditation
gematria
letter permutations
mystical prayer
notarikon
symbolic exegesis
temurah
viewOnCommandments commandments as affecting the sefirotic realm
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
Torah as mystical text

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ginnat Egoz tradition Spanish Kabbalah
Sha'arei Tzedek tradition Spanish Kabbalah
Sha'arei Orah tradition Spanish Kabbalah
Ha-Nefesh ha-Hakhamah associatedWith Spanish Kabbalah
Shekel ha-Kodesh associatedWith Spanish Kabbalah
Mishkan ha-Edut associatedWithMovement Spanish Kabbalah
Hassagot al Sefer Yetzirah tradition Spanish Kabbalah
Sefer ha-Ot tradition Spanish Kabbalah
Safed Kabbalah influencedBy Spanish Kabbalah
Yosef Gikatilla tradition Spanish Kabbalah
Moses ben Nahman influenced Spanish Kabbalists
linked to: Spanish Kabbalah
Provencal Kabbalah influenced Castilian Kabbalah
linked to: Spanish Kabbalah
Provencal Kabbalah influenced Spanish Kabbalah
Castilian Kabbalists partOf Spanish Kabbalah
Gates of Light tradition Spanish Kabbalah