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
dateOfComposition medieval period
hasAlternativeName Sifra de-Tzeniuta
linked to: Sifra di-Tsni’uta

Sifra di-Tzniuta
linked to: Sifra di-Tsni’uta
hasCanonicalStatus section of the Zohar
hasCharacteristic dense
elliptical style
highly symbolic
hasConcept cosmic head (Arich Anpin)
linked to: Godhead

mystical anthropology
primordial configuration of the sefirot
hasForm brief treatise
hasGenre esoteric literature
mysticism
theosophical Kabbalah
hasInfluenceOn Lurianic Kabbalah
linked to: Safed Kabbalah

Zoharic hermeneutics
linked to: Zohar

later Kabbalistic commentary
hasLanguage Aramaic
hasReligion Judaism
hasSubject cosmology
creation
divine emanation
divine mystery
sefirot
linked to: Sefirot

symbolic exegesis
hasSubtradition Zoharic Kabbalah
linked to: Zohar
hasTheme concealment and revelation of the divine
mystical interpretation of Genesis
structure of the Godhead
hasTradition Kabbalah
isCommentedOnBy Kabbalistic commentators
isConsidered core component of classical Kabbalah
foundational text of Zoharic literature
isOftenStudiedWith Idra Rabba
Idra Zuta
linked to: Idra Rabba
isUsedIn advanced Kabbalistic study
partOf Zohar
requires esoteric interpretation

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Sifra di-Tsni’uta titleMeaning Book of Concealment
The Kabbalah Unveiled includesText The Book of Concealed Mystery
subject linked to: "The Kabbalah Unveiled"
linked to: Book of Concealment