Sefer Yetzirah

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Jewish mystical text
Kabbalistic work
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Book_of_Creation
gptkbp:attributedTo gptkb:Abraham
gptkbp:date 2nd to 6th century CE
gptkbp:describes gptkb:Hebrew_alphabet
gptkb:Sefirot
Creation of the universe
gptkbp:firstPublished 16th century
gptkbp:genre gptkb:religion
Mystical literature
gptkbp:hasCommentaryBy gptkb:Shabbethai_Donnolo
gptkb:Ramban
gptkb:Saadia_Gaon
gptkb:Abraham_Abulafia
gptkbp:hasConcept 22 letters
32 paths of wisdom
Ten sefirot
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sefer Yetzirah
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Zohar
gptkb:Sefer_ha-Bahir
Later Kabbalistic texts
gptkbp:language gptkb:Hebrew
gptkbp:manuscriptLocations Various libraries worldwide
gptkbp:referencedIn gptkb:Talmudic_literature
Medieval Jewish philosophy
gptkbp:significance Earliest extant book on Jewish esotericism
gptkbp:structure Six chapters
gptkbp:studiedBy Jewish mystics
Kabbalists
Scholars of religion
gptkbp:subject Orthodox Judaism
gptkbp:theme Cosmology
Numerology
Creation through language
Divine emanations
Mystical meditation
Structure of the universe
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:spirituality
gptkb:Hermetic_Qabalah
Jewish esotericism
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Orthodox_Judaism
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4