Shimon bar Yochai (traditional attribution of Zohar)

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Shimon bar Yochai is a 2nd-century Jewish sage and mystic traditionally regarded as the author of the Zohar, a foundational work of Jewish mysticism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish mystic
Tannaitic sage
historical figure
rabbi
activePeriod 2nd century CE
associatedEvent Bar Kokhba revolt
linked to: Jewish–Roman wars
associatedFestival Lag BaOmer
associatedLegend thirteen years in a cave GENERATED
associatedWithConcept sod (mystical level of Torah interpretation)
associatedWithPlace Galilee
Land of Israel
linked to: Palestine

Meron
linked to: Mount Meron
associatedWork Zohar
burialPlace Meron
linked to: Mount Meron
child Eleazar ben Shimon
commemoration Lag BaOmer
countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
era Mishnaic period
fieldOfActivity Jewish law
Jewish mysticism
Kabbalah
hasRoleIn development of Kabbalistic tradition
honorificTitle Rabbi
Rashbi
influenced Jewish mystical thought
later Kabbalists
languageOfWorkOrName Aramaic
Hebrew
memberOf Tannaim
mentionedIn Midrash
Talmud
name Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai
linked to: Shimon bar Yochai

Rashbi
Shimon bar Yochai
notableFor mystical teachings
teachings in the Mishnah and Talmud
traditional authorship of the Zohar
religion Judaism
studentOf Rabbi Akiva
Rabbi Yehuda ben Ilai
teacherOf Rabbi Eleazar ben Shimon
tradition Rabbinic Judaism
traditionallyRegardedAs author of the Zohar
traditionalStatus saintly figure
tzaddik
veneratedIn Judaism

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Kabbalah associatedWithFigure Shimon bar Yochai (traditional attribution of Zohar)