Sefer HaTemunah
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Sefer HaTemunah is a foundational Kabbalistic work that explores the mystical significance of Hebrew letters, divine emanations, and the structure of creation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sefer HaTemunah canonical | 2 |
| Sefer ha-Temunah | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T158681 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sefer HaTemunah Context triple: [Kabbalah, majorText, Sefer HaTemunah]
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A.
Anno Mundi
Anno Mundi is a year-numbering system that dates events from the traditional Jewish calculation of the world's creation in the Hebrew calendar.
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B.
Sefer Yetzirah
Sefer Yetzirah is an early foundational work of Jewish mysticism that explores creation through the Hebrew letters and the ten sefirot.
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C.
Mishneh Torah
Mishneh Torah is a comprehensive 12th-century Jewish legal code by Maimonides that systematically organizes and clarifies all of Jewish law.
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D.
Talmud
The Talmud is a central Jewish religious text comprising rabbinic discussions, legal rulings, and interpretations of the Hebrew Bible that form the foundation of traditional Jewish law and theology.
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E.
Siddur
The Siddur is the traditional Jewish prayer book containing the set order of daily, Shabbat, and holiday prayers used in Jewish worship.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sefer HaTemunah Target entity description: Sefer HaTemunah is a foundational Kabbalistic work that explores the mystical significance of Hebrew letters, divine emanations, and the structure of creation.
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A.
Anno Mundi
Anno Mundi is a year-numbering system that dates events from the traditional Jewish calculation of the world's creation in the Hebrew calendar.
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B.
Sefer Yetzirah
Sefer Yetzirah is an early foundational work of Jewish mysticism that explores creation through the Hebrew letters and the ten sefirot.
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C.
Mishneh Torah
Mishneh Torah is a comprehensive 12th-century Jewish legal code by Maimonides that systematically organizes and clarifies all of Jewish law.
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D.
Talmud
The Talmud is a central Jewish religious text comprising rabbinic discussions, legal rulings, and interpretations of the Hebrew Bible that form the foundation of traditional Jewish law and theology.
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E.
Siddur
The Siddur is the traditional Jewish prayer book containing the set order of daily, Shabbat, and holiday prayers used in Jewish worship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hebrew religious book
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Jewish mystical work ⓘ Kabbalistic text ⓘ |
| aimsToExplain |
hidden structure of creation
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relationship between letters and divine emanations ⓘ |
| associatedWith | early Kabbalah ⓘ |
| attributionStatus | disputed authorship ⓘ |
| circulatedIn | Kabbalistic schools ⓘ |
| cosmologicalView |
creation as unfolding through Hebrew letters
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worlds emerging through sefirotic processes ⓘ |
| discusses |
cosmic cycles
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divine names ⓘ letters of the Hebrew alphabet ⓘ mystical shapes of letters ⓘ sefirot ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
divine emanations
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mystical significance of Hebrew letters ⓘ structure of creation ⓘ |
| genre |
esoteric cosmology
ⓘ
mystical exegesis ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Sefer HaTemunah ⓘ |
| influenced |
Lurianic Kabbalah
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linked to:
Kabbalah
later Kabbalistic literature ⓘ |
| interprets |
Genesis creation narrative
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linked to:
Creation of the world
Torah ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
cosmic sabbatical cycles (shemittot)
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letters as building blocks of creation ⓘ multiple cycles of creation and destruction ⓘ mystical forms (temunah) of letters ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| originatesFrom |
Jewish mystical circles
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Land of Israel ⓘ
linked to:
Judea
|
| regardedAs | foundational Kabbalistic work ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Bahir
ⓘ
Sefer Yetzirah ⓘ |
| religiousSubtradition | Kabbalah ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| statusInTradition | esoteric text ⓘ |
| subject |
Hebrew alphabet
ⓘ
cosmology ⓘ creation ⓘ divine emanation ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | medieval period ⓘ |
| traditionallyAttributedTo | Rabbi Nehunia ben HaKana ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
letter mysticism
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numerological speculation ⓘ |
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Subject: Sefer HaTemunah Description of subject: Sefer HaTemunah is a foundational Kabbalistic work that explores the mystical significance of Hebrew letters, divine emanations, and the structure of creation.
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linked to: Sefer HaTemunah