Sefer HaBahir
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Sefer HaBahir is an early, foundational work of Jewish mysticism that introduces many of the core symbolic concepts and themes later developed in Kabbalah.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sefer HaBahir canonical | 3 |
| Sefer ha-Bahir | 3 |
| Sefer haBahir | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T158682 — 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 HaBahir Context triple: [Kabbalah, majorText, Sefer HaBahir]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Tanakh
The Tanakh is the canonical collection of Hebrew scriptures that forms the foundational religious text of Judaism, encompassing the Torah (Law), Nevi'im (Prophets), and Ketuvim (Writings).
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D.
Sefer HaTemunah
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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E.
Zohar
The Zohar is the central mystical text of Jewish Kabbalah, presenting esoteric interpretations of the Torah and profound teachings on the nature of God, the cosmos, and the soul.
- 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 HaBahir Target entity description: Sefer HaBahir is an early, foundational work of Jewish mysticism that introduces many of the core symbolic concepts and themes later developed in Kabbalah.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Tanakh
The Tanakh is the canonical collection of Hebrew scriptures that forms the foundational religious text of Judaism, encompassing the Torah (Law), Nevi'im (Prophets), and Ketuvim (Writings).
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D.
Sefer HaTemunah
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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E.
Zohar
The Zohar is the central mystical text of Jewish Kabbalah, presenting esoteric interpretations of the Torah and profound teachings on the nature of God, the cosmos, and the soul.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hebrew religious text
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Jewish mystical text ⓘ Kabbalistic work ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
12th-century Jewish mysticism
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Ashkenazic Hasidim ⓘ
linked to:
Ashkenazi Jews
Provence ⓘ
linked to:
Southern France
early Kabbalah ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Rabbi Nehunia ben HaKana ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
Sefirot
ⓘ
cosmic tree ⓘ divine emanation ⓘ divine names ⓘ mystical interpretation of Torah ⓘ mystical numerology ⓘ reincarnation ⓘ soul ⓘ symbolic reading of Hebrew letters ⓘ |
| contains |
allegorical interpretations of Scripture
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discussions of good and evil ⓘ esoteric teachings on creation ⓘ mystical cosmology ⓘ symbolic exegesis of biblical verses ⓘ teachings on the nature of God ⓘ teachings on the nature of the soul ⓘ |
| form |
collection of sayings and parables
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midrashic anthology ⓘ |
| genre |
Kabbalah
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mystical literature ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Bahir
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Sefer HaBahir ⓘ The Book of Brightness ⓘ |
| historicalCompositionPeriod | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| influenced |
Lurianic Kabbalah
ⓘ
linked to:
Kabbalah
Sefer ha-Zohar ⓘ
linked to:
Zohar
later Kabbalistic literature ⓘ medieval Jewish mysticism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Heikhalot literature
ⓘ
linked to:
Merkavah mysticism
rabbinic midrash ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| probableDate | 12th century ⓘ |
| probablePlaceOfComposition |
Provence
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern France
|
| pseudepigraphicAttribution | Tannaitic sage ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| scripturalBasis |
Hebrew Bible
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linked to:
Tanakh
Pentateuch ⓘ
linked to:
Five Books of Moses
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| status |
early classic of Jewish mysticism
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foundational work of Kabbalah ⓘ |
| structure |
aphoristic
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fragmentary ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Jewish mystical traditions
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Kabbalistic study ⓘ |
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Subject: Sefer HaBahir Description of subject: Sefer HaBahir is an early, foundational work of Jewish mysticism that introduces many of the core symbolic concepts and themes later developed in Kabbalah.
Referenced by (8)
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