Castilian Kabbalists

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Castilian Kabbalists were medieval Jewish mystics from the Castile region of Spain who played a central role in shaping early Kabbalistic thought and literature.

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Label Occurrences
Castilian Kabbalists canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kabbalistic movement ⓘ
group of Jewish mystics ⓘ
activity allegorical and mystical Bible interpretation ⓘ
composition of Kabbalistic texts ⓘ
esoteric teaching in small circles ⓘ
cosmology structured divine world of emanations ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
doctrine Sefirot as dynamic divine emanations ⓘ
cosmic role of Israel and the commandments ⓘ
mystical exegesis of the Torah ⓘ
symbolic interpretation of commandments ⓘ
theosophical-theurgical view of prayer ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jews ⓘ
fieldOfWork Jewish mysticism ⓘ
Kabbalah ⓘ
theosophical Kabbalah ⓘ
goal mystical knowledge of God ⓘ
spiritual elevation through commandments ⓘ
historicalContext Christian rule in medieval Castile ⓘ
convivencia of Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Iberia ⓘ
influenced Lurianic Kabbalah ⓘ
linked to: Safed Kabbalah

Safedian Kabbalists ⓘ
linked to: Safed Kabbalah

Spanish Kabbalists in Girona ⓘ
Zoharic literature ⓘ
linked to: Zohar

later Jewish mysticism ⓘ
influencedBy Heikhalot literature ⓘ
linked to: Merkavah mysticism

Midrash ⓘ
Sefer Yetzirah ⓘ
Sefer ha-Bahir ⓘ
linked to: Sefer HaBahir

Talmud ⓘ
language Aramaic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
medieval Castilian ⓘ
location Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
Kingdom of Castile ⓘ
linked to: Castile
movement early Kabbalistic thought ⓘ
notableWork Kabbalistic commentaries on the Torah ⓘ
early strata of the Zohar tradition ⓘ
mystical homilies and treatises ⓘ
partOf Spanish Kabbalah ⓘ
medieval Kabbalah ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
role central in shaping early Kabbalistic literature ⓘ
mediators between earlier Provencal Kabbalah and later Spanish Kabbalah ⓘ
temporalRange 13th century ⓘ
14th century ⓘ
viewOnScripture Torah as multi-layered text with secret meanings ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sha'arei Tzedek → associatedWith → Castilian Kabbalists ⓘ
Ha-Nefesh ha-Hakhamah → associatedWith → Castilian Kabbalists ⓘ