circle of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai

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The circle of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai was a group of early rabbinic sages centered around the influential 2nd-century tanna and mystic Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, known in later tradition for esoteric teachings associated with the origins of Kabbalah.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish scholarly group ⓘ
group of tannaim ⓘ
rabbinic circle ⓘ
activity interpretation of Scripture ⓘ
study of Torah in seclusion ⓘ
transmission of oral traditions ⓘ
associatedWith Tannaitic period ⓘ
early Jewish mysticism ⓘ
later Kabbalistic tradition ⓘ
centralFigure Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai ⓘ
linked to: Shimon bar Yochai
geographicRegion Land of Israel ⓘ
linked to: Eretz HaKodesh
historicalContext post-Bar Kokhba revolt era ⓘ
influenced development of Kabbalah ⓘ
knownFor aggadic teachings ⓘ
esoteric teachings ⓘ
halakhic teachings ⓘ
languageOfDiscourse Aramaic ⓘ
Mishnaic Hebrew ⓘ
legacy model of intense piety and Torah devotion ⓘ
source of narratives about hidden or esoteric wisdom ⓘ
memberOrDisciple Rabbi Elazar ben Rabbi Shimon ⓘ
Rabbi Yehuda ⓘ
Rabbi Yose ⓘ
other unnamed disciples ⓘ
religiousDiscipline Torah study ⓘ
halakhic interpretation ⓘ
mystical exegesis ⓘ
religiousOrientation Pharisaic-rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
linked to: Rabbinic Judaism
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
roleInTradition bridge between Tannaitic teaching and later mysticism ⓘ
sourceType Talmudic traditions ⓘ
later Kabbalistic literature ⓘ
midrashic traditions ⓘ
timePeriod 2nd century CE ⓘ
veneratedIn Kabbalistic circles ⓘ
rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
linked to: Rabbinic Judaism

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Rabbi Eleazar ben Shimon → school → circle of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai ⓘ