“To Know Everything”: Encyclopedias and the Organization of Kabbalistic Knowledge

The (re-)organization of knowledge concerning kabbalistic concepts constituted an important literary activity for authors, beginning with the late medieval through the early modern periods. The examination of the anonymous Ma‘arekhet ha-Elohut, Meir ibn Gabbai’s ‘Avodat ha-Qodesh, and Moses Cordover...

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Main Author: Gondos, Andrea (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2022
In: European journal of jewish studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 16, Issue: 1, Pages: 142-168
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ma'arekhet ha-Elohut / Ibn Gabai, Meʾir ben Yeḥezḳel 1480-1543, Avodat ha-Kodesh / Ḳordoṿero, Mosheh ben Yaʿaḳov 1522-1570, Pardēs rimmônîm / Cabala / Encyclopaedia / Knowledge communication
IxTheo Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BH Judaism
TH Late Middle Ages
TJ Modern history
Further subjects:B Ma‘arekhet ha-Elohut
B Moses Cordovero
B encyclopedias
B Kabbalah
B Meir ibn Gabbai
B organization of knowledge
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