A Printed Primer of Kabbalistic Knowledge: Sha‘arei Orah in East-Central Europe
This article explores the printed editions of Joseph Gikatilla’s Sha‘arei Orah in the broader context of kabbalistic knowledge in early modern East-Central Europe. Following its first Italian editions, the book was reprinted several times. The Kraków 1600 edition with commentary by Matityah Delacrut...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Brill
2022
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European journal of jewish studies
Jahr: 2022, Band: 16, Heft: 1, Seiten: 169-196 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
G'iḳaṭilyah, Yosef Avraham 1248-1325, Sha'arei Orah
/ Ostmitteleuropa
/ Kabbala
/ Wissensvermittlung
/ Geschichte 1300-1900
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| IxTheo Notationen: | AF Religionsgeographie AG Religiöses Leben; materielle Religion BH Judentum KBK Osteuropa TH Spätmittelalter TJ Neuzeit |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
history of knowledge
B East-Central Europe B history of the book B Kabbalah B early modern Jewish intellectual history |
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| Zusammenfassung: | This article explores the printed editions of Joseph Gikatilla’s Sha‘arei Orah in the broader context of kabbalistic knowledge in early modern East-Central Europe. Following its first Italian editions, the book was reprinted several times. The Kraków 1600 edition with commentary by Matityah Delacrut presented Sha‘arei Orah as a kabbalistic lexicon and study aid. The Offenbach 1715 edition included additional notes that linked Sha‘arei Orah to the Safedian Kabbalah of Moses Cordovero and Isaac Luria. Finally, the several editions published in Żółkiew exemplify the diversification of Kabbalah in the contentious religious climate of eighteenth-century Eastern Europe. Each printing reflects a discrete historical context, yet Sha‘arei Orah was consistently seen as an introductory guide to Kabbalah. Threading together these unique moments reveals one trajectory of the history of Kabbalah, as printing brought esoteric texts to new generations of readers with new concerns and agendas. |
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| ISSN: | 1872-471X |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: European journal of jewish studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/1872471X-bja10029 |