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...
| Autor principal: | |
|---|---|
| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| Verificar disponibilidad: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Gargar...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Publicado: |
Brill
2022
|
| En: |
European journal of jewish studies
Año: 2022, Volumen: 16, Número: 1, Páginas: 169-196 |
| (Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar: | B
G'iḳaṭilyah, Yosef Avraham 1248-1325, Sha'arei Orah
/ Ostmitteleuropa
/ Cábala
/ Transmisión del saber
/ Historia 1300-1900
|
| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | AF Geografía de la religión AG Vida religiosa BH Judaísmo KBK Europa oriental TH Baja Edad Media TJ Edad Moderna |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
history of knowledge
B East-Central Europe B history of the book B Kabbalah B early modern Jewish intellectual history |
| Acceso en línea: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Sumario: | 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. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 1872-471X |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: European journal of jewish studies
|
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/1872471X-bja10029 |