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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Главный автор: Stillman, Avinoam J. (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: Brill 2022
В: European journal of jewish studies
Год: 2022, Том: 16, Выпуск: 1, Страницы: 169-196
Нормированные ключевые слова (последовательности):B G'iḳaṭilyah, Yosef Avraham 1248-1325, Sha'arei Orah / Ostmitteleuropa / Каббала / Сообщение знаний / История (мотив) 1300-1900
Индексация IxTheo:AF География религии
AG Религиозная жизнь
BH Иудаизм
KBK Восточная Европа
TH Позднее средневековье
TJ Новое время
Другие ключевые слова: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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Итог: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
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: European journal of jewish studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/1872471X-bja10029