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The Zohar was first publicized by Moses de León (c. 1240 – 1305 CE), who claimed it was a Tannaitic work recording the teachings of Simeon ben Yochai [b] (c. 100 CE). This claim is universally rejected by modern scholars, most of whom believe de León, also an infamous forger of Geonic material
Those who believe, in accordance with Jewish tradition, that the Zohar is indeed an authentic document of the teachings of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai (Rashbi), generally agree that part, but not all, of the Zohar was written by Rashbi.
- Who Wrote The Zohar?
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According to traditional Jewish belief, the Zohar was revealed by God to Moses at Sinai, and passed down orally until it was written down in the second century by Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai (known as the “Rashbi,” also sometimes referred to as Simeon ben Yohai). From a historical-critical perspective, the authorship of the Zohar has been a matter of de...
Some major themes in the Zohar include the nature of God and the cosmos, the creation of the world, the relationship of God to the world through the sefirot,(attributes of God), the nature of evil and sin, the revelation of the Torah, the commandments, holidays, prayer, rituals of the ancient Temple, the figure of the priest, the experience of exil...
As the major work of kabbalistic literature, the Zohar has influenced Jews and non-Jews alike. It set the stage for a proliferation of subsequent kabbalistic texts, such as the 16th-century writings of Rabbi Isaac Luria. The Zohar also was embraced by certain Christian scholars who saw parallels in its cosmological system to aspects of Christian th...
According to many traditional teachings, one is supposed to wait until the age of 40 to study Kabbalah, in order to be psychologically and spiritually prepared for these texts. The dense, complicated and esoteric character of these texts make them ideal for advanced students of Jewish texts. The Zohar requires a strong foundational knowledge of Heb...
- Yehuda Shurpin
- The Zohar Is Considered the Primary Text of Kabbalah. For anyone wishing to venture into the world of Kabbalah, the most important text is often the Zohar, which is typically published in three volumes.
- It’s Not the Oldest Kabbalistic Book. The Zohar was the first comprehensive kabbalistic work and has become the source for all later authoritative kabbalistic teachings.
- Zohar Means “Splendor” Throughout the ages, especially before it was widely publicized, the Zohar has been referred to as “Midrash,” “Midrash Yerushalmi,” and other names.
- It Was Authored By Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai. Reading the Zohar, one discovers that the text, brimming with the Torah’s deepest mysteries, contains the teachings of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai (known by the acronym "Rashbi"), and his disciples (the Chevraya in Aramaic).
The Zohar is known as the primary text of the Kabbala. Its pre-eminent place in Jewish mysticism does not derive solely from its antiquity or its authorship. Other basic works of the Kabbala, like Sefer Yetzira and Sefer Habahir, are of earlier origin. Rabbi Shimon himself apparently wrote some of the Zohar…while hiding in a cave from the ...
Consequently, there is no reason to assume that an unknown author wrote the Zohar in the lifetime of Moses de Leon, and then passed it on to him. The authorship of Moses de Leon solves the problems raised by an analysis of the Zohar together with his Hebrew works.
Who Wrote the Zohar? The question of the identity of the Zohar ’s authors is tied to the issue of when it was written. The consensus among scholars is that the Sephardi Kabbalist Rabbi Moshe De León (RaMD”L) first publicized the Zohar at the end of the 13th century.
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