The Zohar ("Splendor") is the foundational text of Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism), a complex, mystical commentary on the Hebrew Bible written mostly in Aramaic, revealing hidden spiritual meanings behind scripture, God's nature, creation, the soul, and redemption, using rich symbolism, parables, and erotic metaphors for divine union, compiled by Moses de León in the 13th century but attributed to the 2nd-century sage Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai.
It's a profound, challenging work exploring the divine realms (Sefirot) and humanity's connection to God, seen as essential for understanding deeper Jewish spiritual life, though its dense codes and obscure language make it difficult.
Ariel Bension’s book, The Zohar in Moslem and Christian Spain, first published in 1932, is a pioneering scholarly work that examines the Zohar (the foundational text of Jewish Kabbalah) through the lens of its 13th-century Spanish environment.

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