Rhineland Pietists to Mishnaic Period: Medieval and Pre-Medieval Transmission of Jewish Esoteric Traditions

ORAL SOD IN FRANCE AND SPAIN

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Pre-Kabbalaistic Languedoc and Provençal traditions (10th-12th centuries) that led to the Sefer ha-Behir text. We find this from traditions attributed to Abu Aharon of Baghdad in the 10th century, which was transmitted to Provence. They taught the oral sod ha-olam (secret of the world) and sefirot-like concepts before the Behir text.

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