Kabbalah

Also known as Cabala

thumb|upright=1.2|Latin translation of Joseph Gikatilla|Gikatilla's Shaarei Ora

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native label: קַבָּלָה
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Encyclopedic overview

42 sections

Contents

History of Jewish mysticism
Traditions
Jewish and non-Jewish Kabbalah
Concepts
Concealed and revealed God
Sephirot
Ten sephirot as process of creation
Ten Sephirot as process of ethics
Partzufim
Descending spiritual worlds
Origin of evil
Role of Man
Levels of the soul
Reincarnation
Tzimtzum, Shevirah and Tikkun
Linguistic mysticism and the mystical Torah
Cognition, mysticism, or values
Kabbalists as mystics
Paradoxical coincidence of opposites
Metaphysics or axiology
Primary texts
Scholarship
Claims for authority
Criticism
Distinction between Jews and non-Jews
Medieval views
Orthodox Judaism
Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist Judaism
Antinomian Kabbalah
Contemporary study
Universalist Jewish organisations
Hasidic
Neo-Hasidic
Rav Kook
Cathar and Mandaean parallels
See also
Notes
References
Citations
Works cited
Further reading
External links

thumb|upright=1.2|Latin translation of Joseph Gikatilla|Gikatilla's Shaarei Ora

Kabbalah or Qabalah ( ; , ; ) is an esoteric method, discipline, and school of thought in Jewish mysticism. It forms the foundation of mystical religious interpretations within Judaism. A traditional Kabbalist is called a Mekubbal ().

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