Zohar

Zohar
/zoh"hahr/, n.
a medieval mystical work, consisting chiefly of interpretations of and commentaries on the Pentateuch: the definitive work of Jewish cabala.

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  • Zohar — [zō′här΄] n. [Heb zohar, lit., brightness < root zhr, to glow, gleam] a mystical commentary on the Pentateuch, written in the late 13th and early 14th cent.: a principal source of the cabala …   English World dictionary

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  • Zohar [2] — Zohar, Arzt, so v.w. Abu Merwan …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Zohar — (le livre des Splendeurs ) ouvrage cabalistique d exégèse biblique écrit au XIIIe s …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Zohar — Zohar,   Hauptwerk der Kabbala, Sohar …   Universal-Lexikon

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  • Zohar — 1680s, Hebrew, lit. light, splendor …   Etymology dictionary

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