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[Sefer hekhalot]

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Also known as Hekhalot rabati; Hekhalot zutrati; Ḥotam gadol

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  • First published:
  • 13th century
  • Language: Hebrew
  • Content type: Primary source
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Traditions: Kabbalah and Jewish esotericism, Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics

Subjects: Early works to 1800, Mysticism, Cabala, Judaism, Jewish mythology, Merkava, Hekhalot literature

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics and Kabbalah and Jewish esotericism.

  • Kabbalah and Jewish esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from colenda matched “Cabala”. Retained metadata contains “Cabala” in the subject metadata.

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    • “Cabala”· in subject
  • Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics

    Retained metadata contains “Mysticism” in the subject metadata.

    • “Mysticism”· in subject

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39 fols. (loose leaves; Halper: originally fastened together by a string): consecutive, complete; Fols. 26 l. 4-fol. 28, ibid 489-499.; Forms part of: Cairo Genizah Collection.; Hebrew. Hebrew; Hekhalot zutra: fols 20-26 l. 4, ibid. pars. 335-338,348-368, 373-374, 407-426.; Ḥotam gadol / Keter nora: fol. 20 verso ll. 2-20, ibid pars. 318-321.; Ḥotam gadol / Keter nora: fol. 38 verso l. 6-fol. 39, ibid. pars. 651-654.; Incipits in enlarged square characters, above a space; angels' names denoted by a superior bar.; Maʻaseh merkavah: fols. 28 verso l. 11-fol. 36, ibid. pars. 544-596.; Merkavah rabbah: fol. 39. l. 5-end, ibid. pars. 655-657; Oath of Sar ha-panim: fols. 36 l. 13-fol. 38 verso, ibid. pars. 623-639.; The owner's signature is found at the top of fol. 1 אי״ש ג״ר, and again at the top of fol. 38 verso אי״ש גר אנכי בארץ, that is, Abraham Graziano. See Y. Okun: Sifriyat kitve-ha-yad shel Avraham Yosef Shelomoh Gratsiyano (380 le-ʹerekh-445 / Yael Okuhn. Masters dissertation, Jerusalem, 1991 p. 190).; This collection from the Hekhalot literature contains: Hekhalot rabbati: Fols. 1-5, in the edition pars. 81-121; fols. 5-8, ibid. pars. 156-173; fols. 8-20 verso, ibid. pars. 189-306.

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Cataloging notes

  • Colenda collection: Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library). Halper 436
  • Penn Libraries catalog identifier: 9940421153503681
  • Physical location: Library at the Katz Center, Genizah Fragments, Halper 436
  • Provenance: Adler.; Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).; Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).; Graziano, Abraham Joseph Salomon, approximately 1620-approximately 1683, current owner.; Graziano, Abraham Joseph Salomon.
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