Sefer ha-zohar as a canonical, sacred and holy text: Changing perspectives of the book of splendor between the thirteenth and eighteenth centuries

Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 257-307

  Huss, Boaz ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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EID: 84988215003     PISSN: 1053699X     EISSN: 1477285X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/105369998790232025     Document Type: Article

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