zoharhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zohar_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_useZohar, n.
First published 1986; not fully revised

Zoharnoun

  1. 1682–
    The major text of Jewish Cabbalism, in the form of an allegorical interpretation of the Pentateuch.
    1. 1682
      A studying Judiciary Schemes, and fancifull Cabalas, and mysterious zoars.
      W. Payne, Learning & Knowledge 12
    2. 1837
      The work called Zohar is written in Chaldaic, and develops the mysterious science called Cabala.
      British & Foreign Review vol. V. 419
    3. 1843
      He knew more Zohar and more secrets than the wisest of them.
      G. Borrow, Bible in Spain vol. III. xv. 295
    4. 1888
      The principal work for the study of the Cabbalah is the Zohar, which is written in a very lofty style in the Syrian language.
      J. C. Murray, translation of S. Maimon, Autobiography xiv. 95
    5. 1932
      Although they derived their inspiration from the same source—Zohar and Kabbala—Ashkenazi and Sepharadi mysticism inevitably took different directions.
      A. Bension, Zohar i. 11
    6. 1941
      A Tel-Avivian scholar, Reuben Margulies, has begun to publish an annotated edition of the Zohar.
      G. G. Scholem, Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism 384
    7. 1965
      Ximeno had given Dr. Abulafia a manuscript of the Zohar, the arcane book of Kabbalism.
      J. A. Michener, Source (1966) 662
    8. 1978
      There stood on our shelves volumes of the Zohar.., and other cabalistic works.
      I. B. Singer, Shosha i. 8

Zohar, n. was first published in 1986; not fully revised.

Zohar, n. was last modified in December 2024.