Bahir, Sefer ha

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Bahir, Sefer ha (Book of Light). An early Jewish kabbalistic work. It was ascribed to R. Nehunya, and it is an anthology of statements attributed to various tannaim and amoraim; probably it has been handed down in a mutilated form. It is the earliest work which deals with the sefirot (divine attributes) which are given symbolic names.

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