Simeon ben Yoḥai (English spelling)

Japanese: Simeon ben Yoḥai(英語表記)SimeonbenYohai
Simeon ben Yoḥai (English spelling)

…The title of the book means “Book of Splendor.” It focuses on the Kabbalistic interpretation of the first five books of the Old Testament (the Pentateuch, Torah), the Book of Ruth, the Song of Songs, and the Lamentations of Jeremiah, which are attributed to the 2nd century mystic Simeon ben Yoḥai and his disciples. It freely discusses the 10 Sephiroth of the Tree of Life, the hominoid Adam (Adam Kadmon), the secrets of the creation of the universe, the origin of evil, and more, making full use of the method of converting letters and numbers (gematria). …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Simeon ben Yoḥai" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…書名は〈輝きの書〉の意。2世紀の神秘家シメオン・ベン・ヨハイSimeon ben Yoḥaiとその弟子たちに帰される旧約聖書の最初の五書(〈モーセ五書〉,トーラー)と《ルツ記》《雅歌》《エレミヤ哀歌》のカバラ的解釈が中心である。生命の樹の10のセフィロト,原人アダム(アダム・カドモン),宇宙創成の秘密,悪の起源などが文字・数値変換法(ゲマトリア)を駆使して縦横無尽に語られる。…

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