Bahir
Anonymous mystical work dealing with Jewish Kabbalah / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bahir or Sefer HaBahir (Hebrew: סֵפֶר הַבָּהִיר, Hebrew pronunciation: [ˈsefeʁ ˌ(h)abaˈ(h)iʁ]; "Book of Clarity" or "Book of Illumination") is an anonymous mystical work, attributed to a 1st-century rabbinic sage Nehunya ben HaKanah (a contemporary of Yochanan ben Zakai) because it begins with the words, "R. Nehunya ben HaKanah said".[1] It is also known as Midrash of Rabbi Nehunya ben HaKanah מִדְרָשׁ רַבִּי נְחוּנְיָא בֶּן הַקָּנָה.
First mentioned in late 12th century Provencal works,[2] the Bahir is an early work of the esoteric Jewish mystical tradition that eventually became known as Kabbalah.