Talk:Sefer HaRazim

Latest comment: 6 years ago by Winged Blades of Godric in topic Requested move 16 October 2017

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I've linked to the Cairo Geniza, as it seems to have been discovered there, [1]. This article needs some expert attention. If anyone could specify the sources used for reconstruction, how many of them where known before the discovery of the Geniza (as some paragraphs from the book are being refered to elsewhere). Also, the status of the book as a book of 'Kaballah' is quite dubious if it was not known from around 400CE to the 1960s. Oyd11 02:59, 27 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Just because the fragments were recovered by our culture in the 20th century, it doesn't mean that the book itself was lost for over a millenia. Missile Command Kid 11:56, 6 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

This is a Tom Noddy statement and should be avoided. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.4.1.203 (talk) 16:16, 3 January 2011 (UTC)Reply

Kabbalah and the use of the term in this article

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From a scholarly standpoint, we cannot really call this a "work of Kabbalah" or a "Kabbalistic text," as Kabbalah is understood in the academic world as being the mystical traditions emerging from the Narbonne school in the 12th century. If this is a 5th century text, it surely doesn't hold up to the definition. Additionally, the sentence in the article - "The text itself was once considered to be part of "orthodox" Judaism under the influence of Hellenism, but this text, along with other works of Kabbalah, are considered to be unorthodox at best and heretical at worst in modern Judaism." - needs reworking. From a general standpoint, accepted works of Kabbalah are not considered heretical in modern Judaism, as the sentence implies. RavMikha'el (talk) 09:24, 18 May 2012 (UTC)Reply

I agree with your academic points - "Jewish mysticism", pre-"Kabbalah", normative Kabbalah: Primary texts not heretical in mainstream/modern Judaism (Dor Daim is a minority view exception). I've corrected these words. It was very easy, and a lot quicker than your long post, so why didn't you alter it instead! Anyway, thanks for pointing it out, and giving me extra sanction/consensus (if it were theoretically needed) to correct these clear errors of terminology. I've also substituted "Category:Kabbalah texts" with "Category:Jewish mystical texts". 81.178.204.48 (talk) 20:46, 16 March 2013 (UTC)Reply

Requested move 16 October 2017

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The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: Moved to Sefer HaRazim.Clear concensus to move and the title by Number57 seems to be the most apt in the situation.(non-admin closure) Winged Blades Godric 16:13, 22 November 2017 (UTC)Reply


Sepher Ha-RazimSefer ha-Razim – "Sefer" is the usual transliteration of ספר (e.g., Sefer Torah, Sefer Yetzirah), and the article "ha-" should not be capitalized. Einsof (talk) 15:54, 15 October 2017 (UTC) Relisted. Jenks24 (talk) 14:42, 23 October 2017 (UTC)--Relisting.usernamekiran(talk) 18:15, 1 November 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. Andrewa (talk) 17:33, 13 November 2017 (UTC)Reply

This is a contested technical request (permalink). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:53, 16 October 2017 (UTC)Reply
This is no rationale for opposing a move In ictu oculi (talk) 13:59, 2 November 2017 (UTC)Reply

Capitalisation

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Any further comments on the h? No consensus on this above IMO. Andrewa (talk) 17:33, 13 November 2017 (UTC)Reply

Now that I'm aware that there is a guide for Hebrew romanization, I agree with a move to Sefer HaRazim. Einsof (talk) 01:02, 14 November 2017 (UTC)Reply
One (Sefer HaRazim) is in line with the WP:HEBREW naming convention and one (Sefer ha-Razim) is not (and several of the editors above did not seem to be aware of this convention at the time of their comment), so there should be a fairly clear winner here. Number 57 15:30, 21 November 2017 (UTC)Reply

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