Light is Sown

The Cultivation of Kabbalah in Medieval Castile

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In a pioneering monograph-length study of the theological journey of Moses ben Shemtov de León of Guadalajara--self-proclaimed "Light of the West" and presumed writer of the Zohar, the kabbalah's crowning literary achievement--Avishai Bar-Asher and Jeremy Phillip Brown reach bold new conclusions about the kabbalah's prominence in medieval Castile. Through rigorous examinations of fragmentary texts inaccessible to scholars previously, the authors unearth critical insights about de León, specifically his regimens of pious living, discourse on gender, understanding of the Hebrew language, and signature thirteen-fold speculation. Bar-Asher and Brown correlate the large body of de León's Hebrew writings with the canonical Zohar, charting the parallel paths of their growth. They also reveal, with unprecedented clarity, the reciprocally interreferential character of the twin corpora at the heart of Castilian kabbalah. Through the exploration of a variety of alternative contexts offering new interpretations of de León's remarkable creativity, Light is Sown offers extraordinary access to the intellectual history of the Zohar and its worlds. Ranging from those of Alfonsine Castile, where the innovation of ancient linguistic theories went hand-in-hand with imperialism and cultural annexation, to Renaissance Italy--where Christian apologists preserved kabbalistic writings that, if not for their intervention, would have otherwise been lost to time and history--the key discoveries and thematic insights offered in Light is Sown yield a timely analysis of one of the most glorious fruits of Jewish theology.
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2025-09-18
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Avishai Bar-Asher is the Sol Rosenblum Chair in Jewish History and an Associate Professor of Jewish Studies at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he also serves as head of the Jewish Studies program. Bar-Asher's research on kabbalah has appeared in various journals and edited volumes internationally, including Harvard Theological Review and Jewish Quarterly Review. Jeremy Phillip Brown is the Jordan H. Kapson Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies at University of Notre Dame, where he also serves as a fellow of the Medieval Institute and Nanovic Institute for European Studies. The recipient of numerous additional fellowships, Brown's scholarship on medieval kabbalah has been featured in the Journal of Religion, History of Religions, and Jewish Studies Quarterly, among several other publications.

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