Sources
Works cited in this folder. General works on Aramaic, the dictionaries and the code scheme: Sources. Checked 2026-10-17; §3 added 2026-10-18.
1. Texts on disk
| text | edition | licence | path (under sefaria) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiqqunei ha-Zohar | "Tikkunei Zohar - Vocalized" | public domain | json/Kabbalah/Zohar/Tikkunei Zohar/Hebrew/ |
| Zohar Ḥadash | "Zohar Chadash" | public domain | json/Kabbalah/Zohar/Zohar Chadash/Hebrew/ |
| Tiqqunei ha-Zohar | Constantinople 1740 | CC BY-NC (tests only) | nc/json/Kabbalah/Zohar/Tikkunei Zohar/Hebrew/ |
| Zohar | "Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013"; "Sulam Edition, Jerusalem 1945"; "Hebrew Translation" | unknown → private (not used) | private/json/Kabbalah/Zohar/Zohar/Hebrew/ |
| Idra Zuta | "Zohar Menukad"; "Zohar Sulam Aramaic Text" | unknown → private (not used) | private/json/Kabbalah/Zohar/Idra Zuta/Hebrew/ |
| Zohar, English | Sperling, H. and M. Simon, transl. 1931–1934. The Zohar. 5 vols. London: Soncino ("The Zohar; London, Soncino Press, 1933" on Sefaria) | public domain (per texts.tsv) | json/Kabbalah/Zohar/Zohar/English/ |
| Zohar, English | Sefaria Community Translation | CC0 | json/Kabbalah/Zohar/Zohar/English/ |
| Commentaries on the Zohar | Ketem Paz (Livorno 1795), Mikdash Melekh (Zholkva 1864), Or ha-Ḥammah (Peremyshl 1896–1898), Beur ha-Gra on Sifra di-Tseniʿuta | public domain (most) | json/Kabbalah/Zohar/... |
2. Studies (cited from the literature; none on disk)
- Scholem, G. 1941. Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism. Jerusalem: Schocken (rev. eds. 1946, 1954). Lectures 5–6 on the Zohar, its language and its author. In copyright.
- Scholem, G. 1974. Kabbalah. Jerusalem: Keter (collected encyclopedia articles, including "Zohar"). In copyright.
- Tishby, I. 1989. The Wisdom of the Zohar: An Anthology of Texts. Transl. D. Goldstein. 3 vols. Oxford: Littman Library (Hebrew original Mishnat ha-Zohar, 1949–1961). In copyright.
- Liebes, Y. 1976. Peraqim be-millon sefer ha-Zohar (Sections of the Zohar Lexicon). PhD diss., Hebrew University. In copyright.
- Liebes, Y. 1993. Studies in the Zohar. Albany: SUNY Press. In copyright.
- Matt, D. C., et al., transl. 2004–2017. The Zohar: Pritzker Edition. 12 vols. Stanford: Stanford University Press. In copyright.
- Huss, B. 2016. The Zohar: Reception and Impact. Oxford: Littman Library. In copyright.
- Meroz, R. Studies on the composition of the Zohar (various articles; see Huss 2016 for references). In copyright.
- Wikipedia, "Zohar", en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zohar — for the publication history (Mantua and Cremona editions); consulted for orientation only.
3. Grammars of the source dialects (on disk)
There is no grammar of Zoharic Aramaic on disk. The attributions of Zoharic forms to their source dialects in The grammar of Zoharic Aramaic were checked on 2026-10-18 in the public-domain grammars of those dialects, read from the page images: Dalman 1905 (Onkelos and Galilean), Stevenson 1924 (Palestinian Talmud and Midrash), Margolis 1910 (JBA), Strack 1901 (Biblical Aramaic). Paths and licences: Sources §3.
Classical sources cited: b. Shabbat 33b (the cave story); Dan 7:9; Song 2:2.
3. Wanted
| work | why | status |
|---|---|---|
| a public-domain digital Aramaic text of the main Zohar (Mantua 1558–1560 or Vilna), with a clear licence | the only PD Zohar texts on disk are the Tiqqunim and Zohar Ḥadash (later stratum) | to look for; or scans + our own OCR |
| Liebes 1976, Sections of the Zohar Lexicon | the scholarly lexicon of Zoharic vocabulary and neologisms | in copyright — catalogue (check whether the university has made it available) |
| Scholem 1941, lecture 5 | the classic description of the language | in copyright — catalogue |
| Tishby 1989 | anthology with glossary and introductions | in copyright — catalogue |
| Matt 2004–2017 | translation with linguistic notes | in copyright — catalogue |
| Huss 2016 | the history of the Zohar's reception and the authorship question | in copyright — catalogue |
| Sperling and Simon 1931–1934 | the PD English translation as a complete set, to check against Sefaria's file | PD — to request if a complete scan is missing |
The Elamur team
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