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Primary Sources: Medieval Jewis Mystics

Be'ur Eser S'firot - grimoar
Current Version: Azriel of Gerona Be'ur Eser S'firot - grimoar Source: hebrew.grimoar.cz License: Public Domain
Current Translation: Sefaria Community Translation Source: sefaria.org License: CC0

Azriel of Gerona
Scholem, Gershom. 2007. “Azriel of Gerona.” Pp. 771-2 In Encyclopaedia Judaica, Vol. 2 Alr-AZ edited by F. Skolnik and M. Berenbaum

Open Knowledge and Closed Knowledge: The Kabbalists of Gerona—Rabbi Azriel and Rabbi Ya’akov Bar Sheshet.
Halbertal, Moshe. “Open Knowledge and Closed Knowledge: The Kabbalists of Gerona—Rabbi Azriel and Rabbi Ya’akov Bar Sheshet.” In Concealment and revelation : Esotericism in jewish thought and its philosophical implications, 77–82. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009.
Jewish Kabbalah Middle Ages and and Platonism in Renaissance
Idel, Moshe, “Jewish Kabbalah Middle Ages and and Platonism in Renaissance” In Neoplatonism and Jewish Thought, edited by Lenn E. Goodman, State University of New York Press, 1992.

From What Is One and Simple Only What Is One and Simple Can Come to Be
Arthur Hyman, “From What Is One and Simple Only What Is One and Simple Can Come to Be” In Neoplatonism and Jewish Thought, edited by Lenn E. Goodman, State University of New York Press, 1992.
Self-Contraction of the Godhead in Kabbalistic Theology
David Novak, “Self-Contraction of the Godhead in Kabbalistic Theology” In Neoplatonism and Jewish Thought, edited by Lenn E. Goodman, State University of New York Press, 1992.