Sefer ha-Chajjim

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The Sefer ha-Chajjim (ספר החיים 'Book of Life') is a Jewish - mystical writing by an unknown author, which originated in France in the first half of the 13th century .

In literary history it represents a link between the Haside Ashkenaz and the Kabbalah .

Literature (selection)

Gershom Scholem : Origin and Beginnings of Kabbalah (= Studia Iudaica . 3). de Gruyter, Berlin 1962.