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  1. (Hebrew `tradition') ancient esoteric Jewish
  2. mystical tradition of philosophy containing
  3. strong elements of pantheism yet akin to
  4. neo-Platonism. Kabbalistic writing reached
  5. its peak between the 13th and 16th centuries.
  6. It is largely rejected by current Judaic
  7. thought as medieval superstition, but is
  8. basic to the Hassid sect. Among its earliest
  9. documents are the Sefir Jezirah/The Book of
  10. Creation, attributed to Rabbi Akiba (died
  11. 120). The Zohar/Book of Light was written in
  12. Aramaic in about the 13th century.
  13.