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# Sources

Works cited in this folder. General works on Aramaic, the dictionaries and the code scheme: [Sources](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/arc/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](https://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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/arc-x-zohar/grammar/) 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/arc/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 |

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