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50 The Kabbalah ofthe Golden Dawn
produce the original manuscript and told him that it had never
existed and that de Leon had created the 20har from his own teachings.
Virtually in the same breath as these claims Isaac actually cites the
Zohat 47 and quotes passages from it as belonging to Simon ben [ochai,
long after he had visited de Leon's widow. His first criticism of de Leon,
which outlines the events he encountered with his widow, is given in the
Divrey Ya Hamin. Although something made him change his mind at a
later date, Isaac's initial charge regarding the authorship of the 20har
seems to have stuck, and this has created a controversy that continues
even today among Kabbalistic students.
The 20har apparently had more than one name through the centuries
and this has added to the confusion. It was also called Midrashi
Yerushalmi, and is mentioned in the Geonim and also by St. Agobard
(around 800 C.E.)
The first edition was published in 1558,Cremona (Zohar baGado!),
400 pages; the second in 1558,Mantua, (2ohar haKeton), 700 pages.
The Zohar proper is based on the commentaries on the first five
books of the Bible, with additions.
1. GENESIS
(a) Commentaries
(b) Tosseftoth (Additions)
(c) Midrashha Neelam (Secret Midrash)
(d) Sithre Torah (Secrets of the Law)
(e) Hashmaloth (Omissions)
2. EXODUS
(a) Commentaries
(b) Midrash ha Neelam (continued)
(c) Raaiah Mehemnah (Faithful Shepherd)
(d) Sithre Torah (continued)
(e) Idra de Maschcana (Assembly of the Sanctuary)
(0 Siphra Pi Zeniouthra (Book of Concealment)
(g) Hecaloth (Palaces)
(h) Additions
47 Otzar Cahim.