Compiling Kabbalistic Secrets after the Spanish Expulsion
Journal: Aschkenas
Year: 2024

Abstract This study offers a bibliographic history of the manuscript evidence and printed editions of the compilation Shushan Sodot , arranged by Moshe of Kyiv (1449–c. 1520). Positioned within a larger inquiry of numbered compilations of short-form texts of Jewish esoteric literature, Shushan Sodot is one of the largest and most well-known compilations. Following a review of scholarship, the study describes the features of various manuscripts, including those in Byzantine and Spanish script and