The Sefer Zohar or "Book of Splendour" is supposed to be the most authoritative Kabbalistic work, but this massive series of books is so obscure and symbolic as to be practically incom-prehensible.
It was some time before 1291 that copies of Zohar began to be circulated by a Spanish Jew named Moses de Leon, who claimed to possess an autograph manuscript by the reputed author Schimeon ben Jochai.
1291 年之前时间,Zohar 副本开始由位名叫西德莱昂西班牙犹太人传,称拥有著名作家 Schimeon ben Jochai 亲笔手稿。