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The Zohar

By Moses de León

Translated by Harry Sperling

Translated by Maurice Simon

Soncino Press, London, 1931, Five volumes, 1931–1934

First written late 13th century

About this text

The first large English translation of the Zohar, covering much of its commentary on the Torah, though not all of its parts. It is dated and sometimes paraphrastic, but long the standard English version.

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Moses de León. The Zohar. Translated by Harry Sperling and Maurice Simon. Five volumes, 1931–1934. Soncino Press, London, 1931.

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“The Zohar.” Source. The Library, Unitive Knowledge Society. Last modified November 7, 2026. https://www.unitiveknowledge.org/library/sources/zohar-sperling-simon.

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“The Zohar.” The Library, Unitive Knowledge Society, 7 Nov. 2026, www.unitiveknowledge.org/library/sources/zohar-sperling-simon.

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@misc{sources-zohar-sperling-simon,
  title = {{The Zohar}},
  howpublished = {The Library, Unitive Knowledge Society},
  note = {Source. Last modified November 7, 2026},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.unitiveknowledge.org/library/sources/zohar-sperling-simon}
}