This article explores the printed editions of Joseph Gikatilla’s Sha‘arei Orah in the broader context of kabbalistic knowledge in early modern East-Central Europe. Following its first Italian editions, the book was reprinted several times. The Kraków 1600 edition with commentary by Matityah Delacrut presented Sha‘arei Orah as a kabbalistic lexicon and study aid. The Offenbach 1715 edition included additional notes that linked Sha‘arei Orah to the Safedian Kabbalah of Moses Cordovero and Isaac Luria. Finally, the several editions published in Żółkiew exemplify the diversification of Kabbalah in the contentious religious climate of eighteenth-century Eastern Europe. Each printing reflects a discrete historical context, yet Sha‘arei Orah was consistently seen as an introductory guide to Kabbalah. Threading together these unique moments reveals one trajectory of the history of Kabbalah, as printing brought esoteric texts to new generations of readers with new concerns and agendas.

本文在早期现代东中欧卡巴拉知识的更广泛背景下探讨了 Joseph Gikatilla 的Sha'arei Orah的印刷版。继意大利文首版后，该书多次再版。克拉科夫 1600 年版，附有 Matityah Delacrut 的评论，将Sha'arei Orah描述为卡巴拉词典和学习辅助工具。奥芬巴赫 1715 年版包括将Sha'arei Orah与 Moses Cordovero 和 Isaac Luria 的 Safedian Kabbalah 联系起来的附加注释。最后，在 Żółkiew 上出版的几个版本体现了卡巴拉在 18 世纪东欧充满争议的宗教气氛中的多样化。每一次印刷都反映了一个离散的历史背景，但Sha'arei Orah一直被视为卡巴拉的入门指南。将这些独特的时刻串在一起揭示了卡巴拉历史的一个轨迹，因为印刷将深奥的文本带给了具有新关注点和议程的新一代读者。