The Zohar (Hebrew זהר Zohar "Splendor, radiance") is widely considered the most important work of Kabbalah, Jewish mysticism. It is a mystical commentary on the Torah (five books of Moses), written in medieval Aramaic and medieval Hebrew. It contains a mystical discussion of the nature of God, the origin and structure of the universe, the nature of souls, sin, redemption, good and evil, and related topics. Lazar is a Romanian family name, as far as I can tell. This is all the information I can find regarding Zohar Lazar. I found him through Internet Weekly. He works for all the big magazines, I can find dozens and dozens of his illustrations online, but not a word about the man himself. A true mysticist.
Posted by eliane at October 19, 2004 10:39 AMGess it took me a while to get caught up with you thi morning. I didn't relize I had goten behind. I like the Zohar pic. but what are they doing?
Posted by: Joe Smitherman at October 19, 2004 11:09 AMI guess they're playing a cruel variety of blindman's buff. It's a New Yorker illustration, I have no idea what the article can have been about.
Posted by: eliane at October 19, 2004 11:13 AMNot quite to the point but interesting nontheless: Lazar Gulkowitsch was a Jewish philologue who tried to study the kabbalah in a rational way. linkj: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazar_Gulkowitsch
(no Zohar Lazar in Wikipedia)
Posted by: Richard Osinga at October 21, 2004 11:41 AM