Ein Sof as the Christian God
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Ein Sof as the Christian God is a Christian Kabbalistic reinterpretation that identifies the infinite, unknowable divine of Jewish mysticism with the transcendent, absolute God of Christian theology.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ein Sof as the Christian God canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian Kabbalistic reinterpretation
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syncretic religious idea ⓘ theological concept ⓘ |
| aimsTo | demonstrate compatibility of Kabbalah with Christian revelation ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Athanasius Kircher
ⓘ
Pico della Mirandola ⓘ
surface form:
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Johann Reuchlin ⓘ Christian Kabbalah ⓘ
surface form:
Renaissance Christian Kabbalists
|
| category |
Christian esotericism
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Christian–Jewish theological interaction ⓘ interreligious reinterpretation of Jewish concepts ⓘ |
| coreIdea | the infinite and unknowable Ein Sof is equated with the transcendent Christian God ⓘ |
| criticizedBy |
some Christian theologians as speculative mysticism
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some Jewish scholars as Christian appropriation of Kabbalah ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
mainstream Christian dogmatic theology
ⓘ
mainstream Jewish Kabbalistic understanding of Ein Sof ⓘ |
| doctrinalTensionWith |
classical Christian doctrine of creation ex nihilo when interpreted incautiously
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traditional Jewish understandings of Ein Sof ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
divine infinity
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divine transcendence ⓘ divine unknowability ⓘ |
| identifies |
Ein Sof
ⓘ
God ⓘ
surface form:
the Christian God
|
| influencedBy |
Kabbalah
ⓘ
surface form:
Jewish Kabbalah
Safed Kabbalah ⓘ
surface form:
Lurianic Kabbalah
medieval Jewish mysticism ⓘ |
| integratesConcept | Kabbalistic sefirot as emanations of the Christian God ⓘ |
| interprets | Kabbalistic infinity as the Christian God beyond being and essence ⓘ |
| philosophicalTheme |
absolute divine simplicity
ⓘ
infinite being ⓘ transcendence beyond all attributes ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Logos mysticism in Christian thought
ⓘ
Neoplatonism ⓘ
surface form:
Neoplatonic Christian theology
|
| relatesTo |
Christian Kabbalah
ⓘ
Christian mysticism ⓘ apophatic theology ⓘ negative theology in Christianity ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| sometimesInterprets |
Ein Sof as the Father in the Christian Trinity
ⓘ
sefirot as symbols of Trinitarian processions ⓘ |
| textualContext |
Christian Kabbalistic commentaries on the Zohar
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Renaissance Christian treatises on Kabbalah ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Renaissance
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early modern period ⓘ |
| usesLanguageFrom | Hebrew Kabbalistic terminology ⓘ |
| viewedAs | attempt to harmonize Kabbalah with Christian Trinitarian theology ⓘ |
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