Christian Kabbalah
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Christian Kabbalah is a Renaissance-era Christian esoteric tradition that adapted Jewish Kabbalistic concepts to Christian theology, seeking to uncover mystical proofs of Christian doctrines.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Renaissance esotericism
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esoteric Christian tradition → mystical tradition → |
| aimsTo |
adapt Jewish Kabbalistic concepts to Christian theology
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provide mystical proofs of Christian doctrines → |
| associatedWithPractice |
angelology
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letter mysticism → numerological speculation → symbolic exegesis of Scripture → theurgy in a Christian framework → |
| coreConcept |
Christological reading of the Tree of Life
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gematria applied to Christian texts → reinterpretation of sefirot in Christian terms → typological reading of Old Testament through Kabbalah → use of Hebrew divine names → |
| criticizedBy |
some Jewish scholars
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| criticizedFor |
appropriation and reinterpretation of Jewish mystical doctrines
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| developedInCentury |
15th century
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16th century → |
| developedInPeriod |
Renaissance
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| geographicCenter |
France
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Germany → Italy → Spain → |
| hasLanguageOfScholarship |
Greek
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Hebrew → Latin → |
| hasNotableProponent |
Athanasius Kircher
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Francesco Giorgi → Giovanni Pico della Mirandola → Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa → Johann Reuchlin → Paolo Riccio → |
| hasNotableText |
De arte cabalistica
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De harmonia mundi → De occulta philosophia libri tres → De verbo mirifico → |
| influencedBy |
Hermeticism
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Neoplatonism → medieval scholasticism → |
| reinterpretsConcept |
Ein Sof as the Christian God
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Messiah as Jesus Christ → Tetragrammaton in relation to Jesus → sefirot as aspects of the Trinity and divine attributes → |
| relatedTo |
Hermetic Kabbalah
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Jewish Kabbalah → Renaissance humanism → Western esotericism → |
| religiousTraditionOf |
Christianity
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| usesConceptsFrom |
Jewish Kabbalah
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| viewedAs |
syncretic tradition combining Christian and Jewish mystical elements
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Referenced by (4)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Kabbalah
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Moses de León → Zohar → |
influenced |
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Western esotericism
("Kabbalah (Christian Kabbalah and occult Kabbalah)")
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