Christian Cabala

Christian Cabala is the Renaissance adaptation of Jewish Kabbalah by Christian scholars.

Established Giovanni Pico della Mirandola included kabbalistic theses among his 900 Conclusiones (1486) and claimed that Kabbalah confirmed Christian doctrine; several theses were condemned by Pope Innocent VIII in 1487.^[1] Established Johannes Reuchlin wrote De verbo mirifico (1494) and De arte cabalistica (1517), the first major Christian treatments of the subject.^[2] Tradition / belief Christian cabalists held that the Hebrew letters of the name of Jesus revealed him as the Messiah.^[3]

References

↑ Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Conclusiones nongentae (1486). Latin; public domain.
↑ Johannes Reuchlin, De arte cabalistica (1517). Latin; public domain.
↑ Reuchlin, De verbo mirifico (1494).

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[1] Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Conclusiones nongentae (1486). Latin; public domain.

[2] Johannes Reuchlin, De arte cabalistica (1517). Latin; public domain.

[3] Reuchlin, De verbo mirifico (1494).

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