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De Arte Cabbalistica

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De Arte Cabbalistica (Latin for On the Art of Kabbalah) is a 1517 text by the German Renaissance humanist scholar Johann Reuchlin,[1] which deals with his thoughts on Kabbalah. In it, he puts forward the view that the theosophic philosophy of Kabbalah could be of great use in the defence of Christianity and the reconciliation of science with the mysteries of faith.[2] It builds on his earlier work De Verbo Mirifico.

Editions[edit]

  • Reuchlin, Johann (1993). On the Art of Kabbalah (De Arte Cabalistica). Translated by Martin and Sarah Goodman. University of Nebraska Press.[ISBN missing] Introduction by G. Lloyd Jones, Introduction to this edition by Moshe Idel.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Smith, William Robertson (1911). "Reuchlin, Johann" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 203.
  2. ^ Hanegraaff, Wouter J. (2010). "The Beginning of Occultist Kabbalah: Adolphe Franck and Eliphas Levi". Kabbalah and Modernity: Interpretations, Transformations, Adaptations. Netherlands: Brill. pp. 107–128, esp. p. 108. ISBN 978-9004182875.