The Kabbalistic “Teaching Panel” of Princess Antonia: Divine Knowledge for Both Experts and Laity
This article explores the complex interweaving of kabbalistic and Christological concepts within the kabbalistic “teaching panel” (Lehrtafel) of Princess Antonia of Württemberg. The essay discusses the artwork in the context of visual representations of the ten sefirot, the divine attributes or vess...
| Published in: | Church history and religious culture |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Brill
2018
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| In: |
Church history and religious culture
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Gruber, Johann Friedrich 1620-1681, Lehrtafel der Prinzessin Antonia
/ Christian Kabbalah
/ Lay theology
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| IxTheo Classification: | BH Judaism CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations CE Christian art KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBB German language area KDD Protestant Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Christian Kabbalah
sefirot
lay theology
symbolism
Philosophia Perennis
Arbor Sephirotica
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| Summary: | This article explores the complex interweaving of kabbalistic and Christological concepts within the kabbalistic “teaching panel” (Lehrtafel) of Princess Antonia of Württemberg. The essay discusses the artwork in the context of visual representations of the ten sefirot, the divine attributes or vessels in Jewish mysticism. Executed as an altarpiece for the church in Bad Teinach in Southern Germany, the work integrates the sefirot into a pansophic concept that served devotional and educational purposes with a salvific goal. The article argues that, with the Lehrtafel, Antonia and her teachers created a devotional object that could be accessed by both regular Christian laity and experts who possessed deeper knowledge of Kabbalah. |
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| ISSN: | 1871-2428 |
| Contains: | In: Church history and religious culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18712428-09801005 |