Guillaume Postel's Idea of the Zohar'
Following Boaz Huss's coinage of an Idea of the Zohar', I focus in this paper on the Idea of the Zohar' held by the Kabbalistic Christian Guillaume Postel (1510-1581). Postel regarded the Zohar as an ultimate expression of his entire theological and messianic thought, and therefore...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2019]
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Aries
Year: 2019, Volume: 19, Issue: 2, Pages: 248-263 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Postel, Guillaume 1510-1581
/ Zohar
/ Interpretation of
/ Geschichte 1554
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion AZ New religious movements BH Judaism KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history NBQ Eschatology |
| Further subjects: | B
Renaissance
B Christian Kabbalah B Guillaume Postel B Zohar |
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| Summary: | Following Boaz Huss's coinage of an Idea of the Zohar', I focus in this paper on the Idea of the Zohar' held by the Kabbalistic Christian Guillaume Postel (1510-1581). Postel regarded the Zohar as an ultimate expression of his entire theological and messianic thought, and therefore he produced two Latin annotated translations of this treatise. Relying on a close analysis of the Incipit he attached to the earlier translation completed in early 1554 (BL ms. Slaone 1410, fol. 1r), I sketch Postel's unique concepts regarding the Zohar, both as a text and as a divine essence, showing how his description of the Zohar's provenance and circulation sheds light on his particular Idea of the Zohar'. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0593 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Aries
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700593-01902002 |