Covert Jewish Sources of Christian Kabbalah: the Case of Guillaume Postel and ʿIyyun Traditions
The article focuses on Guillaume Postel’s Latin Zohar Commentary (1553), with the aim of uncovering a hitherto unknown influence of the medieval ʿIyyun Corpus on Postel’s Kabbalistic thought. Following a prefatory methodological exposition it is demonstrated that in addition to the more common Kabba...
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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[2020]
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Medieval encounters
Ano: 2020, Volume: 26, Número: 1, Páginas: 1-21 |
| (Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
Postel, Guillaume 1510-1581
/ Zohar
/ Cabala cristã
/ Judaísmo
/ Cabala
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| Classificações IxTheo: | BH Judaísmo CB Existência cristã CC Cristianismo ; Religião não cristã ; Relações inter-religiosas CF Cristianismo ; Ciência KAF Baixa Idade Média |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Renascimento
B Medieval Kabbalah B Christian Kabbalah B Guillaume Postel B ʿIyyun traditions |
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| Resumo: | The article focuses on Guillaume Postel’s Latin Zohar Commentary (1553), with the aim of uncovering a hitherto unknown influence of the medieval ʿIyyun Corpus on Postel’s Kabbalistic thought. Following a prefatory methodological exposition it is demonstrated that in addition to the more common Kabbalistic doctrines, such as those of the Zohar and other central theosophical-Kabbalistic treatises, Postel was also influenced by a different trend of Kabbalah, namely, the anonymous thirteenth-century mystical corpus originating in Languedoc, designated in scholarship as the ʿIyyun Writings. A reliable analysis of Kabbalistic Christian writings requires acquaintance with the writers’ sources, especially given the extent and divergence of medieval Kabbalistic literature. Therefore, we cannot make do with locating overt citations or references to known Kabbalistic treatises found in these writings, but also aim at uncovering covert Kabbalistic traditions which influenced them, as in the case of Postel and the ʿIyyun Corpus. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0674 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Medieval encounters
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700674-12340058 |
