The Poetic Transformation of Christian Cabbala: Gematria between Divination and Honorific Poetry in the German Lands of the Eighteenth Century

This article follows the development of a genre of eighteenth-century texts, explicitly self-designated as ‘cabbalistic’, initially intended for fortune telling by use of a number-alphabet. Such texts were found in Latin and German and eventually emerged from clandestinity into print, though initial...

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Main Author: Wilkinson, Robert J. 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2020]
In: Aries
Year: 2020, Volume: 20, Issue: 2, Pages: 173-206
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Germany / Esotericism / Literature / Christian Kabbalah / History 1700-1800
IxTheo Classification:AZ New religious movements
CB Christian life; spirituality
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
Further subjects:B German Vernacular
B paragrams
B Christian Cabbala
B Baroque
B clandestinity
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