Transmission and Transformation of Kabbalistic Knowledge in Italy at the End of the Fifteenth Century
The article looks at the transfer of knowledge between Judaism and Christianity in the Renaissance, a period characterized by the encounter of different cultures and belief systems. In particular, it will focus on the Christian Kabbalah, which channels various philosophical and sapiential traditions...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2022
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European journal of jewish studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 16, Issue: 1, Pages: 54-70 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Sefirot
/ Cabala
/ Reception
/ Leoni, Pierleone 1445-1492
/ Italy
/ Humanism
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BH Judaism CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KBJ Italy |
| Further subjects: | B
Christian Humanism
B Knowledge Transfer B Kabbalah B Pierleone of Spoleto B fifteenth century |
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| Summary: | The article looks at the transfer of knowledge between Judaism and Christianity in the Renaissance, a period characterized by the encounter of different cultures and belief systems. In particular, it will focus on the Christian Kabbalah, which channels various philosophical and sapiential traditions into a universal, and at the same time, plural vision of wisdom. This convergence of ideas resulted, on the one hand, in the elaboration of translations, adaptations, and vulgarization of Jewish texts and, on the other, in the development of new interpretations. This is a characteristic of the collected writings of Pierleone of Spoleto, which involved the transformative communication of Jewish translators and the creative reception of Christian humanists. Of these manuscripts, we will examine the annotations concerning the sefirot, which are an excellent example of the reinterpretation of Jewish thought through a typically humanistic perspective. |
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| ISSN: | 1872-471X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal of jewish studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/1872471X-11411102 |