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Libra Esoterica

Orientalism, Aramaic and Kabbalah in the Catholic Reformation

the first printing of the Syriac New Testament

by Robert J. Wilkinson & Robert Wilkinson

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  • 21st century
  • Language: English

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Focusing upon the extraordinary circumstances of the production of the editio princeps of the Syriac New Testament in 1555 and establishing a reliable history of that edition, this book offers an new account of the origin of Syriac studies in Europe and a fresh evaluation of Catholic Orientalism in the sixteenth century. The reception of Syriac into the West is shown to have been characterised, under the influence of Egidio da Viterbo and Postel, by a Christian Kabbalistic world-view which also determined the reception of other Oriental languages. The companion volume The Kabbalistic Scholars of the Antwerp Polyglot Bible exhibits the continuing influence of Christian Kabbalism on later editions.

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics and Kabbalah and Jewish esotericism.

  • Kabbalah and Jewish esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from openalex and sudoc matched “Kabbalah” and “Kabbale”. Retained metadata contains “Kabbalah” in the title, “Kabbalah” in the subject metadata, “Kabbale” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Kabbalah”· via OpenAlex
    • “Kabbale”· via SUDOC — French university and research library union catalog
    • “Kabbalah”· in title
    • “Kabbalah”· in subject
    • “Kabbale”· in subject
    • “Kabbalah”· in edition title
  • Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics

    Retained metadata contains “Mysticism” in the subject metadata.

    • “Mysticism”· in subject

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2007-09-30—English—Unknown

the first printing of the Syriac New Testament

SUDOC union-catalog record

1 vol. (XVI-224 p.); 25 cm; Bibliogr. p. [193]-216. Notes bibliogr. Index; ill., couv. ill.

2007, cop. 2007BrillEnglish
  • 9789004162501
  • 900416250X
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