Francis Mercury van Helmont's Sketch of Christian Kabbalism / translated and edited by Sheila A. Spector.
Sheila A. Spector’s translation of the Sketch of Christian Kabbalism, by Francis Mercury van Helmont (1614-98), is the first English version of the foundational seventeenth-century treatise appended to Knorr von Rosenroth’s compendium, the Kabbala Denudata. After a survey of the historical context i...
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| Superior document: | Aries book series, v. 15 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Aries book series ;
v. 15. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (191 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Other title: | Adumbratio Kabbalae Christiana. |
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| Summary: | Sheila A. Spector’s translation of the Sketch of Christian Kabbalism, by Francis Mercury van Helmont (1614-98), is the first English version of the foundational seventeenth-century treatise appended to Knorr von Rosenroth’s compendium, the Kabbala Denudata. After a survey of the historical context in general, Jewish and Christian Kabbalah in particular, and a brief biography of van Helmont, Spector’s introduction explains how the author adapted the original Jewish myth for Christian purposes. The bilingual text contains a facsimile of the original Latin on one side, facing the English translation on the other, with Van Helmont’s footnotes supplemented by the translator’s endnotes. The edition is essential for scholars, though of interest to the general reader as well. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1280688114 9786613665058 9004227245 |
| ISSN: | 1871-1405 ; |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | translated and edited by Sheila A. Spector. |