Orientalism, Aramaic and Kabbalah in the Catholic Reformation : : the first printing of the Syriac New Testament / / by Robert J. Wilkinson.

• Superior document: Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; v. 137
• Author: Wilkinson, Robert J. 1955-
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; v. 137.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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.

Table of Contents

First beginnings : Teseo Ambrogio and the Maronite -- Delegation to the fifth Lateran Council -- First beginnings : Egidio da Viterbo and the Kabbalistic context of Syriac studies at the time of the fifth Lateran Council -- The scholars of the editio princeps : Moses and Masius -- The scholars of the ditio princeps : Postel -- The scholars of the editio princeps : Widmanstetter -- The editio princeps.