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The Western Appropriation of Syriac as a "Kabbalistic Language" by Later Christian Kabbalists: New Discoveries and New Perspectives.

The article demonstrates that the knowledge of the Syriac language in Western Europe first developed amongst Christian scholars with a strong interest in Kabbalah and that they attributed a mystical dimension to the Syriac language that was not associated with it before. After a survey of the first...

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Published in:Aries Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 233 - 262
Main Author: Vileno, Anna M.
Format: Article
Published: Brill Academic Publishers 2023
Subjects:
Hebrew language
Cabala
Language & languages
Occultism
Western Europe
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