1Comp.Geschichte der Juden, vol. vii, p. 110, &c.↑2VideIbn Jachja,Shalsheleth Ha-Kabbalah;Graetz,Geschichte der Juden, vii, 88, &c.↑3עוד יש בידינו קבלה של אמת כי כל התורה כולה שמותיו של הקב״ה שהתיבו׳ מתחלקות לשמות בענין אחר כאלו תחשוב על דרך משל כי פסוק בראשית יתחלק לתיבות אחרות כגון בראש יתברא אלהים וכל התורה כי מלבד צירופיהן וגימטריותיהן של שמות.↑4This remarkable Treatise was first published by R. Abraham, Vilna, 1802; it was then reprinted with all its faults in Lemberg, 1850. The erudite and indefatigable Dr. Jellinek has now reprinted it in hisAuswahl kabbalistischer Mystik, part i, Leipzig, 1853, and the above analysis is from the Introduction to this excellent edition.↑5Steinschneider,Catalogus Libr. Hebr. in Bibliotheca Bodleiana, 2677–2680. Graetz,Geschichte der Juden, vii, 218, &c.↑6Comp.Beiträge zur Geschichte der Kabbala, von Adolph Jellinek, part ii, Leipzig, 1852, p. xiii, &c.↑7Comp. Graetz,Geschichte der Juden, vol. vii, p. 221, &c.↑8This will be seen from the reduction of the respective names to their numerical value by the ruleGematria, viz.:—ל30 +א1 +י10 +ז7+ר200= 248;ו6 +ה5 +י10 +ר200 +כ20+ז7= 248;andם40 +ה5 +ר200 +ב2 +א1= 248.9This Epistle of Abulafia has been published by Jellinek in hisAuswahl kabbalistischer Mystik, part i. p. 13, &c., Leipzig, 1853, who also gives the above analysis, which we have translated as literally as possible.↑10Comp. Jellinek,Beiträge zur Geschichte der Kabbala, part ii, p. 60, &c.; Steinschneider,Catalogus Libr. Hebr. in Bibliotheca Bodleiana, Col.1461–1470.↑11Comp. Tennemann,Geschichte der Philosophie, vol. viii. p. 837.↑12Dicitur haec doctrina Kabbala quod idem est secundum Hebraeos ut receptio veritatis cujuslibet rei divinitus revelatae animae rationali.… Est igitur Kabbala habitus anima rationalis ex rectâ ratione divinarum rerum cognitivus; propter quod est de maximo etiam divinoconsequutivedivina scientia vocari debet. Comp.De Auditu Kabbalistico, sive ad omnes scientiasintroductorium. Strasburg, 1651.↑13For the other works of Recanti, both published and unpublished, as well as for the exact date of his literary labours, we must refer to Steinschneider,Catalogus Libr. Hebr. in Bibliotheca Bodleiana, Col.1733–1737; and to Fürst,Bibliotheca Judaica, vol. iii, pp. 135, 136.↑14The MS. of Ibn Wakkar’s Treatise is minutely described by Uri (No 384). It is written in a character resembling the later German Hebrew, is furnished with references to the passages in the Bible and verbal translations in Latin, and contains such clerical blunders as no Hebrew copyist would commit. The above analysis of it is taken from the article inErsch und Gruber’s Allgemeine Encyklopädie, section ii, vol. xxxi, p. 100, &c., written by the erudite Steinschneider. For the other Kabbalistic works of Ibn Wakkar we must refer to the same elaborate article.↑15Thisברית מנוחהhas been published in Amsterdam, 1648.↑16Theספר אמונותconsists of eleven parts, subdivided into chapters; and was published in Ferrara, 1557; the Homilies, entitledדרשות על התורהwere first published in Venice, 1547, and then in Padua, 1567.↑17Botarel’s Commentary on theBook Jetzirawas first published with the text of this book and other commentaries, Mantua, 1562; then Zolkiev, 1745; and in Grodno, 1806, 1820.↑18Theמנחת יהודהwhich is a Commentary on theמערכת האלהוwas published together with it in Ferrara, 1558.↑19The Commentaryצרור המורwas first published at Constantinople, 1514; then in Venice, 1523, 1546, 1566; and in Cracow 1595. Pellican has translated this Commentary into Latin, and the MS. of this version is in the Zurich Library.↑20Vidi in illis (testis est Deus) religionem non tam Mosaicam quam Christianam; ibi Trinitatis mysterium; ibi verbi Incarnatio, ibi Messiae divinitates; ibi de pecato originali, de illius per Christum expiatione, de cælesti Hierusalem, de casu dæmonum, de ordinibus Angelorum, de Purgatoriis, de Inferorum poenis; Eadem legi, quae apud Paulum et Dionysium, apud Hieronymum et Augustinum quotidie legimus.Comp.Index a Jacobo Gaffarello, published by Wolf,Bibliotheca Hebraea, vol. i, p. 9 at the end of the volume.↑21Nulla est scientia, quae nos magis certificet de divinitate Christi, quam magia et Cabbala,vide Apologia, p. 42, opp. vol. 1. Basil, 1601.↑22Hic libri (Cabbalistorum) Sixtus IV, Pontifex maximus, qui hunc, sub quo vivimus feliciter, Innocentium VIII, proxime antecessit, maxima cura studioque curavit, ut in publicam fidei nostrae utilitarem, Latinis literis mandarentur, jamque cum ille decessit, tres ex illis pervenerant ad Latinos.VideGaffarelli in Wolf,Bibliotheca Hebraea, appendix to vol. i, p. 9.↑23“Is (Jekiel Loanz) me, supra quam dici queat, fideliter literos Hebraicos primus edocuit.” Comp.Rudim. Hebr.p. 3.↑24Comp. Franck,Die Kabbalah oder die Religion Philosophie der Hebräer übersetzt von Jellinek. Leipzig, 1844, p. 8, &c.↑25Comp.The Life and Times of John Reuchlin, by Francis Besham, p. 102, &c.↑26VideLife of John Reuchlin, p, 108.↑27Theבחינת הדתwas first published in a collection of diverse Treatises, in Basle, 1629–31; and then in Vienna, 1833, with an elaborate philosophical commentary by T. S. Reggio. The arguments againstthe Soharare in this edition, p. 43.↑28For the other works of Cordovero, both published and unpublished, we must refer to Fürst,Bibliotheca Judaica, vol. i, p. 187, &c.; and Steinschneider,Catalogus Libr. Hebr. in Bibliotheca Bodleiana, col. 1793, &c.↑29Pardes Rimmonim= The Garden of Pomegranates, 65a.↑30For a description of the component parts of theספר עץ החייםas well as for an account of the sundry editions of the several parts, published at different times, we must refer to Fürst,Bibliotheca Judaica, vol. iii, pp. 479–481.↑31An analysis of theSohar, as well as a description of the different editions of it, are given in the second part of this Essay, p. 160, &c.↑32Comp. his Resp., ed. Vienna, 1860, p. 24, &c.,פסק נגד הרבנים אשר בקשו לעכב הדפסת הזוהר מטעם גזרות המלכות על שריפה התלמוד; and again,ibid.p. 26,עוד יש מהם שהוסיפו סרה ואמרו כי העיון בזוהר יביא למינות ולפיכך טעון גניזה או שריפה לבער הקדש.↑33This Treatise is published in the collection entitledטעם זקניםby Eliezar Ashkanazi, Frankfort-on-the-Maine, 1854.↑34Theארי נוהםwas published by Dr. Julius Fürst, Leipzig, 1840. Leo de Modena’s relation to the Kabbalah, the Talmud and Christianity is shown in an elaborate Introduction by Geiger in theמאמר מגן וצנהBerlin, 1856. See also the articleLeo de Modena, in Alexander’s edition of Kitto’sCyclopædia of Biblical Literature, vol. ii, p. 811.↑35This Epistle, together with a German translation and learned notes, has been published by Geiger in his collection of sundry treatises, entitledMelo Chofnajim. Berlin, 1840.↑36Comp. Disputatio Cabalistica R. Israel filii Mosis de animâ, &c., adjectis commentariis exZohar. Paris, 1635.↑37Kircher’s Treatise on the Kabbalah is contained in his stupendous work, entitledŒdipus Ægyptiacus, vol. ii, pp. 209–360. Rome, 1635.↑38Comp. Jost,Geschichte des Judenthums und seiner Secten, vol. iii, p. 153, &c. Leipzig, 1859.↑39Confusam et obscuram opus, in quo necessaria cum non necessariis,utiliacum inutilibus, confusa sunt, et in unam velut chaos conjecta.Introductio in Historiam Philosophiae Hebraeorum.Halle, 1702. Buddeus gives in this Introduction (p. 232, &c.), a detailed description of theKabbala Denudata.↑40Theמטפחת הספריםof Jabez was published at Altona, 1763. A thorough critique of it is given by Graetz,Geschichte der Juden, vol. vii, p. 494, &c.↑41Comp.A Dissertation concerning the Antiquity of the Hebrew Language, Letters, Vowel-points and Accents.By John Gill, D.D. London, 1767.↑42Modern Judaism, by John Allen, p. 67–96, 2nd edition. London, 1830.↑43Franck’sLa Kabbalehas been translated into German, with notes and corrections by the learned and indefatigable Adolph Jellinek;Die Kabbala oder die Religions-Philosophie der Hebräer. Leipzig, 1844.↑44The Literary Remains of Landauer, comprising his researches on the Kabbalah, have been published in theLiteraturblatt des Orients, vol. vi, p. 178, &c.↑45Die Religions-philosophie des Sohar, Von D. H. Joel. Leipzig, 1849, p. 72, &c.↑46Moses Ben Schem-Tob de Leon und sein Verhältniss zum Sohar, Von Adolph Jellinek. Leipzig, 1851.↑47Beiträge zur Geschichte der Kabbala, Von Adolph Jellinek, first and second parts. Leipzig, 1852.↑48Auswahl Kabbalistischer Mystik, part 1. Leipzig, 1853.↑49Jerusalem and Tiberias; Sora and Cordova, by J. W. Etheridge, M.A., Doctor in Philosophy. London, 1856, p. 314.↑50Die Gottesdienstlichen Vorträge der Juden.Berlin, 1831, p. 405.↑51Melo Chafnajim.Berlin, 1840. Introduction, p. xvii.↑52Die Religiöse Poesie der Juden in Spanien.Berlin, 1845, p. 327.↑53Moses Ben Schem Tob de Leon.Leipzig, 1851.↑54Jewish Literature, from the German of M. Steinschneider. London, 1857, pp. 104–122; 240–309.↑55Versuch einer umständlichen Analyse des Sohar, von Schuldirektor Ignatz Stern, inBen Chananja, Monatschrift für jüdische Theologie, vol. iv. Szegedin, 1858–1861.↑56Geschichte des Judenthums und seiner Secten, Von Dr. J. M. Jost, vol. iii, p. 66–81. Leipzig, 1859.↑57Geschichte der Juden, Von Dr. H. Graetz, vol. vii, pp. 73–87; 442–459; 487–507. Leipzig, 1863.↑58Comp.Ben Chananja,Monatschriftfürjüdische Theologie, vol. vi, pp. 725–733; 741–747; 785–791; 805–809; 821–828; 933–942. Szegedin, 1863.↑59Introductio ad Hist. Philosoph. Ebraeorum.Halle, 1702.↑60Histoire des Juifs, English translation, pp. 184–256. London, 1708.↑61De Cabbala Judeorum, in hisBibliotheca Hebraea, vol. ii, pp. 1191–1247. Hamburg, 1728.↑62Philosophieder Geschichte oder über die Tradition, vol. iii. Münster, 1839.↑63Mélanges de Philosophie Juive et Arabe, p. 275, &c. Paris, 1859.↑
1Comp.Geschichte der Juden, vol. vii, p. 110, &c.↑2VideIbn Jachja,Shalsheleth Ha-Kabbalah;Graetz,Geschichte der Juden, vii, 88, &c.↑3עוד יש בידינו קבלה של אמת כי כל התורה כולה שמותיו של הקב״ה שהתיבו׳ מתחלקות לשמות בענין אחר כאלו תחשוב על דרך משל כי פסוק בראשית יתחלק לתיבות אחרות כגון בראש יתברא אלהים וכל התורה כי מלבד צירופיהן וגימטריותיהן של שמות.↑4This remarkable Treatise was first published by R. Abraham, Vilna, 1802; it was then reprinted with all its faults in Lemberg, 1850. The erudite and indefatigable Dr. Jellinek has now reprinted it in hisAuswahl kabbalistischer Mystik, part i, Leipzig, 1853, and the above analysis is from the Introduction to this excellent edition.↑5Steinschneider,Catalogus Libr. Hebr. in Bibliotheca Bodleiana, 2677–2680. Graetz,Geschichte der Juden, vii, 218, &c.↑6Comp.Beiträge zur Geschichte der Kabbala, von Adolph Jellinek, part ii, Leipzig, 1852, p. xiii, &c.↑7Comp. Graetz,Geschichte der Juden, vol. vii, p. 221, &c.↑8This will be seen from the reduction of the respective names to their numerical value by the ruleGematria, viz.:—ל30 +א1 +י10 +ז7+ר200= 248;ו6 +ה5 +י10 +ר200 +כ20+ז7= 248;andם40 +ה5 +ר200 +ב2 +א1= 248.9This Epistle of Abulafia has been published by Jellinek in hisAuswahl kabbalistischer Mystik, part i. p. 13, &c., Leipzig, 1853, who also gives the above analysis, which we have translated as literally as possible.↑10Comp. Jellinek,Beiträge zur Geschichte der Kabbala, part ii, p. 60, &c.; Steinschneider,Catalogus Libr. Hebr. in Bibliotheca Bodleiana, Col.1461–1470.↑11Comp. Tennemann,Geschichte der Philosophie, vol. viii. p. 837.↑12Dicitur haec doctrina Kabbala quod idem est secundum Hebraeos ut receptio veritatis cujuslibet rei divinitus revelatae animae rationali.… Est igitur Kabbala habitus anima rationalis ex rectâ ratione divinarum rerum cognitivus; propter quod est de maximo etiam divinoconsequutivedivina scientia vocari debet. Comp.De Auditu Kabbalistico, sive ad omnes scientiasintroductorium. Strasburg, 1651.↑13For the other works of Recanti, both published and unpublished, as well as for the exact date of his literary labours, we must refer to Steinschneider,Catalogus Libr. Hebr. in Bibliotheca Bodleiana, Col.1733–1737; and to Fürst,Bibliotheca Judaica, vol. iii, pp. 135, 136.↑14The MS. of Ibn Wakkar’s Treatise is minutely described by Uri (No 384). It is written in a character resembling the later German Hebrew, is furnished with references to the passages in the Bible and verbal translations in Latin, and contains such clerical blunders as no Hebrew copyist would commit. The above analysis of it is taken from the article inErsch und Gruber’s Allgemeine Encyklopädie, section ii, vol. xxxi, p. 100, &c., written by the erudite Steinschneider. For the other Kabbalistic works of Ibn Wakkar we must refer to the same elaborate article.↑15Thisברית מנוחהhas been published in Amsterdam, 1648.↑16Theספר אמונותconsists of eleven parts, subdivided into chapters; and was published in Ferrara, 1557; the Homilies, entitledדרשות על התורהwere first published in Venice, 1547, and then in Padua, 1567.↑17Botarel’s Commentary on theBook Jetzirawas first published with the text of this book and other commentaries, Mantua, 1562; then Zolkiev, 1745; and in Grodno, 1806, 1820.↑18Theמנחת יהודהwhich is a Commentary on theמערכת האלהוwas published together with it in Ferrara, 1558.↑19The Commentaryצרור המורwas first published at Constantinople, 1514; then in Venice, 1523, 1546, 1566; and in Cracow 1595. Pellican has translated this Commentary into Latin, and the MS. of this version is in the Zurich Library.↑20Vidi in illis (testis est Deus) religionem non tam Mosaicam quam Christianam; ibi Trinitatis mysterium; ibi verbi Incarnatio, ibi Messiae divinitates; ibi de pecato originali, de illius per Christum expiatione, de cælesti Hierusalem, de casu dæmonum, de ordinibus Angelorum, de Purgatoriis, de Inferorum poenis; Eadem legi, quae apud Paulum et Dionysium, apud Hieronymum et Augustinum quotidie legimus.Comp.Index a Jacobo Gaffarello, published by Wolf,Bibliotheca Hebraea, vol. i, p. 9 at the end of the volume.↑21Nulla est scientia, quae nos magis certificet de divinitate Christi, quam magia et Cabbala,vide Apologia, p. 42, opp. vol. 1. Basil, 1601.↑22Hic libri (Cabbalistorum) Sixtus IV, Pontifex maximus, qui hunc, sub quo vivimus feliciter, Innocentium VIII, proxime antecessit, maxima cura studioque curavit, ut in publicam fidei nostrae utilitarem, Latinis literis mandarentur, jamque cum ille decessit, tres ex illis pervenerant ad Latinos.VideGaffarelli in Wolf,Bibliotheca Hebraea, appendix to vol. i, p. 9.↑23“Is (Jekiel Loanz) me, supra quam dici queat, fideliter literos Hebraicos primus edocuit.” Comp.Rudim. Hebr.p. 3.↑24Comp. Franck,Die Kabbalah oder die Religion Philosophie der Hebräer übersetzt von Jellinek. Leipzig, 1844, p. 8, &c.↑25Comp.The Life and Times of John Reuchlin, by Francis Besham, p. 102, &c.↑26VideLife of John Reuchlin, p, 108.↑27Theבחינת הדתwas first published in a collection of diverse Treatises, in Basle, 1629–31; and then in Vienna, 1833, with an elaborate philosophical commentary by T. S. Reggio. The arguments againstthe Soharare in this edition, p. 43.↑28For the other works of Cordovero, both published and unpublished, we must refer to Fürst,Bibliotheca Judaica, vol. i, p. 187, &c.; and Steinschneider,Catalogus Libr. Hebr. in Bibliotheca Bodleiana, col. 1793, &c.↑29Pardes Rimmonim= The Garden of Pomegranates, 65a.↑30For a description of the component parts of theספר עץ החייםas well as for an account of the sundry editions of the several parts, published at different times, we must refer to Fürst,Bibliotheca Judaica, vol. iii, pp. 479–481.↑31An analysis of theSohar, as well as a description of the different editions of it, are given in the second part of this Essay, p. 160, &c.↑32Comp. his Resp., ed. Vienna, 1860, p. 24, &c.,פסק נגד הרבנים אשר בקשו לעכב הדפסת הזוהר מטעם גזרות המלכות על שריפה התלמוד; and again,ibid.p. 26,עוד יש מהם שהוסיפו סרה ואמרו כי העיון בזוהר יביא למינות ולפיכך טעון גניזה או שריפה לבער הקדש.↑33This Treatise is published in the collection entitledטעם זקניםby Eliezar Ashkanazi, Frankfort-on-the-Maine, 1854.↑34Theארי נוהםwas published by Dr. Julius Fürst, Leipzig, 1840. Leo de Modena’s relation to the Kabbalah, the Talmud and Christianity is shown in an elaborate Introduction by Geiger in theמאמר מגן וצנהBerlin, 1856. See also the articleLeo de Modena, in Alexander’s edition of Kitto’sCyclopædia of Biblical Literature, vol. ii, p. 811.↑35This Epistle, together with a German translation and learned notes, has been published by Geiger in his collection of sundry treatises, entitledMelo Chofnajim. Berlin, 1840.↑36Comp. Disputatio Cabalistica R. Israel filii Mosis de animâ, &c., adjectis commentariis exZohar. Paris, 1635.↑37Kircher’s Treatise on the Kabbalah is contained in his stupendous work, entitledŒdipus Ægyptiacus, vol. ii, pp. 209–360. Rome, 1635.↑38Comp. Jost,Geschichte des Judenthums und seiner Secten, vol. iii, p. 153, &c. Leipzig, 1859.↑39Confusam et obscuram opus, in quo necessaria cum non necessariis,utiliacum inutilibus, confusa sunt, et in unam velut chaos conjecta.Introductio in Historiam Philosophiae Hebraeorum.Halle, 1702. Buddeus gives in this Introduction (p. 232, &c.), a detailed description of theKabbala Denudata.↑40Theמטפחת הספריםof Jabez was published at Altona, 1763. A thorough critique of it is given by Graetz,Geschichte der Juden, vol. vii, p. 494, &c.↑41Comp.A Dissertation concerning the Antiquity of the Hebrew Language, Letters, Vowel-points and Accents.By John Gill, D.D. London, 1767.↑42Modern Judaism, by John Allen, p. 67–96, 2nd edition. London, 1830.↑43Franck’sLa Kabbalehas been translated into German, with notes and corrections by the learned and indefatigable Adolph Jellinek;Die Kabbala oder die Religions-Philosophie der Hebräer. Leipzig, 1844.↑44The Literary Remains of Landauer, comprising his researches on the Kabbalah, have been published in theLiteraturblatt des Orients, vol. vi, p. 178, &c.↑45Die Religions-philosophie des Sohar, Von D. H. Joel. Leipzig, 1849, p. 72, &c.↑46Moses Ben Schem-Tob de Leon und sein Verhältniss zum Sohar, Von Adolph Jellinek. Leipzig, 1851.↑47Beiträge zur Geschichte der Kabbala, Von Adolph Jellinek, first and second parts. Leipzig, 1852.↑48Auswahl Kabbalistischer Mystik, part 1. Leipzig, 1853.↑49Jerusalem and Tiberias; Sora and Cordova, by J. W. Etheridge, M.A., Doctor in Philosophy. London, 1856, p. 314.↑50Die Gottesdienstlichen Vorträge der Juden.Berlin, 1831, p. 405.↑51Melo Chafnajim.Berlin, 1840. Introduction, p. xvii.↑52Die Religiöse Poesie der Juden in Spanien.Berlin, 1845, p. 327.↑53Moses Ben Schem Tob de Leon.Leipzig, 1851.↑54Jewish Literature, from the German of M. Steinschneider. London, 1857, pp. 104–122; 240–309.↑55Versuch einer umständlichen Analyse des Sohar, von Schuldirektor Ignatz Stern, inBen Chananja, Monatschrift für jüdische Theologie, vol. iv. Szegedin, 1858–1861.↑56Geschichte des Judenthums und seiner Secten, Von Dr. J. M. Jost, vol. iii, p. 66–81. Leipzig, 1859.↑57Geschichte der Juden, Von Dr. H. Graetz, vol. vii, pp. 73–87; 442–459; 487–507. Leipzig, 1863.↑58Comp.Ben Chananja,Monatschriftfürjüdische Theologie, vol. vi, pp. 725–733; 741–747; 785–791; 805–809; 821–828; 933–942. Szegedin, 1863.↑59Introductio ad Hist. Philosoph. Ebraeorum.Halle, 1702.↑60Histoire des Juifs, English translation, pp. 184–256. London, 1708.↑61De Cabbala Judeorum, in hisBibliotheca Hebraea, vol. ii, pp. 1191–1247. Hamburg, 1728.↑62Philosophieder Geschichte oder über die Tradition, vol. iii. Münster, 1839.↑63Mélanges de Philosophie Juive et Arabe, p. 275, &c. Paris, 1859.↑
1Comp.Geschichte der Juden, vol. vii, p. 110, &c.↑2VideIbn Jachja,Shalsheleth Ha-Kabbalah;Graetz,Geschichte der Juden, vii, 88, &c.↑3עוד יש בידינו קבלה של אמת כי כל התורה כולה שמותיו של הקב״ה שהתיבו׳ מתחלקות לשמות בענין אחר כאלו תחשוב על דרך משל כי פסוק בראשית יתחלק לתיבות אחרות כגון בראש יתברא אלהים וכל התורה כי מלבד צירופיהן וגימטריותיהן של שמות.↑4This remarkable Treatise was first published by R. Abraham, Vilna, 1802; it was then reprinted with all its faults in Lemberg, 1850. The erudite and indefatigable Dr. Jellinek has now reprinted it in hisAuswahl kabbalistischer Mystik, part i, Leipzig, 1853, and the above analysis is from the Introduction to this excellent edition.↑5Steinschneider,Catalogus Libr. Hebr. in Bibliotheca Bodleiana, 2677–2680. Graetz,Geschichte der Juden, vii, 218, &c.↑6Comp.Beiträge zur Geschichte der Kabbala, von Adolph Jellinek, part ii, Leipzig, 1852, p. xiii, &c.↑7Comp. Graetz,Geschichte der Juden, vol. vii, p. 221, &c.↑8This will be seen from the reduction of the respective names to their numerical value by the ruleGematria, viz.:—ל30 +א1 +י10 +ז7+ר200= 248;ו6 +ה5 +י10 +ר200 +כ20+ז7= 248;andם40 +ה5 +ר200 +ב2 +א1= 248.9This Epistle of Abulafia has been published by Jellinek in hisAuswahl kabbalistischer Mystik, part i. p. 13, &c., Leipzig, 1853, who also gives the above analysis, which we have translated as literally as possible.↑10Comp. Jellinek,Beiträge zur Geschichte der Kabbala, part ii, p. 60, &c.; Steinschneider,Catalogus Libr. Hebr. in Bibliotheca Bodleiana, Col.1461–1470.↑11Comp. Tennemann,Geschichte der Philosophie, vol. viii. p. 837.↑12Dicitur haec doctrina Kabbala quod idem est secundum Hebraeos ut receptio veritatis cujuslibet rei divinitus revelatae animae rationali.… Est igitur Kabbala habitus anima rationalis ex rectâ ratione divinarum rerum cognitivus; propter quod est de maximo etiam divinoconsequutivedivina scientia vocari debet. Comp.De Auditu Kabbalistico, sive ad omnes scientiasintroductorium. Strasburg, 1651.↑13For the other works of Recanti, both published and unpublished, as well as for the exact date of his literary labours, we must refer to Steinschneider,Catalogus Libr. Hebr. in Bibliotheca Bodleiana, Col.1733–1737; and to Fürst,Bibliotheca Judaica, vol. iii, pp. 135, 136.↑14The MS. of Ibn Wakkar’s Treatise is minutely described by Uri (No 384). It is written in a character resembling the later German Hebrew, is furnished with references to the passages in the Bible and verbal translations in Latin, and contains such clerical blunders as no Hebrew copyist would commit. The above analysis of it is taken from the article inErsch und Gruber’s Allgemeine Encyklopädie, section ii, vol. xxxi, p. 100, &c., written by the erudite Steinschneider. For the other Kabbalistic works of Ibn Wakkar we must refer to the same elaborate article.↑15Thisברית מנוחהhas been published in Amsterdam, 1648.↑16Theספר אמונותconsists of eleven parts, subdivided into chapters; and was published in Ferrara, 1557; the Homilies, entitledדרשות על התורהwere first published in Venice, 1547, and then in Padua, 1567.↑17Botarel’s Commentary on theBook Jetzirawas first published with the text of this book and other commentaries, Mantua, 1562; then Zolkiev, 1745; and in Grodno, 1806, 1820.↑18Theמנחת יהודהwhich is a Commentary on theמערכת האלהוwas published together with it in Ferrara, 1558.↑19The Commentaryצרור המורwas first published at Constantinople, 1514; then in Venice, 1523, 1546, 1566; and in Cracow 1595. Pellican has translated this Commentary into Latin, and the MS. of this version is in the Zurich Library.↑20Vidi in illis (testis est Deus) religionem non tam Mosaicam quam Christianam; ibi Trinitatis mysterium; ibi verbi Incarnatio, ibi Messiae divinitates; ibi de pecato originali, de illius per Christum expiatione, de cælesti Hierusalem, de casu dæmonum, de ordinibus Angelorum, de Purgatoriis, de Inferorum poenis; Eadem legi, quae apud Paulum et Dionysium, apud Hieronymum et Augustinum quotidie legimus.Comp.Index a Jacobo Gaffarello, published by Wolf,Bibliotheca Hebraea, vol. i, p. 9 at the end of the volume.↑21Nulla est scientia, quae nos magis certificet de divinitate Christi, quam magia et Cabbala,vide Apologia, p. 42, opp. vol. 1. Basil, 1601.↑22Hic libri (Cabbalistorum) Sixtus IV, Pontifex maximus, qui hunc, sub quo vivimus feliciter, Innocentium VIII, proxime antecessit, maxima cura studioque curavit, ut in publicam fidei nostrae utilitarem, Latinis literis mandarentur, jamque cum ille decessit, tres ex illis pervenerant ad Latinos.VideGaffarelli in Wolf,Bibliotheca Hebraea, appendix to vol. i, p. 9.↑23“Is (Jekiel Loanz) me, supra quam dici queat, fideliter literos Hebraicos primus edocuit.” Comp.Rudim. Hebr.p. 3.↑24Comp. Franck,Die Kabbalah oder die Religion Philosophie der Hebräer übersetzt von Jellinek. Leipzig, 1844, p. 8, &c.↑25Comp.The Life and Times of John Reuchlin, by Francis Besham, p. 102, &c.↑26VideLife of John Reuchlin, p, 108.↑27Theבחינת הדתwas first published in a collection of diverse Treatises, in Basle, 1629–31; and then in Vienna, 1833, with an elaborate philosophical commentary by T. S. Reggio. The arguments againstthe Soharare in this edition, p. 43.↑28For the other works of Cordovero, both published and unpublished, we must refer to Fürst,Bibliotheca Judaica, vol. i, p. 187, &c.; and Steinschneider,Catalogus Libr. Hebr. in Bibliotheca Bodleiana, col. 1793, &c.↑29Pardes Rimmonim= The Garden of Pomegranates, 65a.↑30For a description of the component parts of theספר עץ החייםas well as for an account of the sundry editions of the several parts, published at different times, we must refer to Fürst,Bibliotheca Judaica, vol. iii, pp. 479–481.↑31An analysis of theSohar, as well as a description of the different editions of it, are given in the second part of this Essay, p. 160, &c.↑32Comp. his Resp., ed. Vienna, 1860, p. 24, &c.,פסק נגד הרבנים אשר בקשו לעכב הדפסת הזוהר מטעם גזרות המלכות על שריפה התלמוד; and again,ibid.p. 26,עוד יש מהם שהוסיפו סרה ואמרו כי העיון בזוהר יביא למינות ולפיכך טעון גניזה או שריפה לבער הקדש.↑33This Treatise is published in the collection entitledטעם זקניםby Eliezar Ashkanazi, Frankfort-on-the-Maine, 1854.↑34Theארי נוהםwas published by Dr. Julius Fürst, Leipzig, 1840. Leo de Modena’s relation to the Kabbalah, the Talmud and Christianity is shown in an elaborate Introduction by Geiger in theמאמר מגן וצנהBerlin, 1856. See also the articleLeo de Modena, in Alexander’s edition of Kitto’sCyclopædia of Biblical Literature, vol. ii, p. 811.↑35This Epistle, together with a German translation and learned notes, has been published by Geiger in his collection of sundry treatises, entitledMelo Chofnajim. Berlin, 1840.↑36Comp. Disputatio Cabalistica R. Israel filii Mosis de animâ, &c., adjectis commentariis exZohar. Paris, 1635.↑37Kircher’s Treatise on the Kabbalah is contained in his stupendous work, entitledŒdipus Ægyptiacus, vol. ii, pp. 209–360. Rome, 1635.↑38Comp. Jost,Geschichte des Judenthums und seiner Secten, vol. iii, p. 153, &c. Leipzig, 1859.↑39Confusam et obscuram opus, in quo necessaria cum non necessariis,utiliacum inutilibus, confusa sunt, et in unam velut chaos conjecta.Introductio in Historiam Philosophiae Hebraeorum.Halle, 1702. Buddeus gives in this Introduction (p. 232, &c.), a detailed description of theKabbala Denudata.↑40Theמטפחת הספריםof Jabez was published at Altona, 1763. A thorough critique of it is given by Graetz,Geschichte der Juden, vol. vii, p. 494, &c.↑41Comp.A Dissertation concerning the Antiquity of the Hebrew Language, Letters, Vowel-points and Accents.By John Gill, D.D. London, 1767.↑42Modern Judaism, by John Allen, p. 67–96, 2nd edition. London, 1830.↑43Franck’sLa Kabbalehas been translated into German, with notes and corrections by the learned and indefatigable Adolph Jellinek;Die Kabbala oder die Religions-Philosophie der Hebräer. Leipzig, 1844.↑44The Literary Remains of Landauer, comprising his researches on the Kabbalah, have been published in theLiteraturblatt des Orients, vol. vi, p. 178, &c.↑45Die Religions-philosophie des Sohar, Von D. H. Joel. Leipzig, 1849, p. 72, &c.↑46Moses Ben Schem-Tob de Leon und sein Verhältniss zum Sohar, Von Adolph Jellinek. Leipzig, 1851.↑47Beiträge zur Geschichte der Kabbala, Von Adolph Jellinek, first and second parts. Leipzig, 1852.↑48Auswahl Kabbalistischer Mystik, part 1. Leipzig, 1853.↑49Jerusalem and Tiberias; Sora and Cordova, by J. W. Etheridge, M.A., Doctor in Philosophy. London, 1856, p. 314.↑50Die Gottesdienstlichen Vorträge der Juden.Berlin, 1831, p. 405.↑51Melo Chafnajim.Berlin, 1840. Introduction, p. xvii.↑52Die Religiöse Poesie der Juden in Spanien.Berlin, 1845, p. 327.↑53Moses Ben Schem Tob de Leon.Leipzig, 1851.↑54Jewish Literature, from the German of M. Steinschneider. London, 1857, pp. 104–122; 240–309.↑55Versuch einer umständlichen Analyse des Sohar, von Schuldirektor Ignatz Stern, inBen Chananja, Monatschrift für jüdische Theologie, vol. iv. Szegedin, 1858–1861.↑56Geschichte des Judenthums und seiner Secten, Von Dr. J. M. Jost, vol. iii, p. 66–81. Leipzig, 1859.↑57Geschichte der Juden, Von Dr. H. Graetz, vol. vii, pp. 73–87; 442–459; 487–507. Leipzig, 1863.↑58Comp.Ben Chananja,Monatschriftfürjüdische Theologie, vol. vi, pp. 725–733; 741–747; 785–791; 805–809; 821–828; 933–942. Szegedin, 1863.↑59Introductio ad Hist. Philosoph. Ebraeorum.Halle, 1702.↑60Histoire des Juifs, English translation, pp. 184–256. London, 1708.↑61De Cabbala Judeorum, in hisBibliotheca Hebraea, vol. ii, pp. 1191–1247. Hamburg, 1728.↑62Philosophieder Geschichte oder über die Tradition, vol. iii. Münster, 1839.↑63Mélanges de Philosophie Juive et Arabe, p. 275, &c. Paris, 1859.↑
1Comp.Geschichte der Juden, vol. vii, p. 110, &c.↑2VideIbn Jachja,Shalsheleth Ha-Kabbalah;Graetz,Geschichte der Juden, vii, 88, &c.↑3עוד יש בידינו קבלה של אמת כי כל התורה כולה שמותיו של הקב״ה שהתיבו׳ מתחלקות לשמות בענין אחר כאלו תחשוב על דרך משל כי פסוק בראשית יתחלק לתיבות אחרות כגון בראש יתברא אלהים וכל התורה כי מלבד צירופיהן וגימטריותיהן של שמות.↑4This remarkable Treatise was first published by R. Abraham, Vilna, 1802; it was then reprinted with all its faults in Lemberg, 1850. The erudite and indefatigable Dr. Jellinek has now reprinted it in hisAuswahl kabbalistischer Mystik, part i, Leipzig, 1853, and the above analysis is from the Introduction to this excellent edition.↑5Steinschneider,Catalogus Libr. Hebr. in Bibliotheca Bodleiana, 2677–2680. Graetz,Geschichte der Juden, vii, 218, &c.↑6Comp.Beiträge zur Geschichte der Kabbala, von Adolph Jellinek, part ii, Leipzig, 1852, p. xiii, &c.↑7Comp. Graetz,Geschichte der Juden, vol. vii, p. 221, &c.↑8This will be seen from the reduction of the respective names to their numerical value by the ruleGematria, viz.:—ל30 +א1 +י10 +ז7+ר200= 248;ו6 +ה5 +י10 +ר200 +כ20+ז7= 248;andם40 +ה5 +ר200 +ב2 +א1= 248.9This Epistle of Abulafia has been published by Jellinek in hisAuswahl kabbalistischer Mystik, part i. p. 13, &c., Leipzig, 1853, who also gives the above analysis, which we have translated as literally as possible.↑10Comp. Jellinek,Beiträge zur Geschichte der Kabbala, part ii, p. 60, &c.; Steinschneider,Catalogus Libr. Hebr. in Bibliotheca Bodleiana, Col.1461–1470.↑11Comp. Tennemann,Geschichte der Philosophie, vol. viii. p. 837.↑12Dicitur haec doctrina Kabbala quod idem est secundum Hebraeos ut receptio veritatis cujuslibet rei divinitus revelatae animae rationali.… Est igitur Kabbala habitus anima rationalis ex rectâ ratione divinarum rerum cognitivus; propter quod est de maximo etiam divinoconsequutivedivina scientia vocari debet. Comp.De Auditu Kabbalistico, sive ad omnes scientiasintroductorium. Strasburg, 1651.↑13For the other works of Recanti, both published and unpublished, as well as for the exact date of his literary labours, we must refer to Steinschneider,Catalogus Libr. Hebr. in Bibliotheca Bodleiana, Col.1733–1737; and to Fürst,Bibliotheca Judaica, vol. iii, pp. 135, 136.↑14The MS. of Ibn Wakkar’s Treatise is minutely described by Uri (No 384). It is written in a character resembling the later German Hebrew, is furnished with references to the passages in the Bible and verbal translations in Latin, and contains such clerical blunders as no Hebrew copyist would commit. The above analysis of it is taken from the article inErsch und Gruber’s Allgemeine Encyklopädie, section ii, vol. xxxi, p. 100, &c., written by the erudite Steinschneider. For the other Kabbalistic works of Ibn Wakkar we must refer to the same elaborate article.↑15Thisברית מנוחהhas been published in Amsterdam, 1648.↑16Theספר אמונותconsists of eleven parts, subdivided into chapters; and was published in Ferrara, 1557; the Homilies, entitledדרשות על התורהwere first published in Venice, 1547, and then in Padua, 1567.↑17Botarel’s Commentary on theBook Jetzirawas first published with the text of this book and other commentaries, Mantua, 1562; then Zolkiev, 1745; and in Grodno, 1806, 1820.↑18Theמנחת יהודהwhich is a Commentary on theמערכת האלהוwas published together with it in Ferrara, 1558.↑19The Commentaryצרור המורwas first published at Constantinople, 1514; then in Venice, 1523, 1546, 1566; and in Cracow 1595. Pellican has translated this Commentary into Latin, and the MS. of this version is in the Zurich Library.↑20Vidi in illis (testis est Deus) religionem non tam Mosaicam quam Christianam; ibi Trinitatis mysterium; ibi verbi Incarnatio, ibi Messiae divinitates; ibi de pecato originali, de illius per Christum expiatione, de cælesti Hierusalem, de casu dæmonum, de ordinibus Angelorum, de Purgatoriis, de Inferorum poenis; Eadem legi, quae apud Paulum et Dionysium, apud Hieronymum et Augustinum quotidie legimus.Comp.Index a Jacobo Gaffarello, published by Wolf,Bibliotheca Hebraea, vol. i, p. 9 at the end of the volume.↑21Nulla est scientia, quae nos magis certificet de divinitate Christi, quam magia et Cabbala,vide Apologia, p. 42, opp. vol. 1. Basil, 1601.↑22Hic libri (Cabbalistorum) Sixtus IV, Pontifex maximus, qui hunc, sub quo vivimus feliciter, Innocentium VIII, proxime antecessit, maxima cura studioque curavit, ut in publicam fidei nostrae utilitarem, Latinis literis mandarentur, jamque cum ille decessit, tres ex illis pervenerant ad Latinos.VideGaffarelli in Wolf,Bibliotheca Hebraea, appendix to vol. i, p. 9.↑23“Is (Jekiel Loanz) me, supra quam dici queat, fideliter literos Hebraicos primus edocuit.” Comp.Rudim. Hebr.p. 3.↑24Comp. Franck,Die Kabbalah oder die Religion Philosophie der Hebräer übersetzt von Jellinek. Leipzig, 1844, p. 8, &c.↑25Comp.The Life and Times of John Reuchlin, by Francis Besham, p. 102, &c.↑26VideLife of John Reuchlin, p, 108.↑27Theבחינת הדתwas first published in a collection of diverse Treatises, in Basle, 1629–31; and then in Vienna, 1833, with an elaborate philosophical commentary by T. S. Reggio. The arguments againstthe Soharare in this edition, p. 43.↑28For the other works of Cordovero, both published and unpublished, we must refer to Fürst,Bibliotheca Judaica, vol. i, p. 187, &c.; and Steinschneider,Catalogus Libr. Hebr. in Bibliotheca Bodleiana, col. 1793, &c.↑29Pardes Rimmonim= The Garden of Pomegranates, 65a.↑30For a description of the component parts of theספר עץ החייםas well as for an account of the sundry editions of the several parts, published at different times, we must refer to Fürst,Bibliotheca Judaica, vol. iii, pp. 479–481.↑31An analysis of theSohar, as well as a description of the different editions of it, are given in the second part of this Essay, p. 160, &c.↑32Comp. his Resp., ed. Vienna, 1860, p. 24, &c.,פסק נגד הרבנים אשר בקשו לעכב הדפסת הזוהר מטעם גזרות המלכות על שריפה התלמוד; and again,ibid.p. 26,עוד יש מהם שהוסיפו סרה ואמרו כי העיון בזוהר יביא למינות ולפיכך טעון גניזה או שריפה לבער הקדש.↑33This Treatise is published in the collection entitledטעם זקניםby Eliezar Ashkanazi, Frankfort-on-the-Maine, 1854.↑34Theארי נוהםwas published by Dr. Julius Fürst, Leipzig, 1840. Leo de Modena’s relation to the Kabbalah, the Talmud and Christianity is shown in an elaborate Introduction by Geiger in theמאמר מגן וצנהBerlin, 1856. See also the articleLeo de Modena, in Alexander’s edition of Kitto’sCyclopædia of Biblical Literature, vol. ii, p. 811.↑35This Epistle, together with a German translation and learned notes, has been published by Geiger in his collection of sundry treatises, entitledMelo Chofnajim. Berlin, 1840.↑36Comp. Disputatio Cabalistica R. Israel filii Mosis de animâ, &c., adjectis commentariis exZohar. Paris, 1635.↑37Kircher’s Treatise on the Kabbalah is contained in his stupendous work, entitledŒdipus Ægyptiacus, vol. ii, pp. 209–360. Rome, 1635.↑38Comp. Jost,Geschichte des Judenthums und seiner Secten, vol. iii, p. 153, &c. Leipzig, 1859.↑39Confusam et obscuram opus, in quo necessaria cum non necessariis,utiliacum inutilibus, confusa sunt, et in unam velut chaos conjecta.Introductio in Historiam Philosophiae Hebraeorum.Halle, 1702. Buddeus gives in this Introduction (p. 232, &c.), a detailed description of theKabbala Denudata.↑40Theמטפחת הספריםof Jabez was published at Altona, 1763. A thorough critique of it is given by Graetz,Geschichte der Juden, vol. vii, p. 494, &c.↑41Comp.A Dissertation concerning the Antiquity of the Hebrew Language, Letters, Vowel-points and Accents.By John Gill, D.D. London, 1767.↑42Modern Judaism, by John Allen, p. 67–96, 2nd edition. London, 1830.↑43Franck’sLa Kabbalehas been translated into German, with notes and corrections by the learned and indefatigable Adolph Jellinek;Die Kabbala oder die Religions-Philosophie der Hebräer. Leipzig, 1844.↑44The Literary Remains of Landauer, comprising his researches on the Kabbalah, have been published in theLiteraturblatt des Orients, vol. vi, p. 178, &c.↑45Die Religions-philosophie des Sohar, Von D. H. Joel. Leipzig, 1849, p. 72, &c.↑46Moses Ben Schem-Tob de Leon und sein Verhältniss zum Sohar, Von Adolph Jellinek. Leipzig, 1851.↑47Beiträge zur Geschichte der Kabbala, Von Adolph Jellinek, first and second parts. Leipzig, 1852.↑48Auswahl Kabbalistischer Mystik, part 1. Leipzig, 1853.↑49Jerusalem and Tiberias; Sora and Cordova, by J. W. Etheridge, M.A., Doctor in Philosophy. London, 1856, p. 314.↑50Die Gottesdienstlichen Vorträge der Juden.Berlin, 1831, p. 405.↑51Melo Chafnajim.Berlin, 1840. Introduction, p. xvii.↑52Die Religiöse Poesie der Juden in Spanien.Berlin, 1845, p. 327.↑53Moses Ben Schem Tob de Leon.Leipzig, 1851.↑54Jewish Literature, from the German of M. Steinschneider. London, 1857, pp. 104–122; 240–309.↑55Versuch einer umständlichen Analyse des Sohar, von Schuldirektor Ignatz Stern, inBen Chananja, Monatschrift für jüdische Theologie, vol. iv. Szegedin, 1858–1861.↑56Geschichte des Judenthums und seiner Secten, Von Dr. J. M. Jost, vol. iii, p. 66–81. Leipzig, 1859.↑57Geschichte der Juden, Von Dr. H. Graetz, vol. vii, pp. 73–87; 442–459; 487–507. Leipzig, 1863.↑58Comp.Ben Chananja,Monatschriftfürjüdische Theologie, vol. vi, pp. 725–733; 741–747; 785–791; 805–809; 821–828; 933–942. Szegedin, 1863.↑59Introductio ad Hist. Philosoph. Ebraeorum.Halle, 1702.↑60Histoire des Juifs, English translation, pp. 184–256. London, 1708.↑61De Cabbala Judeorum, in hisBibliotheca Hebraea, vol. ii, pp. 1191–1247. Hamburg, 1728.↑62Philosophieder Geschichte oder über die Tradition, vol. iii. Münster, 1839.↑63Mélanges de Philosophie Juive et Arabe, p. 275, &c. Paris, 1859.↑
1Comp.Geschichte der Juden, vol. vii, p. 110, &c.↑
1Comp.Geschichte der Juden, vol. vii, p. 110, &c.↑
2VideIbn Jachja,Shalsheleth Ha-Kabbalah;Graetz,Geschichte der Juden, vii, 88, &c.↑
2VideIbn Jachja,Shalsheleth Ha-Kabbalah;Graetz,Geschichte der Juden, vii, 88, &c.↑
3עוד יש בידינו קבלה של אמת כי כל התורה כולה שמותיו של הקב״ה שהתיבו׳ מתחלקות לשמות בענין אחר כאלו תחשוב על דרך משל כי פסוק בראשית יתחלק לתיבות אחרות כגון בראש יתברא אלהים וכל התורה כי מלבד צירופיהן וגימטריותיהן של שמות.↑
3עוד יש בידינו קבלה של אמת כי כל התורה כולה שמותיו של הקב״ה שהתיבו׳ מתחלקות לשמות בענין אחר כאלו תחשוב על דרך משל כי פסוק בראשית יתחלק לתיבות אחרות כגון בראש יתברא אלהים וכל התורה כי מלבד צירופיהן וגימטריותיהן של שמות.↑
4This remarkable Treatise was first published by R. Abraham, Vilna, 1802; it was then reprinted with all its faults in Lemberg, 1850. The erudite and indefatigable Dr. Jellinek has now reprinted it in hisAuswahl kabbalistischer Mystik, part i, Leipzig, 1853, and the above analysis is from the Introduction to this excellent edition.↑
4This remarkable Treatise was first published by R. Abraham, Vilna, 1802; it was then reprinted with all its faults in Lemberg, 1850. The erudite and indefatigable Dr. Jellinek has now reprinted it in hisAuswahl kabbalistischer Mystik, part i, Leipzig, 1853, and the above analysis is from the Introduction to this excellent edition.↑
5Steinschneider,Catalogus Libr. Hebr. in Bibliotheca Bodleiana, 2677–2680. Graetz,Geschichte der Juden, vii, 218, &c.↑
5Steinschneider,Catalogus Libr. Hebr. in Bibliotheca Bodleiana, 2677–2680. Graetz,Geschichte der Juden, vii, 218, &c.↑
6Comp.Beiträge zur Geschichte der Kabbala, von Adolph Jellinek, part ii, Leipzig, 1852, p. xiii, &c.↑
6Comp.Beiträge zur Geschichte der Kabbala, von Adolph Jellinek, part ii, Leipzig, 1852, p. xiii, &c.↑
7Comp. Graetz,Geschichte der Juden, vol. vii, p. 221, &c.↑
7Comp. Graetz,Geschichte der Juden, vol. vii, p. 221, &c.↑
8This will be seen from the reduction of the respective names to their numerical value by the ruleGematria, viz.:—ל30 +א1 +י10 +ז7+ר200= 248;ו6 +ה5 +י10 +ר200 +כ20+ז7= 248;andם40 +ה5 +ר200 +ב2 +א1= 248.
8This will be seen from the reduction of the respective names to their numerical value by the ruleGematria, viz.:—
ל30 +א1 +י10 +ז7+ר200= 248;ו6 +ה5 +י10 +ר200 +כ20+ז7= 248;andם40 +ה5 +ר200 +ב2 +א1= 248.
9This Epistle of Abulafia has been published by Jellinek in hisAuswahl kabbalistischer Mystik, part i. p. 13, &c., Leipzig, 1853, who also gives the above analysis, which we have translated as literally as possible.↑
9This Epistle of Abulafia has been published by Jellinek in hisAuswahl kabbalistischer Mystik, part i. p. 13, &c., Leipzig, 1853, who also gives the above analysis, which we have translated as literally as possible.↑
10Comp. Jellinek,Beiträge zur Geschichte der Kabbala, part ii, p. 60, &c.; Steinschneider,Catalogus Libr. Hebr. in Bibliotheca Bodleiana, Col.1461–1470.↑
10Comp. Jellinek,Beiträge zur Geschichte der Kabbala, part ii, p. 60, &c.; Steinschneider,Catalogus Libr. Hebr. in Bibliotheca Bodleiana, Col.1461–1470.↑
11Comp. Tennemann,Geschichte der Philosophie, vol. viii. p. 837.↑
11Comp. Tennemann,Geschichte der Philosophie, vol. viii. p. 837.↑
12Dicitur haec doctrina Kabbala quod idem est secundum Hebraeos ut receptio veritatis cujuslibet rei divinitus revelatae animae rationali.… Est igitur Kabbala habitus anima rationalis ex rectâ ratione divinarum rerum cognitivus; propter quod est de maximo etiam divinoconsequutivedivina scientia vocari debet. Comp.De Auditu Kabbalistico, sive ad omnes scientiasintroductorium. Strasburg, 1651.↑
12Dicitur haec doctrina Kabbala quod idem est secundum Hebraeos ut receptio veritatis cujuslibet rei divinitus revelatae animae rationali.… Est igitur Kabbala habitus anima rationalis ex rectâ ratione divinarum rerum cognitivus; propter quod est de maximo etiam divinoconsequutivedivina scientia vocari debet. Comp.De Auditu Kabbalistico, sive ad omnes scientiasintroductorium. Strasburg, 1651.↑
13For the other works of Recanti, both published and unpublished, as well as for the exact date of his literary labours, we must refer to Steinschneider,Catalogus Libr. Hebr. in Bibliotheca Bodleiana, Col.1733–1737; and to Fürst,Bibliotheca Judaica, vol. iii, pp. 135, 136.↑
13For the other works of Recanti, both published and unpublished, as well as for the exact date of his literary labours, we must refer to Steinschneider,Catalogus Libr. Hebr. in Bibliotheca Bodleiana, Col.1733–1737; and to Fürst,Bibliotheca Judaica, vol. iii, pp. 135, 136.↑
14The MS. of Ibn Wakkar’s Treatise is minutely described by Uri (No 384). It is written in a character resembling the later German Hebrew, is furnished with references to the passages in the Bible and verbal translations in Latin, and contains such clerical blunders as no Hebrew copyist would commit. The above analysis of it is taken from the article inErsch und Gruber’s Allgemeine Encyklopädie, section ii, vol. xxxi, p. 100, &c., written by the erudite Steinschneider. For the other Kabbalistic works of Ibn Wakkar we must refer to the same elaborate article.↑
14The MS. of Ibn Wakkar’s Treatise is minutely described by Uri (No 384). It is written in a character resembling the later German Hebrew, is furnished with references to the passages in the Bible and verbal translations in Latin, and contains such clerical blunders as no Hebrew copyist would commit. The above analysis of it is taken from the article inErsch und Gruber’s Allgemeine Encyklopädie, section ii, vol. xxxi, p. 100, &c., written by the erudite Steinschneider. For the other Kabbalistic works of Ibn Wakkar we must refer to the same elaborate article.↑
15Thisברית מנוחהhas been published in Amsterdam, 1648.↑
15Thisברית מנוחהhas been published in Amsterdam, 1648.↑
16Theספר אמונותconsists of eleven parts, subdivided into chapters; and was published in Ferrara, 1557; the Homilies, entitledדרשות על התורהwere first published in Venice, 1547, and then in Padua, 1567.↑
16Theספר אמונותconsists of eleven parts, subdivided into chapters; and was published in Ferrara, 1557; the Homilies, entitledדרשות על התורהwere first published in Venice, 1547, and then in Padua, 1567.↑
17Botarel’s Commentary on theBook Jetzirawas first published with the text of this book and other commentaries, Mantua, 1562; then Zolkiev, 1745; and in Grodno, 1806, 1820.↑
17Botarel’s Commentary on theBook Jetzirawas first published with the text of this book and other commentaries, Mantua, 1562; then Zolkiev, 1745; and in Grodno, 1806, 1820.↑
18Theמנחת יהודהwhich is a Commentary on theמערכת האלהוwas published together with it in Ferrara, 1558.↑
18Theמנחת יהודהwhich is a Commentary on theמערכת האלהוwas published together with it in Ferrara, 1558.↑
19The Commentaryצרור המורwas first published at Constantinople, 1514; then in Venice, 1523, 1546, 1566; and in Cracow 1595. Pellican has translated this Commentary into Latin, and the MS. of this version is in the Zurich Library.↑
19The Commentaryצרור המורwas first published at Constantinople, 1514; then in Venice, 1523, 1546, 1566; and in Cracow 1595. Pellican has translated this Commentary into Latin, and the MS. of this version is in the Zurich Library.↑
20Vidi in illis (testis est Deus) religionem non tam Mosaicam quam Christianam; ibi Trinitatis mysterium; ibi verbi Incarnatio, ibi Messiae divinitates; ibi de pecato originali, de illius per Christum expiatione, de cælesti Hierusalem, de casu dæmonum, de ordinibus Angelorum, de Purgatoriis, de Inferorum poenis; Eadem legi, quae apud Paulum et Dionysium, apud Hieronymum et Augustinum quotidie legimus.Comp.Index a Jacobo Gaffarello, published by Wolf,Bibliotheca Hebraea, vol. i, p. 9 at the end of the volume.↑
20Vidi in illis (testis est Deus) religionem non tam Mosaicam quam Christianam; ibi Trinitatis mysterium; ibi verbi Incarnatio, ibi Messiae divinitates; ibi de pecato originali, de illius per Christum expiatione, de cælesti Hierusalem, de casu dæmonum, de ordinibus Angelorum, de Purgatoriis, de Inferorum poenis; Eadem legi, quae apud Paulum et Dionysium, apud Hieronymum et Augustinum quotidie legimus.Comp.Index a Jacobo Gaffarello, published by Wolf,Bibliotheca Hebraea, vol. i, p. 9 at the end of the volume.↑
21Nulla est scientia, quae nos magis certificet de divinitate Christi, quam magia et Cabbala,vide Apologia, p. 42, opp. vol. 1. Basil, 1601.↑
21Nulla est scientia, quae nos magis certificet de divinitate Christi, quam magia et Cabbala,vide Apologia, p. 42, opp. vol. 1. Basil, 1601.↑
22Hic libri (Cabbalistorum) Sixtus IV, Pontifex maximus, qui hunc, sub quo vivimus feliciter, Innocentium VIII, proxime antecessit, maxima cura studioque curavit, ut in publicam fidei nostrae utilitarem, Latinis literis mandarentur, jamque cum ille decessit, tres ex illis pervenerant ad Latinos.VideGaffarelli in Wolf,Bibliotheca Hebraea, appendix to vol. i, p. 9.↑
22Hic libri (Cabbalistorum) Sixtus IV, Pontifex maximus, qui hunc, sub quo vivimus feliciter, Innocentium VIII, proxime antecessit, maxima cura studioque curavit, ut in publicam fidei nostrae utilitarem, Latinis literis mandarentur, jamque cum ille decessit, tres ex illis pervenerant ad Latinos.VideGaffarelli in Wolf,Bibliotheca Hebraea, appendix to vol. i, p. 9.↑
23“Is (Jekiel Loanz) me, supra quam dici queat, fideliter literos Hebraicos primus edocuit.” Comp.Rudim. Hebr.p. 3.↑
23“Is (Jekiel Loanz) me, supra quam dici queat, fideliter literos Hebraicos primus edocuit.” Comp.Rudim. Hebr.p. 3.↑
24Comp. Franck,Die Kabbalah oder die Religion Philosophie der Hebräer übersetzt von Jellinek. Leipzig, 1844, p. 8, &c.↑
24Comp. Franck,Die Kabbalah oder die Religion Philosophie der Hebräer übersetzt von Jellinek. Leipzig, 1844, p. 8, &c.↑
25Comp.The Life and Times of John Reuchlin, by Francis Besham, p. 102, &c.↑
25Comp.The Life and Times of John Reuchlin, by Francis Besham, p. 102, &c.↑
26VideLife of John Reuchlin, p, 108.↑
26VideLife of John Reuchlin, p, 108.↑
27Theבחינת הדתwas first published in a collection of diverse Treatises, in Basle, 1629–31; and then in Vienna, 1833, with an elaborate philosophical commentary by T. S. Reggio. The arguments againstthe Soharare in this edition, p. 43.↑
27Theבחינת הדתwas first published in a collection of diverse Treatises, in Basle, 1629–31; and then in Vienna, 1833, with an elaborate philosophical commentary by T. S. Reggio. The arguments againstthe Soharare in this edition, p. 43.↑
28For the other works of Cordovero, both published and unpublished, we must refer to Fürst,Bibliotheca Judaica, vol. i, p. 187, &c.; and Steinschneider,Catalogus Libr. Hebr. in Bibliotheca Bodleiana, col. 1793, &c.↑
28For the other works of Cordovero, both published and unpublished, we must refer to Fürst,Bibliotheca Judaica, vol. i, p. 187, &c.; and Steinschneider,Catalogus Libr. Hebr. in Bibliotheca Bodleiana, col. 1793, &c.↑
29Pardes Rimmonim= The Garden of Pomegranates, 65a.↑
29Pardes Rimmonim= The Garden of Pomegranates, 65a.↑
30For a description of the component parts of theספר עץ החייםas well as for an account of the sundry editions of the several parts, published at different times, we must refer to Fürst,Bibliotheca Judaica, vol. iii, pp. 479–481.↑
30For a description of the component parts of theספר עץ החייםas well as for an account of the sundry editions of the several parts, published at different times, we must refer to Fürst,Bibliotheca Judaica, vol. iii, pp. 479–481.↑
31An analysis of theSohar, as well as a description of the different editions of it, are given in the second part of this Essay, p. 160, &c.↑
31An analysis of theSohar, as well as a description of the different editions of it, are given in the second part of this Essay, p. 160, &c.↑
32Comp. his Resp., ed. Vienna, 1860, p. 24, &c.,פסק נגד הרבנים אשר בקשו לעכב הדפסת הזוהר מטעם גזרות המלכות על שריפה התלמוד; and again,ibid.p. 26,עוד יש מהם שהוסיפו סרה ואמרו כי העיון בזוהר יביא למינות ולפיכך טעון גניזה או שריפה לבער הקדש.↑
32Comp. his Resp., ed. Vienna, 1860, p. 24, &c.,פסק נגד הרבנים אשר בקשו לעכב הדפסת הזוהר מטעם גזרות המלכות על שריפה התלמוד; and again,ibid.p. 26,עוד יש מהם שהוסיפו סרה ואמרו כי העיון בזוהר יביא למינות ולפיכך טעון גניזה או שריפה לבער הקדש.↑
33This Treatise is published in the collection entitledטעם זקניםby Eliezar Ashkanazi, Frankfort-on-the-Maine, 1854.↑
33This Treatise is published in the collection entitledטעם זקניםby Eliezar Ashkanazi, Frankfort-on-the-Maine, 1854.↑
34Theארי נוהםwas published by Dr. Julius Fürst, Leipzig, 1840. Leo de Modena’s relation to the Kabbalah, the Talmud and Christianity is shown in an elaborate Introduction by Geiger in theמאמר מגן וצנהBerlin, 1856. See also the articleLeo de Modena, in Alexander’s edition of Kitto’sCyclopædia of Biblical Literature, vol. ii, p. 811.↑
34Theארי נוהםwas published by Dr. Julius Fürst, Leipzig, 1840. Leo de Modena’s relation to the Kabbalah, the Talmud and Christianity is shown in an elaborate Introduction by Geiger in theמאמר מגן וצנהBerlin, 1856. See also the articleLeo de Modena, in Alexander’s edition of Kitto’sCyclopædia of Biblical Literature, vol. ii, p. 811.↑
35This Epistle, together with a German translation and learned notes, has been published by Geiger in his collection of sundry treatises, entitledMelo Chofnajim. Berlin, 1840.↑
35This Epistle, together with a German translation and learned notes, has been published by Geiger in his collection of sundry treatises, entitledMelo Chofnajim. Berlin, 1840.↑
36Comp. Disputatio Cabalistica R. Israel filii Mosis de animâ, &c., adjectis commentariis exZohar. Paris, 1635.↑
36Comp. Disputatio Cabalistica R. Israel filii Mosis de animâ, &c., adjectis commentariis exZohar. Paris, 1635.↑
37Kircher’s Treatise on the Kabbalah is contained in his stupendous work, entitledŒdipus Ægyptiacus, vol. ii, pp. 209–360. Rome, 1635.↑
37Kircher’s Treatise on the Kabbalah is contained in his stupendous work, entitledŒdipus Ægyptiacus, vol. ii, pp. 209–360. Rome, 1635.↑
38Comp. Jost,Geschichte des Judenthums und seiner Secten, vol. iii, p. 153, &c. Leipzig, 1859.↑
38Comp. Jost,Geschichte des Judenthums und seiner Secten, vol. iii, p. 153, &c. Leipzig, 1859.↑
39Confusam et obscuram opus, in quo necessaria cum non necessariis,utiliacum inutilibus, confusa sunt, et in unam velut chaos conjecta.Introductio in Historiam Philosophiae Hebraeorum.Halle, 1702. Buddeus gives in this Introduction (p. 232, &c.), a detailed description of theKabbala Denudata.↑
39Confusam et obscuram opus, in quo necessaria cum non necessariis,utiliacum inutilibus, confusa sunt, et in unam velut chaos conjecta.Introductio in Historiam Philosophiae Hebraeorum.Halle, 1702. Buddeus gives in this Introduction (p. 232, &c.), a detailed description of theKabbala Denudata.↑
40Theמטפחת הספריםof Jabez was published at Altona, 1763. A thorough critique of it is given by Graetz,Geschichte der Juden, vol. vii, p. 494, &c.↑
40Theמטפחת הספריםof Jabez was published at Altona, 1763. A thorough critique of it is given by Graetz,Geschichte der Juden, vol. vii, p. 494, &c.↑
41Comp.A Dissertation concerning the Antiquity of the Hebrew Language, Letters, Vowel-points and Accents.By John Gill, D.D. London, 1767.↑
41Comp.A Dissertation concerning the Antiquity of the Hebrew Language, Letters, Vowel-points and Accents.By John Gill, D.D. London, 1767.↑
42Modern Judaism, by John Allen, p. 67–96, 2nd edition. London, 1830.↑
42Modern Judaism, by John Allen, p. 67–96, 2nd edition. London, 1830.↑
43Franck’sLa Kabbalehas been translated into German, with notes and corrections by the learned and indefatigable Adolph Jellinek;Die Kabbala oder die Religions-Philosophie der Hebräer. Leipzig, 1844.↑
43Franck’sLa Kabbalehas been translated into German, with notes and corrections by the learned and indefatigable Adolph Jellinek;Die Kabbala oder die Religions-Philosophie der Hebräer. Leipzig, 1844.↑
44The Literary Remains of Landauer, comprising his researches on the Kabbalah, have been published in theLiteraturblatt des Orients, vol. vi, p. 178, &c.↑
44The Literary Remains of Landauer, comprising his researches on the Kabbalah, have been published in theLiteraturblatt des Orients, vol. vi, p. 178, &c.↑
45Die Religions-philosophie des Sohar, Von D. H. Joel. Leipzig, 1849, p. 72, &c.↑
45Die Religions-philosophie des Sohar, Von D. H. Joel. Leipzig, 1849, p. 72, &c.↑
46Moses Ben Schem-Tob de Leon und sein Verhältniss zum Sohar, Von Adolph Jellinek. Leipzig, 1851.↑
46Moses Ben Schem-Tob de Leon und sein Verhältniss zum Sohar, Von Adolph Jellinek. Leipzig, 1851.↑
47Beiträge zur Geschichte der Kabbala, Von Adolph Jellinek, first and second parts. Leipzig, 1852.↑
47Beiträge zur Geschichte der Kabbala, Von Adolph Jellinek, first and second parts. Leipzig, 1852.↑
48Auswahl Kabbalistischer Mystik, part 1. Leipzig, 1853.↑
48Auswahl Kabbalistischer Mystik, part 1. Leipzig, 1853.↑
49Jerusalem and Tiberias; Sora and Cordova, by J. W. Etheridge, M.A., Doctor in Philosophy. London, 1856, p. 314.↑
49Jerusalem and Tiberias; Sora and Cordova, by J. W. Etheridge, M.A., Doctor in Philosophy. London, 1856, p. 314.↑
50Die Gottesdienstlichen Vorträge der Juden.Berlin, 1831, p. 405.↑
50Die Gottesdienstlichen Vorträge der Juden.Berlin, 1831, p. 405.↑
51Melo Chafnajim.Berlin, 1840. Introduction, p. xvii.↑
51Melo Chafnajim.Berlin, 1840. Introduction, p. xvii.↑
52Die Religiöse Poesie der Juden in Spanien.Berlin, 1845, p. 327.↑
52Die Religiöse Poesie der Juden in Spanien.Berlin, 1845, p. 327.↑
53Moses Ben Schem Tob de Leon.Leipzig, 1851.↑
53Moses Ben Schem Tob de Leon.Leipzig, 1851.↑
54Jewish Literature, from the German of M. Steinschneider. London, 1857, pp. 104–122; 240–309.↑
54Jewish Literature, from the German of M. Steinschneider. London, 1857, pp. 104–122; 240–309.↑
55Versuch einer umständlichen Analyse des Sohar, von Schuldirektor Ignatz Stern, inBen Chananja, Monatschrift für jüdische Theologie, vol. iv. Szegedin, 1858–1861.↑
55Versuch einer umständlichen Analyse des Sohar, von Schuldirektor Ignatz Stern, inBen Chananja, Monatschrift für jüdische Theologie, vol. iv. Szegedin, 1858–1861.↑
56Geschichte des Judenthums und seiner Secten, Von Dr. J. M. Jost, vol. iii, p. 66–81. Leipzig, 1859.↑
56Geschichte des Judenthums und seiner Secten, Von Dr. J. M. Jost, vol. iii, p. 66–81. Leipzig, 1859.↑
57Geschichte der Juden, Von Dr. H. Graetz, vol. vii, pp. 73–87; 442–459; 487–507. Leipzig, 1863.↑
57Geschichte der Juden, Von Dr. H. Graetz, vol. vii, pp. 73–87; 442–459; 487–507. Leipzig, 1863.↑
58Comp.Ben Chananja,Monatschriftfürjüdische Theologie, vol. vi, pp. 725–733; 741–747; 785–791; 805–809; 821–828; 933–942. Szegedin, 1863.↑
58Comp.Ben Chananja,Monatschriftfürjüdische Theologie, vol. vi, pp. 725–733; 741–747; 785–791; 805–809; 821–828; 933–942. Szegedin, 1863.↑
59Introductio ad Hist. Philosoph. Ebraeorum.Halle, 1702.↑
59Introductio ad Hist. Philosoph. Ebraeorum.Halle, 1702.↑
60Histoire des Juifs, English translation, pp. 184–256. London, 1708.↑
60Histoire des Juifs, English translation, pp. 184–256. London, 1708.↑
61De Cabbala Judeorum, in hisBibliotheca Hebraea, vol. ii, pp. 1191–1247. Hamburg, 1728.↑
61De Cabbala Judeorum, in hisBibliotheca Hebraea, vol. ii, pp. 1191–1247. Hamburg, 1728.↑
62Philosophieder Geschichte oder über die Tradition, vol. iii. Münster, 1839.↑
62Philosophieder Geschichte oder über die Tradition, vol. iii. Münster, 1839.↑
63Mélanges de Philosophie Juive et Arabe, p. 275, &c. Paris, 1859.↑
63Mélanges de Philosophie Juive et Arabe, p. 275, &c. Paris, 1859.↑