cabbala
31Kabbala — or Cabbala Jewish mysticism as it developed in the 12th century and after. Essentially an oral tradition, it laid claim to secret wisdom of the unwritten Torah communicated by God to Adam and Moses. It provided Jews with a direct approach to God …
32Humanism — • The name given to the intellectual, literary, and scientific movement of the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries, which aimed at basing every branch of learning on the literature and culture of classical antiquity Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin …
33Leon, Moses ben-Shem Tov de — (c. 1240–1305) Spanish mystic. Leon is generally believed today to have been the author of the Zohar, the most influential of all works of cabbalistic literature and in some periods actually held in as great esteem as the Bible and the Talmud …
Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament
34Luria, Isaac ben-Solomon (ha-Ari) — (1534–72) Safad mystic. Luria was one of the most important figures in Jewish mysticism (the Cabbala). Only the barest facts of his life are known; much that was recounted of him later is legend. His father, Solomon Ashkenazi, probably came… …
Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament
35Nachmanides — (Rabbi Moses ben Nachman, known as Ramban) (1194–1270) Spanish rabbi and scholar, Nachmanides, whose Spanish name was Bonastrug da Porta, directed a rabbinical academy in his home town of Gerona and may have been chief rabbi of Catalonia from… …
Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament
36cabala — (n.) 1670s, variant of CABBALA (Cf. cabbala). Related: Cabalist …
37kabbalah — see CABBALA (Cf. cabbala) …
38Kabbalah — [kə bα:lə, kabələ] (also Kabbala, Cabbala, Cabala, or Qabalah) noun the ancient Jewish tradition of mystical interpretation of the Bible. Derivatives Kabbalism noun Kabbalist noun …
39cabal — /kəˈbal / (say kuh bahl), /kəˈbæl / (say kuh bal) noun 1. the secret schemes of a small group of plotters; an intrigue. 2. a small group of secret plotters. –verb (i) (caballed, caballing) 3. to form a cabal; intrigue; conspire; plot. {variant of …
40cabalism — noun adherence to some extreme traditional theological concept or interpretation • Syn: ↑kabbalism • Hypernyms: ↑attachment, ↑adherence, ↑adhesion * * * ˈkabəˌlizəm noun ( s) …
