cabbala
1Cabbala — cabbala …
2cabbala — (n.) 1520s, from M.L. cabbala, from Mishnaic Heb. qabbalah reception, received lore, tradition, especially tradition of mystical interpretation of the Old Testament, from qibbel to receive, admit, accept. Cf. Arabic qabala he received, accepted …
3cabbala — e der.: v. cabala e der …
4cabbala — [kab′ə lə, kə bä′lə] n. CABALA cabbalism n. cabbalist n. cabbalistic adj …
5cabbala — I. see cabala II. noun see kabbalah …
6cabbala — cabbalism, n. cabbalist, n. cabbalistic, cabbalistical, adj. cabbalistically, adv. /kab euh leuh, keuh bah /, n. cabala. * * * …
7cabbala — (Heb., kabbala, tradition, that which is handed down) Originally, in the Talmud, the books of the Bible other than the Pentateuch. Gradually after around 1200 the term became applied to the oral tradition supposedly handed down from Moses to the… …
8cabbala — càb·ba·la s.f. var. → cabala …
9Cabbala — Jewish religious mysticism, mainly in the late medieval period. Cabbalists are students of this mysticism …
Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament
10CABBALA — Kabbalah and Qabbalah a medieval JEWISH mystical system based on the BIBLE but drawing on PLATONISM and a variety of philosophic traditions. The major written source is known as the Zohar …