Giordano Bruno and the Kabbalah Prophets, Magicians and Rabbis |
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Author:
| Deleon-Jones, Karen S. |
Series title: | Yale Studies in Hermeneutics |
ISBN: | 978-0-300-06807-8 |
Publication Date: | Sep 1997 |
Publisher: | Yale University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $47.00 |
Book Description:
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In this interpretation of the thought of the heretical philosopher Giordano Bruno (1548-1600), Karen de L.-Jones depicts the influential thinker as mystic and cabbalist. She rejects the popular view of Bruno as hermetic magus - a position initiated by Frances Yates and widely accepted by succeeding scholars. Bruno's interest in mysticism and the Kabbalah was not merely intellectual or satiric, de L.-Jones contends: a close look at his study of the Kabbalah reveals him as a practising believer.
In this interpretation of the thought of the heretical philosopher Giordano Bruno (1548-1600), Karen de L.-Jones depicts the influential thinker as mystic and cabbalist. She rejects the popular view of Bruno as hermetic magus - a position initiated by Frances Yates and widely accepted by succeeding scholars. Bruno's interest in mysticism and the Kabbalah was not merely intellectual or satiric, de L.-Jones contends: a close look at his study of the Kabbalah reveals him as a practising believer.