The Christian Interpretation of the Cabala in the Renaissance by Joseph Leon Blau
Publication: 1944 Columbia University Press
A foundational scholarly analysis of the Christian adaptation and transformation of Jewish Kabbalistic traditions. It is often referred to simply as The Christian Cabala in bibliographies. The work presents the first balanced, systematic academic examination of how Christian thinkers from the Renaissance engaged with—and often reshaped—Jewish Kabbalah. This work is widely regarded as groundbreaking, essential, and pioneering in the field.
Condition: publishers cloth boards, gilt title to spine, top edge speckled, small pen inscription to ffep, neat bookplate to pastedown, tightly bound, bright copy in Very Good condition