Orientalism, Aramaic and Kabbalah in the Catholic Reformation : the first printing of the Syriac New Testament / by Robert J. Wilkinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilkinson, Robert J. (Robert John), 1955-

Series:

Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; v. 137.

Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; v. 137

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cabala.

Counter-Reformation.

Bible. N.T--Syriac--History.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Focusing upon the extraordinary circumstances of the production of the editio princeps of the Syriac New Testament in 1555 and establishing a reliable history of that edition, this book offers an new account of the origin of Syriac studies in Europe and a fresh evaluation of Catholic Orientalism in the sixteenth century. The reception of Syriac into the West is shown to have been characterised, under the influence of Egidio da Viterbo and Postel, by a Christian Kabbalistic world-view which also determined the reception of other Oriental languages. The companion volume The Kabbalistic Scholars of the Antwerp Polyglot Bible exhibits the continuing influence of Christian Kabbalism on later editions.

Contents:

First beginnings : Teseo Ambrogio and the Maronite

Delegation to the fifth Lateran Council

First beginnings : Egidio da Viterbo and the Kabbalistic context of Syriac studies at the time of the fifth Lateran Council

The scholars of the editio princeps : Moses and Masius

The scholars of the ditio princeps : Postel

The scholars of the editio princeps : Widmanstetter

The editio princeps.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-93688-X

9786611936884

90-474-2252-X

OCLC:

646789917

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004162501.i-224 DOI