Christian Kabbalah arose during the Renaissance due to Christian scholars' interest in the mysticism of Jewish Kabbalah, which they interpreted according to Christian theology. Often spelled Cabala to
Title of Reuchlin's De arte cabalistica libri tres, iam denua adcurate revisi, 1530.
Sephirotic diagram from Knorr von Rosenroth's Kabbala Denudata.
Kabbalah or Qabalah is an esoteric method, discipline, and school of thought in Jewish mysticism. It forms the foundation of mystical religious interpretations within Judaism. A traditional Kabbalist
Christian Kabbalah
…Christian Kabbalah arose during the Renaissance due to Christian scholars' interest in the mysticism of Jewish Kabbalah, which they interpreted according to Christian theology. Often spelled Cabala to distinguish it from the Jewish form and from Hermetic Qabalah, it…
Latin translation of Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla's Shaarei Ora
Scheme of descending sephirot in three columns, as a tree with roots above and branches below
Joseph Karo's role as both legalist and mystic underscores Kabbalah's spiritualisation of normative Jewish observance
Building on Kabbalah's conception of the soul, Abraham Abulafia's meditations included the "inner illumination of" the human form