Patristic Kabbalah : in the Assembling of Pico's Apology

Although Giovanni Pico della Mirandola's account of Kabbalah, the first by a Christian, was astoundingly original, his lengthy defense of a Christianized Kabbalah in the fifth Question of his Apology relied heavily on writings by earlier Christians: Hilary of Poitiers, Jerome and Origen. The seventh Question of the Apology, also one of the longest, defended Origen while defending a remark about Origen by Pico in his 900 Conclusions. Pico's pioneering explorations of patristic literature supported both Question 5 and Question 7, whose patristic novelties were interactive. [Publisher's text]

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