Cabbala

Cabbala
   Jewish religious mysticism, mainly in the late medieval period. Cabbalists are students of this mysticism.

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  • Cabbala — cabbala …   Philosophy dictionary

  • cabbala — (n.) 1520s, from M.L. cabbala, from Mishnaic Heb. qabbalah reception, received lore, tradition, especially tradition of mystical interpretation of the Old Testament, from qibbel to receive, admit, accept. Cf. Arabic qabala he received, accepted …   Etymology dictionary

  • cabbala — e der.: v. cabala e der …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • cabbala — [kab′ə lə, kə bä′lə] n. CABALA cabbalism n. cabbalist n. cabbalistic adj …   English World dictionary

  • cabbala — I. see cabala II. noun see kabbalah …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • cabbala — cabbalism, n. cabbalist, n. cabbalistic, cabbalistical, adj. cabbalistically, adv. /kab euh leuh, keuh bah /, n. cabala. * * * …   Universalium

  • cabbala — (Heb., kabbala, tradition, that which is handed down) Originally, in the Talmud, the books of the Bible other than the Pentateuch. Gradually after around 1200 the term became applied to the oral tradition supposedly handed down from Moses to the… …   Philosophy dictionary

  • cabbala — càb·ba·la s.f. var. → cabala …   Dizionario italiano

  • CABBALA —    Kabbalah and Qabbalah    a medieval JEWISH mystical system based on the BIBLE but drawing on PLATONISM and a variety of philosophic traditions. The major written source is known as the Zohar …   Concise dictionary of Religion

  • cabbala — cab·ba·la || kÉ™ bɑːlÉ™ n. mystical interpretation of the Scriptures developed by rabbis (most popular in the 12th and 13th centuries) …   English contemporary dictionary

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