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  • noun the study of the Kabbalah

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  • noun the doctrines of the Kabbalah
  • noun adherence to some extreme traditional theological concept or interpretation

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  • As an elaboration of the teachings of de Moncada, with whom Pico studied at Perugia in 1486, Heptaplus demonstrated a Christianized kabbalism that combined biblical and Platonic accounts of the creation. 291 In a similar vein, the subsequent architectural writings of Pacioli interpreted alchemical transmutation as spiritual epiphany, evinced through mental and material craft. 292

    Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

  • The Jewish establishment is up in arms over Philip Berg’s kabbalism (or “Bergism,” as one critic prefers to call it).

    The Garden of Kabbalah Peretz, Evgenia 2005

  • The Jewish establishment is up in arms over Philip Berg’s kabbalism (or “Bergism,” as one critic prefers to call it).

    The Garden of Kabbalah Peretz, Evgenia 2005

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