Monday, April 11, 2005
FROM THE HARVARD UNIVERSITY GAZETTE
Mystical Encounters
New exhibition at Houghton shows how Renaissance scholars used ancient Jewish Kabbalah to prove Christian doctrines
By Ken Gewertz
Gazette Staff
The term "Christian Kabbalah" -- the subject of a new exhibition at Houghton Library -- is apt to create some confusion.
How and when did the Kabbalah, the body of Jewish mystical speculation that originated in Europe in the 12th century, become Christianized?
