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Messias Puer: Christian Knorr von Rosenrothâs Lost Exegesis of Kabbalistic Christianity
Editio princeps plena with Translation and Introduction
Series: - Aries Book Series, Volume: 28
Previously considered irretrievably lost, the discovery of the only manuscript of the Messias Puer composed by Knorr von Rosenroth, the leading exponent of Christian Kabbalah in the seventeenth century, gives us an important insight into the evolution of his thought and specific vision of the relations between Jews and Christians. Moreover, the subtle intertwining of both Kabbalah and the emerging biblical criticism at work in this partial commentary on the New Testament Gospels sheds new light on the largely unexplored role of Esotericism during the Modern Era in the construction of the future study of religion. This book includes a critical edition of the original manuscript and an annotated translation.
Anna M. Vileno, Ph.D. (2014), Free University of Brussels (ULB), post-doctoral researcher for the FNRS, teaches History of Religions. She has published à lâombre de la kabbale. Philologie et ésotérisme dans lâÅuvre de Christian Knorr de Rosenroth (2016).
Robert J. Wilkinson, Ph.D. (2004), University of the West of England, has published several papers and books on Early Modern Syriac Studies and Christian Kabbalah. His last book is Tetragrammaton Western Christians and the Hebrew Name of God (Brill 2015).
Robert J. Wilkinson, Ph.D. (2004), University of the West of England, has published several papers and books on Early Modern Syriac Studies and Christian Kabbalah. His last book is Tetragrammaton Western Christians and the Hebrew Name of God (Brill 2015).
"Vileno and Wilkinson make an important contribution to the History of Religion and Philosophy and illuminate socio- cultural dynamics, especially the relationship between Jews and Christians in the Renaissance." - N.M. Bauer, University of Innsbruck, in: Religious Studies Review Volume 47, Number 3 (September 2021)
All interested in Knorr von Rosenroth, Christian Kabbalah and Western Esotericism at large, but also Intellectual History, Biblical Studies and Syriac Studies.