The article examines the debate around divine anthropomorphism in Jewish and Christian literature, by first analyzing Maimonides’ philosophical approach and then exploring the Kabbalistic view, focusing on the anthropomorphic descriptions of God found in texts like the Shiʿur Qomah and the Zohar. Finally, the text explores the reception and reinterpretation of Kabbalistic ideas by Christian thinkers, particularly during the Renaissance.

The Anatomy of the Sacred: Divine Anthropomorphism from Shiʿur Qomah to Christian Kabbalah / Del Prete, Delia. - (2025), pp. 93-121.

The Anatomy of the Sacred: Divine Anthropomorphism from Shiʿur Qomah to Christian Kabbalah

Del Prete, Delia
2025

Abstract

The article examines the debate around divine anthropomorphism in Jewish and Christian literature, by first analyzing Maimonides’ philosophical approach and then exploring the Kabbalistic view, focusing on the anthropomorphic descriptions of God found in texts like the Shiʿur Qomah and the Zohar. Finally, the text explores the reception and reinterpretation of Kabbalistic ideas by Christian thinkers, particularly during the Renaissance.
2025
The Renaissance Papacy’s Projects of Religious Reform between Ancient Christianity and “Catholic Orientalism”
978-3-525-57365-5
Antropomorphism; Kabbalah; Christian Kabbalah; Circumcision; Crucifixion; Sefirot
02 Pubblicazione su volume::02a Capitolo o Articolo
The Anatomy of the Sacred: Divine Anthropomorphism from Shiʿur Qomah to Christian Kabbalah / Del Prete, Delia. - (2025), pp. 93-121.
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