Francis Mercury Van Helmont's Sketch of Christian Kabbalism - Translated and Edited by Sheila A. Spector

As the only English version of Francis Mercury van Helmont's foundational treatise of Christian Kabbalism, this bilingual edition, with a facsimile of the original Latin facing the translation and author's footnotes, contains a critical introduction, as well as supplementary endnotes.

About the author

Independent scholar Sheila A. Spector (Ph.D. 1976, University of Maryland), published the book-length bibliography Jewish Mysticism (Garland, 1984), and Glorious Incomprehensible" The Development of Blake's Kabbalistic Language, and "Wonders Divine" The Development of Blake's Kabbalistic Myth (both Bucknell UP, 2001).

Product details

• Assisted by: Sheila Spector (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.05.2012
• EAN: 9789004226555
• ISBN: 978-90-04-22655-5
• No. of pages: 192
• Weight: 445 g
• Series: Aries Book
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works