07-03-2022, 10:22 PM
I see several old familiar friends on that page and the following one, bi3mw. The earliest specimens of the Sefer Ratziel ha-Malakh definitely predate the most likely dates of the VMS’s composition, though not by a lot.
Were Kabbalah-related works in much circulation beyond Jewish intellectual and esoteric circles in the late Middle Ages? I know knowledge of Hebrew and Aramaic was present among many well-educated Europeans who were not Jewish, especially for the purpose of going to the original texts of Biblical books.
Were Kabbalah-related works in much circulation beyond Jewish intellectual and esoteric circles in the late Middle Ages? I know knowledge of Hebrew and Aramaic was present among many well-educated Europeans who were not Jewish, especially for the purpose of going to the original texts of Biblical books.