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The Christian Reception of the Hebrew name of God has not previously been described in such detail and over such an extended period. This work places that varied reception within the context of early Jewish and Christian texts; Patristic Studies; Jewish-Christian relationships; Mediaeval thought; the Renaissance and Reformation; the History of Printing; and the development of Christian Hebraism.
The contribution of notions of the Tetragrammaton to orthodox doctrines and debates is exposed, as is the contribution its study made to non-orthodox imaginative constructs and theologies. Gnostic, Kabbalistic, Hermetic and magical texts are given equally detailed consideration.
There emerge from this sustained and detailed examination several recurring themes concerning the difficulty of naming God, his being and his providence.
The contribution of notions of the Tetragrammaton to orthodox doctrines and debates is exposed, as is the contribution its study made to non-orthodox imaginative constructs and theologies. Gnostic, Kabbalistic, Hermetic and magical texts are given equally detailed consideration.
There emerge from this sustained and detailed examination several recurring themes concerning the difficulty of naming God, his being and his providence.
Price: $357.00
Pages: 588
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Studies in the History of Christian Traditions
Publication Date:
05 February 2015
ISBN: 9789004284623
Format: Hardcover
“Tetragrammaton is a wonderful and fascinating book, defined by an expansive scope, judicious illustrations, and clear prose. It is an excellent addition to any library concerned with the early modern period or the history of Jewish-Christian Interaction.”
Benjamin M. Guyer, University of Kansas. In: Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. 47. No. 2 (2016), pp. 463-465.
Benjamin M. Guyer, University of Kansas. In: Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. 47. No. 2 (2016), pp. 463-465.
Robert J. Wilkinson, Ph.D. (2004) in History, U.W.E. was before retirement Research Fellow at Wesley College and Visiting Fellow in Theology in Bristol. He is author of Orientalism, Aramaic and Kabbalah in the Catholic Reformation and The Kabbalistic Scholars of the Antwerp Polyglot Bible. (both Brill 2007).