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Definition of Qabbala

1. Noun. An esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries.

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Literary usage of Qabbala

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of Interpretation: Eight Lectures Preached Before the University of by Frederic William Farrar (1886)
"The germs of the qabbala, in some of its branches, must be of early date, ... The real qabbala is more connected with theosophy and thaumaturgy than with ..."

2. History of Interpretation: Eight Lectures Preached Before the University of by Frederic William Farrar (1886)
"The germs of the qabbala, in some of its branches, must be of early date, ... The real qabbala is more connected vith theosophy and thaumaturgy than with ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Bachya ben Asher commenting on the Law (1298) recognizes four Ways to Truth: Peshat, Midrash, Reason, qabbala ("path of light"). ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... Flügel, 'Philosophic qabbala and Ve- danta'; Myer, Isaac, 'qabbalah.' An exhaustive list of special works is given in 'Jewish ..."

5. The Humanity, Benevolence and Charity Legislation of the Pentateuch and the by Maurice Fluegel (1908)
"... phenomena and powers, and taught then as individualized attributes and gods. Such are the 10 Sephiroth of the qabbala (see " Philosophy and qabbala"). ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... Flugel, 'Philosophic qabbala and Vc- danta'; Myer, Isaac, 'qabbalah.' An exhaustive list of special works is given in 'Jewish Encyclopedia' (HI, 479). ..."

7. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1902)
"PHILOSOPHY, PSYCHOLOGY, ETC. Fluegel(M.) Philosophy. qabbala and Vedânta. Baltimore, 1902. 8°. Gift JH Schiff. Freud (S.) Über den Traum. Wiesbaden. ..."

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