Hebrew Cabalists · thesis 28.39

Thesis 28.39

Latin

Ex praecedenti conclusione intelligitur cur in Genesi a timore laudatur Abraam, quem tamen scimus per proprietatem pietatis omnia fecisse ex amore.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 18294

English

The preceding conclusion explains why Genesis praises Abraham for his fear, even though the property of piety shows that everything he did came from love.

Sense checked against farmer1998:18344; reworded to avoid near-identity with the published English at that line.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T04b; sense checked against farmer1998:18344; awaiting human check

Attribution: reported according to the secret doctrine of the Hebrew Cabalist wise men (section 28 of the historical theses) · Pico's stance: reports

Discussed in

• Chaim Wirszubski, Pico della Mirandola's Encounter with Jewish Mysticism (1989)

Mention records in the corpus: 1 (deterministic harvest; see Method).

Farmer's cross-references

• 10>10 Qui praecedentis conclusionis opus attentauerit, adhibeat opus cabalae secundum appropriata timori Isaac.
• 11>50 Cum dicunt cabalistae a septima et octaua petendos filios, ita dicas in merchiaua inferiori accipi, ut ab una petatur ut det, ab altera ne p
• 28.38 Sicut extrinsecus timor est inferior amore, ita intrinsecus est superior amore.