Cabalistic, confirming the Christian religion · thesis 11>19

Thesis 11>19

Latin

Si dictum illud Prophetae: Vendiderunt iustum argento, cabalistice exponamus, nihil aliud nobis significat quam hoc, scilicet, Deus ut redemptor uenditus fuit argento.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 26801

English

If we explain that saying of the Prophet, They sold the just man for silver, in the Cabalistic manner, it signifies to us nothing other than this: that God, as redeemer, was sold for silver.

The verse is Amos 2:6, read through Matt. 26:14-16 (farmer1998:26833); 'iustus' and 'redemptor' are, on Farmer's note, standing names for the ninth sefirah, the same pairing taken up again in 11>21 (farmer1998:26833).

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T10b; sense checked against farmer1998:26858; awaiting human check

Attribution: Pico's own opinion (section 11>, Cabalistic conclusions confirming the Christian religion from the Hebrew wise men's principles) · Pico's stance: endorses

Discussed in

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

Mention records in the corpus: 2 (deterministic harvest; see Method).

Farmer's cross-references

• 11>20 Si interpretationem suam aduerterint Cabaliste super hac dictione, <tN>, quae significat tunc, de trinitatis mysterio multum illuminabuntur.
• 11>21 Qui coniunxerit dictum Cabalistarum dicentium quod illa numeratio quae dicitur iustus et redemptor_dicitur etiam ze, cum dicto Thalmudistaru
• 5>8 Infra ambitum terminati entis recte quinque illa Platonis pro transcendentibus ponuntur: Ens, Idem, Alterum, Status, et Motus.