Cabalistic, confirming the Christian religion · thesis 11>41

Thesis 11>41

Latin

Sciri potest in Cabalam per mysterium mem clausi cur post se Christus miserit paraclytum.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 27235; 1486 print folio <33r/33v>

English

Through the mystery of the closed mem, the Cabala lets us know why Christ, once gone, sent the Paraclete after him.

The 'closed mem' is the final form of the Hebrew letter mem, which Jewish commentary noted occurs only once outside word-final position, in Isa. 9:6, a verse both Jewish and Christian readers took as messianic (farmer1998:27307).

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T10b; sense checked against farmer1998:27290; 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: 3 (deterministic harvest; see Method).