Pico della Mirandola, Conclusiones (1486) SectionsThe thirteen condemnedScholarshipMethod

Cabalistic, confirming the Christian religion · thesis 11>43

Thesis 11>43

Latin

Per mysterium duarum litterarum uau et iod scitur quomodo ipse messias ut deus fuit principium suiipsius ut homo.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 27327

English

The mystery of the two letters vav and yod shows how the Messiah, as God, was the origin of himself considered as man.

Vav and yod are the first and last letters of the name Jesus in Pico's letter-play, as in 11>14 (farmer1998:27360).

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T10b; sense checked against farmer1998:27381; 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

Mention records in the corpus: 4 (deterministic harvest; see Method).

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