Cabalistic, confirming the Christian religion · thesis 11>60

Thesis 11>60

Latin

Ex praecedenti conclusione potest contemplatiuus homo intelligere cur lex dei a Beth littera incipit, de qua scribitur quod est immaculata, quod erat cum eo cuncta componens, quod est conuertens animas, quod facit dare fructum in tempore suo.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 27644; 1486 print folio <34r/34v>

English

From the previous conclusion, a contemplative person can see why God's Law — of which it is written that it is spotless, that it stood beside him composing all things, that it turns souls, and that it bears fruit in its season — begins with the letter Bet.

The scriptural allusions are Ps. 19:8 (Vulgate 18:8), Prov. 8:30 and Ps. 1:3; Farmer's point is that the whole of the Trinity and salvation is implied in the first letter of the Hebrew Bible (farmer1998:27723).

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T10b; sense checked against farmer1998:27705; 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).