Cabalistic, confirming the Christian religion · thesis 11>64

Thesis 11>64

Latin

In textu, Audi Israhel, dominus deus noster dominus unus, rectius est ut intelligatur ibi collectio ab inferiori ad superius, et a superiori ad inferius, quam ab inferiori ad superius bis.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 27756

English

In the text Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord, the better reading takes the gathering to run once from lower to higher and once from higher to lower, rather than from lower to higher twice over.

Deut. 6:4, opening words of the Shema; Farmer's note takes the thesis to concern the underlying unity of the seven lower and three higher sefirot, while noting that its bearing on Christianity is not clear (farmer1998:27815).

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T10b; sense checked against farmer1998:27801; 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).