Martin Luther, Kabbalah, and Jewish Magic

IF 0.1 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Zutot Pub Date : 2024-09-12 DOI:10.1163/18750214-tat00001

Stephen G. Burnett

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Abstract

Martin Luther concerned himself with Kabbalah at two points during his long career as a theologian. From 1513 to 1519, he first considered and then rejected Kabbalah as a kind of spiritual ‘ladder’ that allowed believers a fuller experience of the otherwise ‘hidden’ God. Later, in 1543, he wrote against the Jews’ ‘superstitious’ beliefs about the tetragrammaton and kabbalistic ‘magic’ generally. This essay will consider the sources of Luther’s kabbalistic knowledge, his understanding of what Jews believed about Kabbalah, and how Kabbalah fit into Luther’s own views concerning Jews and Judaism more generally. Luther believed that the devil was involved in promoting Kabbalah and Jewish magical practices both to deceive its practitioners and their followers, and as a way of redirecting worship away from the true God.

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马丁-路德、卡巴拉和犹太魔法

在马丁-路德漫长的神学生涯中，他曾两次关注卡巴拉。从 1513 年到 1519 年，他先是认为卡巴拉是一种精神 "阶梯"，能让信徒更全面地体验原本 "隐藏 "的上帝，但后来又拒绝了卡巴拉。后来，在 1543 年，他撰文反对犹太人对四格拉马图和卡巴拉 "魔法 "的 "迷信 "信仰。本文将探讨路德卡巴拉知识的来源、他对犹太人卡巴拉信仰的理解，以及卡巴拉如何与路德本人对犹太人和犹太教的普遍看法相吻合。路德认为，魔鬼参与了卡巴拉和犹太魔法的推广，其目的既是为了欺骗卡巴拉和犹太魔法的实践者及其追随者，也是为了使人们的崇拜偏离真神。

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