Abstract
Yohanan ben Isaac Alemanno (1435-1505?) was an Italian kabbalist, philosopher and physician. In his less known autograph, Paris, BnF héb. 849, he incorporated contemporary Christian magic sources with kabbalah,providing a practical method to ascend to the upper worlds for gaining prophecy. This article brings together Alemanno’s autograph and contemporary magical works, in order to demonstrate a radical change in Alemanno’s approach towards demonic magic, and the way he interpreted it using a cosmology he developed. Then, Alemanno’s cosmology will be used for reconsidering a concept of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494): The Triplex Merkabah.
| Translated title of the contribution | הקוסמוס המאגי של יוחנן אלימנו: מאגיה נוצרית ויהודית בשירותיו של מקובל |
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| Original language | English |
| Article number | 3 |
| Pages (from-to) | 65-92 |
| Number of pages | 28 |
| Journal | מחשבת ישראל |
| Volume | 2 |
| State | Published - 2020 |