Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. FOREWORD v
3. CONTENTS vii
4. INTRODUCTION ix
5. PART ONE PICO'S KABBALISTIC STUDIES
6. 1 THE PLACE OF HEBREW IN PICO'S KABBALISTIC STUDIES 3
7. 2 THE NATURE AND CHRONOLOGY OF THE EXTANT MANUSCRIPTS 10
8. 3 THE SOURCES OF THE FIRST SET OF THESES 19
9. 4 THE RANGE AND PROGRESS OF PICO'S KABBALISTIC STUDIES 53
10. PART TWO THE TRANSLATIONS OF FLAVIUS MITHRIDATES
11. 5 KABBALIST TRANSLATOR 69
12. 6 LANGUAGE SYMBOLISM AND NUMBER SYMBOLISM 77
13. 7 MAIMONIDES: KABBALIST IN PHILOSOPHICAL GUISE 84
14. 8 QUODLIBET IN QUOLIBET 100
15. 9 CHRISTIANIZING INTERPRETATIONS 106
16. 10 MOCK MYSTERIES 114
17. PART THREE WHAT KABBALA MEANT TO PICO
18. 11 MYSTERIES OF THE LAW 121
19. 12 MYSTICISM AND MAGIC 132
20. 13 MORS OSCULI 153
21. 14 THE OLD AND THE NEW IN PICO'S KABBALISTIC CONFIRMATION OF CHRISTIANITY 161
22. 15 CABALA DOCET NOS LEGERE IN LIBRO LEGIS 170
23. 16 NEW RELATIONSHIPS AND ORIENTATIONS 185
24. APPENDICES 201
25. INDEX OF NAMES AND SUBJECTS 265
26. INDEX OT SOURCES 286
27. INDEX OF SCRIPTURAL AND RABBINICAL QUOTATIONS 290