Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jun 8, 2010 14:33
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Cautele
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From a scholarly text on Pico della Mirandola. It's obviously an archaic foreign term, but I haven't been able to figure out what it means nor what a suitable English translation would be. Just the definition would be a great help though.
Pico berichtet nicht ohne gewissen Renommismus von seinen kabbalistischen Schätzen. „Diese Bücher werden in unserer Zeit von den Hebräern dermaßen verehrt, dass sie niemand berühren darf, bevor er nicht vierzig Jahre alt ist.“ Eine solche *Cautele* ist für einen 23jährigen nicht ohne Pikanterie.
Pico berichtet nicht ohne gewissen Renommismus von seinen kabbalistischen Schätzen. „Diese Bücher werden in unserer Zeit von den Hebräern dermaßen verehrt, dass sie niemand berühren darf, bevor er nicht vierzig Jahre alt ist.“ Eine solche *Cautele* ist für einen 23jährigen nicht ohne Pikanterie.
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I'd prefer "proviso" rather than caveat. See also my discussion entry.
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Kautel = ein Begriff aus der Rechtswissenschaft, der einen rechtlichen Vorbehalt, eine Sicherheitsklausel bezeichnet. In diesem Fall die Einschränkung, bestimmte kabbalistische Bücher erst ab Vollendung des 40. Lebensjahrs zu studieren.
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See glossary entry
http://www.proz.com/?sp=gloss/term&id=835517 might put you on the right track :-)
See also http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kautel
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In my answer above, I meant to say "reference" instead of "discussion entry".
See also http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kautel
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In my answer above, I meant to say "reference" instead of "discussion entry".
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Prohibition, rule
Q1.7 : I've heard that one shouldn't study Kabbalah unless one is over forty years old? Is this true?
The great Kabbalist R. Isaac Luria (1534-1572), began the study of Kabbalah at the age of seventeen and died at the age of thirty-eight! His equally famous contemporary R. Moses Cordovero (1522-1570) began at the age of twenty. Many other famous Kabbalists also began the study early.
This prohibition has come from Ashkenazic (East European) Jews and has never applied to Sepharidic (Middle Eastern) Jews. The historical basis for the "rule" comes from opponents of Kabbalah within Judaism who (successfully) attempted to restrict its study. At the root of this was the heresy of false messiah Shabbatai Tzevi (17th. C) which resulted in large numbers of Jews leaving the orthodox fold. This heresy had deep Kabbalistic underpinnings, and in the attempt to stamp out Shabbateanism, Kabbalah itself became suspect, and specific prohibitions against the study of Kabbalah were enacted (e.g. the excommunication of the Frankists in Poland in 1756).
http://www.digital-brilliance.com/kab/faq.htm#OverForty
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CAUTEL. A caution or direction, as to rightly and duly administering the Sacraments, especially the Sacrament of the Altar. To which alone it is applied in the mediaeval Service Books.
http://anglicanhistory.org/liturgy/directorium/p230.html
The great Kabbalist R. Isaac Luria (1534-1572), began the study of Kabbalah at the age of seventeen and died at the age of thirty-eight! His equally famous contemporary R. Moses Cordovero (1522-1570) began at the age of twenty. Many other famous Kabbalists also began the study early.
This prohibition has come from Ashkenazic (East European) Jews and has never applied to Sepharidic (Middle Eastern) Jews. The historical basis for the "rule" comes from opponents of Kabbalah within Judaism who (successfully) attempted to restrict its study. At the root of this was the heresy of false messiah Shabbatai Tzevi (17th. C) which resulted in large numbers of Jews leaving the orthodox fold. This heresy had deep Kabbalistic underpinnings, and in the attempt to stamp out Shabbateanism, Kabbalah itself became suspect, and specific prohibitions against the study of Kabbalah were enacted (e.g. the excommunication of the Frankists in Poland in 1756).
http://www.digital-brilliance.com/kab/faq.htm#OverForty
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Note added at 22 mins (2010-06-08 14:55:24 GMT)
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CAUTEL. A caution or direction, as to rightly and duly administering the Sacraments, especially the Sacrament of the Altar. To which alone it is applied in the mediaeval Service Books.
http://anglicanhistory.org/liturgy/directorium/p230.html
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