The Divine Attribute of Transcendence in Dionysius the Areopagite's Work: Differences and Confluences with the Jewish Kabbalah
Diakrisis Yearbook of Theology and Philosophy December 30, 2025 Sorin Benescu
This article undertakes a comparative analysis of divine transcendence as conceptualized in the Neoplatonically-infused Christian mysticism of the Corpus Areopagiticum and the esoteric tradition of Jewish Kabbalah, with a primary focus on the Zohar. It argues that despite their distinct theological origins and historical contexts, both systems develop sophisticated apophatic theologies to...