On the Art of the Kabbalah

of Chapters.

Concerning the ancient and authentic scriptures of the Jews. Chap. I
Concerning the ancient sages of the Jews, called the men of the great assembly original: "uiris magnę synagogę"; the Anshei Knesset HaGedolah, a traditional body of 120 scribes and sages from the era of the Second Temple.. II
Concerning the authentic Jewish writers who preceded the coming of Christ: from whose writings the Talmud The central text of Rabbinic Judaism, which Galatino argues contains ancient truths pointing toward Christianity. was chiefly composed. III
Concerning the Jewish writers who happened to live shortly after the passion of Christ, and what they thought of him. IIII
Who was the author of the Talmud itself, when it was published, into how many parts it is divided, and what matters it chiefly treats. V
That the Talmudists, in seeking the secrets of the Law, followed the allegorical sense most of all, while the Cabalists Practitioners of Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition. followed the anagogic A method of interpretation that finds spiritual or mystical hidden meanings leading toward the afterlife or divine nature.; and what is the Cabala, and why our elders did not mention the Cabala. VI
Whether the Talmud ought to be received by Christians. VII
That through Talmudic traditions, corruptions of the Holy Scripture—which are found everywhere in our Greek or Latin editions, as well as in the Hebrew text—are best corrected. VIII
How one should proceed against the Jews by means of their own scriptures. IX

That God is threefold and one. I
That the trinity of persons does not detract from the unity of the divine essence, according to a reason based on the scriptures of the Jews. II
Concerning the distinction of the divine persons, and concerning God the sender and God the sent. III
Concerning the distinction and number of the divine persons, according to their properties. IIII
Concerning the Father and the Son in divine matters. V
Concerning the Holy Spirit. VI
That the three persons are one essence, and each of them is in the other through circumincession original: "circumincessionem"; a theological term describing the reciprocal existence and "interpenetration" of the three persons of the Trinity within each other.. VII
That the mystery of the divine Trinity is most excellently and distinctly hinted at through the image of God in which man was made. VIII
Concerning the name of God אלהים Hebrew: "Elohim", and how the divine Trinity is suggested through it. IX
Concerning the four-letter name of God, which in Greek is called the τετραγράμματον Greek: "tetragrammaton"; the four-letter name YHWH, the most sacred name of God in the Hebrew Bible.. X