On the Art of the Kabbalah

Regarding the fourth objection of the Jews: that the Messiah has not yet come because the Nations have not yet said, "Come, let us go up to the house of the God of Jacob." This refers to the prophecy in Isaiah 2:3 and Micah 4:2, where the world’s nations are predicted to turn to the God of Israel. V

Regarding the fifth objection of the Jews: that the Messiah has not yet come because weapons of war have not yet been converted into tools of agriculture. original: agriculturæ instrumenta; a reference to the famous prophecy of "beating swords into plowshares" in Isaiah 2:4. VI

Regarding the sixth objection of the Jews: that the Messiah has not yet come because peace without end has not yet arrived. VII

Regarding the seventh objection of the Jews: that the Messiah has not yet come because the wild beasts—abandoning the eating of flesh and putting aside all their ferocity—have not yet lain down with gentle animals. A reference to the "Peaceable Kingdom" described in Isaiah 11:6. VIII

Regarding the eighth objection of the Jews: that the Messiah has not yet come because they themselves have not yet been gathered back into their own land. IX

Regarding the ninth objection of the Jews: that the Messiah has not yet come because the third temple has not yet been built. X

Regarding the tenth objection of the Jews: that the Messiah has not yet come because they themselves have not yet been saved. XI

Regarding the eleventh objection of the Jews: that the Messiah has not yet come because Gog has not yet been slain, nor has Magog been conquered. Gog and Magog are symbolic enemies of God’s people mentioned in Ezekiel and Revelation; their defeat was expected to signal the Messianic age. XII

Regarding the twelfth objection of the Jews: that Jesus of Nazareth was not the true Messiah because he left no seed original: semen; meaning biological descendants behind him, nor did he have sons. XIII

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CHAPTERS OF THE SIXTH BOOK.

That there was to be no future savior and redeemer except God, who was going to give himself as the price for human redemption. I

That this savior and redeemer had to be the Messiah. II

That for the redeemer to be a perfect redeemer, he had to be both God and man. III

That the salvation and redemption to be performed by the Messiah was to be spiritual in nature. IIII

Concerning original sin, by which the entire human race was corrupted on account of the sin of our first parents; and what original sin is according to the Hebrews, and by what name they call it. The author likely explores the Jewish concept of the Yetzer hara, or the "evil inclination," as an equivalent to the Christian doctrine of original sin. V

That all the fathers of the Old Testament original: ueteris instrumenti; literally "the Old Instrument," a common early scholarly term for the Old Testament, however holy they were, remained guilty and blameworthy before God on account of original sin until the coming of the Messiah. VI

That on account of original sin, all people before the coming of the Messiah descended into the underworld; and by what names the underworld is called among the Hebrews. These names often include Sheol, Gehenna, or Abaddon. VII

Technical terms used in this section: Messiah, Jews, Gog, Magog, Jesus of Nazareth, Original sin, Hebrews, Hell/The Underworld.