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It Takes Three to Tango: Ramon Llull, Solomon ibn Adret and Alfonso of Valladolid Debate the Trinity

It Takes Three to Tango: Ramon Llull, Solomon ibn Adret and Alfonso of Valladolid Debate the Trinity © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009 DOI: 10.1163/157006709X458828 Medieval Encounters 15 (2009) 199-224 brill.nl/me Medieval Jewish, Christian and Muslim Culture Encounters in Confluence and Dialogue It Takes Three to Tango: Ramon Llull, Solomon ibn Adret and Alfonso of Valladolid Debate the Trinity Harvey J. Hames Department of General History, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba 84105, Israel e-mail: hames@bgu.ac.il Abstract Ramon Llull used what he called “necessary reason” to prove the truth of Christianity in general and the doctrine of the Trinity in particular. He appropriated contemporary Kab- balistic ideas about the Godhead in order to demonstrate that their reasoning implied the existence of a Trinity and that Christianity was the true faith. Solomon ibn Adret was forced to use Kabbalistic teachings to contradict Llull’s arguments and show that sefirotic imagery did not imply a Trinitarian structure in the Godhead. Alfonso of Valladolid, a Jewish convert to Christianity, utilizes Llull’s arguments and translates them into a Jewish context and language in a way that supersedes and dismisses Solomon ibn Adret’s response. Unlike Llull who was not familiar with the intricacies of the Hebrew language, Alfonso was able to translate Llull’s arguments about the Trinity into a language http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Medieval Encounters Brill

It Takes Three to Tango: Ramon Llull, Solomon ibn Adret and Alfonso of Valladolid Debate the Trinity

Medieval Encounters , Volume 15 (2-4): 199 – Jan 1, 2009

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© 2009 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1380-7854
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10.1163/157006709X458828
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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009 DOI: 10.1163/157006709X458828 Medieval Encounters 15 (2009) 199-224 brill.nl/me Medieval Jewish, Christian and Muslim Culture Encounters in Confluence and Dialogue It Takes Three to Tango: Ramon Llull, Solomon ibn Adret and Alfonso of Valladolid Debate the Trinity Harvey J. Hames Department of General History, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba 84105, Israel e-mail: hames@bgu.ac.il Abstract Ramon Llull used what he called “necessary reason” to prove the truth of Christianity in general and the doctrine of the Trinity in particular. He appropriated contemporary Kab- balistic ideas about the Godhead in order to demonstrate that their reasoning implied the existence of a Trinity and that Christianity was the true faith. Solomon ibn Adret was forced to use Kabbalistic teachings to contradict Llull’s arguments and show that sefirotic imagery did not imply a Trinitarian structure in the Godhead. Alfonso of Valladolid, a Jewish convert to Christianity, utilizes Llull’s arguments and translates them into a Jewish context and language in a way that supersedes and dismisses Solomon ibn Adret’s response. Unlike Llull who was not familiar with the intricacies of the Hebrew language, Alfonso was able to translate Llull’s arguments about the Trinity into a language

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Published: Jan 1, 2009

Keywords: CHRISTIANITY; TRINITY; CONVERSION; ALFONSO OF VALLADOLID; RAMON LLULL; KABBALAH; JUDAISM; SEFIROT; SOLOMON IBN ADRET

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