72 in His Name: Reuchlin, Luther, Thenaud, Wolff and the Names of Seventy-Two Angels

Anti-Semitism and Kabbalah are ever present in today’s world as they were in early modern Europe. 72 in His Name shows how four leading Reformation figures—Reuchlin, Luther, Thenaud and Wolff—reacted to elements of the Kabbalah, especially the divine names of Seventy-Two Angels. The book describes the various and varying interactions of Reuchlin, Luther, Thenaud, Wolff with the Jews. Long shadows are cast into the turmoils of our day.