Knorr à Rosenroth (Christian), a learned German orientalist, was born
Knorr à Rosenroth (Christian), a learned German orientalist, was born in 1636. He pursued his
studies at various colleges, and then travelled for improvement into France, England, and Holland, but bestowed too
much attention on chemistry and the cabalistic art, which
vitiated the greater part of his works, althongh it obtained
him the esteem and friendship of Lightfoot, More, and Van
Helmont. By the count palatine of Sulzbach, he was, in
1688, nominated one of his privy council, and afterwards
chancellor. His reputation is chiefly founded on his
“Kabbala Denudata, seu Doctrina Hebræorum transcendentalis, et metaphysica, atque theologica,
” &c. 3 vols.
4to; a farrago of wild reveries, fanciful chimeras, and
mystical absurdities, with occasionally some learned notices
of the philosophy of the Hebrews.