En-Soph
(eɪn səʊf)
Also -Sof.
[See ensophic a.]
In Cabbalistic doctrine, the absolute infinite and incomprehensible God.
| 1791 Brucker & Enfield Hist. Philos. II. iv. iii. 217 The chief heads of the Cabbalistic Doctrine are these... The Being from whom all things proceed is a Spirit, uncreated, eternal,..existing by the necessity of its nature, and filling the immensity of space. This spirit is En-Soph, the Infinite Deity. Ibid. 221 The En-soph, or Deity, contains all things within himself. 1865 C. D. Ginsburg Kabbalah ii. 64 No one has seen the En Soph at any time. 1902 Jewish Encycl. III. 468/1 An expression of the will of the En-Sof is not necessary in the act of emanation. |