Hebraic biblical wisdom and St. John of the Cross

Abstract

The mystical thought of St. John of the Cross is the fruit of his exegetical work on the books and central biblical passages of Hebraic spirituality. The “Descalzo” left a record of this knowledge and alluded directly to the pillars of the Judeo-Christian reformism characteristic of the peninsular culture of the second half of the 16th century. This article is a partial account of the work and reformist intentions of the west’s most charismatic mystic.