Definition of "cabbalah" []

• An esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries (noun)
• An esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Festivals that provide a forum for Arab and Israeli art and culture, and universities and academies that offer joint courses in the Qur'an and the Bible, midrash and tafsir, cabbalah and Sufism, thereby placing them in their original relation to one another, are today only feasible in exile -- in the West, of all places, which bears part of the blame for the present-day impossible situation."