On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Bart Lateur wrote: > On Wed, 6 Feb 2002 00:29:53 -0500, Uri Guttman wrote: > > >the kabbalah is a collection of mystical and spiritual jewish teachings > >and writings over the last two thousand years. it doesn't have anything > >to do with the word cabal AFAIK. > > On Wed, 6 Feb 2002 01:02:27 -0500 (EST), Brett W. McCoy wrote: > > >Yes, the word 'cabal' derives from the Hebrew term 'Kabbalah', a form of > >Hebrew mysticism. In medieval Europe, it tended to be spelled 'Cabala', > >hence the term. > > One says yes, the other says no. So what's it gonna be? :-) >
Chambers dictionary (the best single-volume British dictionary) says it does. -- Stephen Turner, Cambridge, UK http://homepage.ntlworld.com/adelie/stephen/ "This is Henman's 8th Wimbledon, and he's only lost 7 matches." BBC, 2/Jul/01
