Adam Boreel (2 November 1602 in Middelburg – 20 June 1665 in Sloterdijk, Amsterdam) was a Dutch theologian and Hebrew scholar.
[5] Boreel's associates included Peter Serrarius, a fellow millenarian, Baruch Spinoza, who moved with the Collegiants after exclusion from the Amsterdam Jewish community, and Henry Oldenburg, a correspondent.
They were a fringe group, but are considered important as representative of the 'Third Force', trying to reconcile religious orthodoxy with scientific scepticism.
[7] Adam Boreel is reputed to be the author of Lucerna Super Candelabrum (The Light upon the Candlestick, 1663), a mystical text accepted by both the Collegiants and the Quakers.
[8] Boreel took a close interest in Judaism, working with Menasseh Ben Israel and Judah Leon Templo.