Sepher Yezirah - A Book on Creation, or the Jewish Metaphysics of Remote Antiquity; With English Translation, Preface, Explanatory Notes and Glossary (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Sepher Yezirah: A Book on Creation, or the Jewish Metaphysics of Remote Antiquity; With English Translation, Preface, Explanatory Notes and Glossary

This metaphysical essay, called Sepher Yezirah, (book on creation, or cosmogony,) which I have em deavored to render into English, with explanatory notes, is considered by all modern literati as the first philosophical book that ever was written in the He brew language. But the time of its composition and the name of its author have not yet been ascertained, despite of the most elaborate researches of renowned archaeologists. Some maintain that this essay is mentioned in the Talmud treatise Sanhedrin, p. 66 b. And ibid. 67 b. Which passage is according to the com mentary of Rashi, to treatise Erubin, p. 63 a., a re liable historical notice. Hence this book was known already in the second or at the beginning of the third century of the Christian Era. The historian, Dr. Graetz, tries to show very ingeniofisly in his work, entitled Gnosticism, p. 104: and 110, that it was writteninthe early centuries of the Christian Church, especially when the ideas and views of the Gnostics were in vogue. This opinion, however, he afterwards revoked. (see Dr. Graetz's History of the J ews,'i Vol. V, p. 315 111 a note.)

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With more than 60 fiction and nonfiction titles for children to her credit, Aliki has been delighting her many fans since her first book was published in 1960. Born in New Jersey, she now lives in New York City.
Aliki's books for young readers include the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out titles Digging Up Dinosaurs, Fossils Tell of Long Ago, My Feet, and My Hands. Other nonfiction books by Aliki include How a Book Is Made, Mummies Made in Egypt, My Visit to the Aquarium, My Visit to the Dinosaurs, My Visit to the Zoo, Wild and Woolly Mammoths, and William Shakespeare & the Globe.

Zusammenfassung

I love to go into the garden.
I sit quietly.
I see flowers and plants.
It makes me feel peaceful.
If I am very still,
I see birds, insects,
and creatures I had
not noticed before.
I can even hear them!
Nibble, crunch, chomp.
Chew, bite, slurp,
swallow, gulp.
They are all hungry!
Get ready to look and listen.
Get ready fbr fun in the quiet garden.
You can make your own quiet garden, too!

Zusatztext

"An artful introduction to nature, stillness, and the power of observation."

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Aryeh Kaplan
• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.01.2017
• Seiten: 64
• Abmessung: 152 mm x 229 mm x 3 mm
• Gewicht: 100 g
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Judentum