"Paulist Press deserves credit for adding this new dimension to interfaith dialogue." The Jewish Spectator Zohar: The Book of Enlightenment edited and translated, with an introduction by Daniel Chanan Matt, preface by Arthur Green So this story of Torah is the garment of Torah. Whoever thinks that the garment is the real Torah and not something else--may his spirit deflate! Zohar (c. 1280-1286) Zohar--"the book of Splendor, Radiance, Enlightenment"--has fascinated readers from its first appearance in thirteenth-century ...
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"Paulist Press deserves credit for adding this new dimension to interfaith dialogue." The Jewish Spectator Zohar: The Book of Enlightenment edited and translated, with an introduction by Daniel Chanan Matt, preface by Arthur Green So this story of Torah is the garment of Torah. Whoever thinks that the garment is the real Torah and not something else--may his spirit deflate! Zohar (c. 1280-1286) Zohar--"the book of Splendor, Radiance, Enlightenment"--has fascinated readers from its first appearance in thirteenth-century Spain until today. It is the major text of Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition. To assure the acceptance of his work within the Jewish community, a Spanish scholar named Moses de Leon claimed that Zohar was an ancient work of the school of the famous Rabbi Shim'on son of Yohai. It was not until our own century that critical scholarship demonstrated that the book's author was Moses de Leon himself. His mosaic of Scripture, Midrash, medieval homily, fiction, and fantasy presents what Professor Daniel Matt describes as "a challenge to the normal workings of consciousness [that] dares one to examine one's assumptions about tradition, God, and self." +
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Add this copy of Zohar: the Book of Enlightenment (Classics of Western to cart. $34.00, very good condition, Sold by 3rd St. Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lees Summit, MO, UNITED STATES, published 1984 by Paulist Pr.
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Add this copy of Zohar: the Book of Enlightenment [Classics of Western to cart. $37.00, very good condition, Sold by Windows Booksellers rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Eugene, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1983 by Paulist Press.
Add this copy of Zohar: the Book of Enlightenment (Classics of Western to cart. $49.50, very good condition, Sold by 3rd St. Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lees Summit, MO, UNITED STATES, published 1984 by Paulist Pr.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Very good, clean, tight condition. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged.
Add this copy of Zohar: the Book of Enlightenment (Classics of Western to cart. $60.93, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1984 by Paulist Pr.
Add this copy of Zohar: the Book of Enlightenment (Classics of Western to cart. $92.95, very good condition, Sold by Flamingo Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Menifee, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1983 by Paulist Pr.
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Very Good. Size: 9x6x1; 1983 Paulist Press (New York), 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches tall cloth hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), color pictorial boards over pale blue cloth spine, white lettering to front cover and spine, index, xvi, 320 pp. Very slight rubbing and edgewear to covers, with a small bit of sun fading to spine. Prior owner blind stamp to lower edge of blank front free-endpaper and half title page. Otherwise, a near fine copy-clean, bright and unmarked. ~SP01~ [2.0P] This is the first translation with commentary of selections from The Zohar (Hebrew: 'Splendor' or 'Radiance'), a foundational work in the literature of Jewish mystical thought known as Kabbalah originally written in Aramaic. It is a group of books including commentary on the mystical aspects of the Torah (the five books of Moses) and scriptural interpretations as well as material on mysticism, mythical cosmogony, and mystical psychology. The Zohar contains discussions of the nature of God, the origin and structure of the universe, the nature of souls, redemption, the relationship of Ego to Darkness and 'true self' to 'The Light of God. ' The Zohar was first publicized by Moses de Leon (circa 1240-1305), who claimed it was a Tannaitic work recording the teachings of Simeon ben Yochai (circaâ‰100 CE). This claim is universally rejected by modern scholars, most of whom believe de Leon, also an infamous forger of Geonic material, wrote the book himself between 1280 and 1286. Some scholars argue that the Zohar is the work of multiple medieval authors and/or contains a small amount of genuinely antique novel material.
Add this copy of Zohar: the Book of Enlightenment to cart. $125.00, very good condition, Sold by David H. Gerber Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austin, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1983 by Paulist Press.
