Sepher Yezirah

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Excerpt from Sepher Yezirah: A Book on Creation, or the Jewish Metaphysics of Remote Antiquity, With English Translation, Preface, Explanatory Notes and GlossaryThis 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.)About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.