Part Two. Chapter Iv. Analysis Of The Zohar : p. 177 CHAPTER IV CONTINUATION OF THE ANALYSIS OF THE ZOHAR THE KABBALISTS' VIEW OF THE WORLD What we know of the opinion of the Kabbalists concerning the divine nature, exempts us from dwelling upon their method of conception concerning the creation and the origin of the world; for, at bottom...
Errata : p. vi This is the Errata page from the original book--JBH ERRATA Page 66, note 8. Instead read. Page 67, note 10. Insert the word before "should have been translated." Page 113, note 66. Read instead of Page 142, line 11 from top. Insert the word "the" between "than" and "events." Page 161, note...
Dedication Page : DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF MY UNFORGETTABLE TEACHER AND FATHER JOSEPH L. SOSSNITZ GREAT KABBALIST, THOROUGH SCIENTIST, TRUE PHILOSOPHER AND INDEFATIGABLE SEEKER FOR. TRUTH IN HUMBLE DEVOTION THE TRANSLATOR
Part Three. Chapter Ii. Relation Of The Kabbalah : p. 220 CHAPTER II RELATION OF THE KABBALAH TO THE ALEXANDRIAN SCHOOL The metaphysical and religious doctrine which we have gathered from the Zohar has undoubtedly a more intimate resemblance to the so-called Neoplatonic philosophy than to pure Platonism. But before pointing out what is comm...
Part Two. Chapter Iii. Analysis Of The Zohar : p. 145 CHAPTER III CONTINUATION OF THE ANALYSIS OF THE ZOHAR THE KABBALISTS' CONCEPTION OF THE NATURE OF GOD The Kabbalists speak of God in two ways which in no wise impair the unity of their thought. When they attempt to define God, when they distinguish His attributes, and wish to give us...
Part One. Chapter Ii. The Kabbalistic Books : p. 78 CHAPTER II THE KABBALISTIC BOOKS AUTHENTICITY OF THE SEFER YETZIRAH We come now to the original books in which, according to the most wide-spread opinion, the Kabbalistic system took form since its birth. Judging from the titles 1 which have come down to us, the books were very numerous. But...
Preface To The German Translati : p. xv PREFACE TO THE GERMAN TRANSLATION OF THE FIRST FRENCH EDITION "By" ADOLPH JELLINEK None of the gnostic systems has so often been compelled, under the hands of the critics, to change its birthplace as the so-called Kabbalah; no monument of Oriental Philosophy 1 has called forth such...
Preface Of The Author : p. xxvii PREFACE OF THE AUTHOR A doctrine with more than one point of resemblance to the doctrine of Plato and Spinoza; a doctrine which in its form rises at times to the majestic tone of religious poetry; a doctrine born in the same land, and almost at the same time, as Christianity; a doctrine...
Untitled : This is a scholarly study of the origin and evolution of the Kabbalah. Originally published in French in 1843, with a second French edition in 1889, this book traces the origins of the philosophical concepts of the Kabbalah to the ancient Zoroastrians. Franck goes into fascinating detail...
Part Three. Chapter Iv. Relation Of The Kabbalah : p. 271 CHAPTER IV RELATION OF THE KABBALAH TO CHRISTIANITY Since the Kabbalah is indebted neither to philosophy nor to Greece, nor to the capital of the Ptolomeans, it necessarily must have its cradle in Asia. Judaism must have brought it forth through its own efforts; or it must have sprung...
Title Page : THE KABBALAH OR THE RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY OF THE HEBREWS BY ADOLPH FRANCK REVISED AND ENLARGED TRANSLATION BY DR. I. SOSSNITZ NEW YORK THE KABBALAH PUBLISHING COMPANY [1926] ADOLPH FRANCK 1809-1893 Title Page Verso NOTICE OF ATTRIBUTION Scanned , October, 2005. Proofed and formatted by John Bruno...
Part Two. Chapter I. The Doctrine Contained : p. 123 PART TWO CHAPTER I THE DOCTRINE CONTAINED IN THE KABBALISTIC BOOKS. ANALYSIS OF THE SEFER YETZIRAH Despite the credulity of some and the skepticism of others, the two books which we have recognized as the true monuments of the Kabbalah will alone furnish us the necessary material...
Appendix : p. 308 APPENDIX (JELLINEK) BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES ON THE ZOHAR A NAMES OF THE ZOHAR Jewish authors adopted preferably the three following names for the grand monument of the Kabbalah: 1. (Midroshau)--his Midrash, or, (Midrosh shel R. Simeon ben Yohai)--the Midrash of Simeon ben Yohai. Under this...
Introduction : p. lii INTRODUCTION Although one finds in the Kabbalah a complete system on things of a moral and spiritual order, yet it can not be considered either as a philosophy or as a religion; I mean to say, it rests, apparently at least, neither upon reason nor upon inspiration or authority. Like most...
Part Three. Chapter V. Relation Of The Kabbalah : p. 282 CHAPTER V RELATION OF THE KABBALAH TO THE RELIGION OF THE CHALDEANS AND PERSIANS Were we to find within the present circumscribed limits of our investigation a people, distinguished by its civilization as well as by its political power, which exercised an immediate and lasting influence...
Part Three. Chapter I. Systems Which Offer : p. 213 PART THREE CHAPTER I SYSTEMS WHICH OFFER SOME RESEMBLANCE TO THE KABBALAH RELATION OF THE KABBALAH TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF PLATO The systems which, because of their nature, or because of the age which has given rise to them, seem likely to have served as basis and pattern for the esoteric...
Part One. Chapter I. The Antiquity Of The Kabbalah : p. 63 PART ONE CHAPTER I THE ANTIQUITY OF THE KABBALAH Enthusiastic partisans of the Kabbalah declare it to have been brought down by angels from heaven to teach the first man, after his disobedience, the way to recover his primal nobility and bliss. 1 Others supposed that the lawgiver...
Part One. Chapter Iii. The Authenticity : p. 87 CHAPTER III THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE ZOHAR A much more lively interest, but also more serious difficulty follow the literary monument still to be considered by us. The Zohar, or the Book of Brightness, is the universal code of the Kabbalah. Under the modest form of a commentary...
Preface To The English Translation : p. xiii PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION It would be presumption on my part were I to follow the example of the German translator and write a lengthy preface on the merits of this book. It would be but a poor imitation, at best. Any one willing to take the trouble to study the biography...
Part Three. Chapter Iii. Relati : p. 239 CHAPTER III RELATION OF THE KABBALAH TO THE DOCTRINE OF PHILO Without repeating what has been said before of the relative isolation of the Jews of Palestine and those of Egypt, we may add that Philo's name is never mentioned by the Jewish writers of the Middle Ages. Neither Saadia 1 n...
Foreword To The Second French Edition : p. xxii FOREWORD TO THE SECOND FRENCH EDITION FRANCK It is almost half a century, in 1843, since this book saw the light for the first time. It is nearly as long since it was introduced into public and private libraries. This public eagerness to take notice of a metaphysical and religious work...
Part Two. Chapter Ii. Analysis Of The Zohar : p. 140 CHAPTER II ANALYSIS OF THE ZOHAR ALLEGORICAL METHOD OF THE KABBALISTS As the authors who contributed to the formation of the Zohar give us their ideas in the humblest and the least logical shape, in the form of a simple commentary on the Five Books of Moses, we may, without failing...
Part Two. Chapter V. Analysis Of The Zohar : p. 189 CHAPTER V CONTINUATION OF THE ANALYSIS OF THE ZOHAR VIEW OF THE KABBALISTS ON THE HUMAN SOUL It is mainly because of the high rank given to man by the Kabbalists, that the latter recommend themselves to our interest, and the study of their system becomes of great importance to the history...
