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I also found it ironic that on one hand the authors of the book admonish christians for using hebrew scriptures in their efforts to convert jews, but on the other hand they are using new testament quotes to disprove jesus qualities that messuah important. K288 1985 2967 8423589 isbn 0805210377 the publisher acknowledges with gratitude the assistance of mrs. The aryeh kaplan anthology part i online book olami. I found this book to be very helpful in my study of kabbalah and meditation as. Read meditation and kabbalah by aryeh kaplan for free with a 30 day free trial. York beach, maine first published in by samuel weiser, inc.
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