Abbott, J. – Cyrus the Great is a straight historical work, so if you are researching into rulers around the biblical times, this work would be helpful, otherwise probably better not to download it.
by Jacob Abbott
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Abbott, J. – Cyrus the Great is a straight historical work, so if you are researching into rulers around the biblical times, this work would be helpful, otherwise probably better not to download it.
by Jacob Abbott
by J. Abelson (London: G. Bell and Sons, 1913)
The Kabbalah in the context of the history of Jewish Mysticism.
IT might strike the average reader as exceedingly odd that any attempt should be made at writing a book on Jewish mysticism. The prevailing opinion–among theologians as well as in the mind of the ordinary man–seems to be that Judaism and mysticism stand at the opposite poles of thought, and that, therefore, such a phrase as Jewish mysticism is a glaring and indefensible contradiction in terms. It is to be hoped that the contents of this little book will show the utter falsity of this view.
This work is designed to give the reader a bird’s eye view of the salient features in Jewish mysticism rather than a solid presentation of the subject as a whole. Should the reader be stimulated into a deeper study of the subject, the bibliography at the end of the book will lead the reader to the missing parts. Contents: some early elements, Essenism; Merkabah (chariot) mysticism; Philo, metatron, wisdom; kingdom of heaven, fellowship, Shechinah; book of Yetsirah; some general features of the Zohar mysticism; ten Sefirot; the soul. Continue reading
JUDAISM
By ISRAEL ABRAHAMS, M.A.
READER IN TALMUDIC AND RABBINIC LITERATURE
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
This is a 8 chapter work on Judaism by Israel Abrahams (Jewish Christian), which examines some of the common elements of modern Jews with roots into the Old Testament like their past legacy, religion as law, articles of faith, concepts, observances, mysticism, eschatology, survival. Continue reading
IN DARKEST ENGLAND and THE WAY OUT
by GENERAL BOOTH
(this Etext comes from the 1890 1st ed. pub. The Salvation Army)
General In Darkest England is a two-part, 17 chapter work in which Booth founder of the Salvation Army explains his workings in England.
Jewish History
S. M. Dubnow
David King, Charles Franks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
JEWISH HISTORY
AN ESSAY IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY
BY S. M. DUBNOW
In this 12 chapter work on Jewish History by Simon Dubnow (Jewish), he presents an overview of their history starting in the Old Testament up through some post Bible periods in Jewish history. Continue reading