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LITERATURE OF THE EAST

VOLUME IV

MEDIEVAL HEBREW

THE MIDRASH

THE KABBALAH

In Translations by
DR. W. WYNN WESTCOTT, D.P.H., Magus of the Rosicrucian Society;
S. L. MATHERS, M.A.; Very Rev. HERMAN ADLER, LL.D., Presi-
dent of Jews' College; ADOLF NEUBAUER, Ph.D., Reader of Rab-
binical Literature, Oxford University; REV. SAMUEL RAPAPORT,
Rabbi of Cape Colony; DR. MICHAEL FRIEDLANDER, Ph.D.; and
other authorities on Hebraic and Kabbalistic lore.

With a Brief Bibliography by
ADOLPH S. OKO, Librarian of Hebrew Union College.

With an Historical Survey and Descriptions by
PROF. CHARLES F. HORNE, PH.D.

PARKE, AUSTIN, AND LIPSCOMB, Inc.
NEW YORK

LONDON

“Let there be light.”—GENESIS I, 3.

There never was a false god, nor was there ever really a false religion, unless you call a child a false man.”—Max MÜLLER.

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I.-THE MIDRASH, or Preserved Tradition

The Tanhuma Midrash (about A.D. 500).

Bereshith Rabba

Exodus Rabba

Leviticus Rabba

Numbers Rabba

Deuteronomy Rabba

Ashmedai, the King of Demons

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II.—THE KABBALAH, or Secret Tradition (from unknown

date to A.D. 1305)

The Book of Creation, or Sepher Yetzirah

The Book of Concealed Mystery, or Sepher

Dtzenioutha

The Greater Holy Assembly

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III.-RELIGIOUS POETRY

The Poems of Avicebron or Ibn Gabirol (died

A.D. 1058).

The Poems of Judah Halevi (A.D. 1080–1150)

Later Poets

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IV.-THE BOOK CUSARI, The Story of a Lost Race

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V.-THE GREAT HEBREW PHILOSOPHERS

Commentaries of Rabbi Ben Ezra (A.D. 1092–

1167)

Advice of Maimonides (1135-1204)

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VI.—THE TRAVELS OF BENJAMIN OF TUDELA (A.D. 1160–

1173)

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

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