{"product_id":"ancient-secrets-of-creation-sepher-yetzira-the-book-that-started-kabbalah-revealed-9780595449552","title":"Ancient Secrets of Creation: Sepher Yetzira, the Book That Started Kabbalah, Revealed","description":"\u003ci\u003eSepher Yetzira\u003c\/i\u003e is a second or third century Hebrew book that is considered to be the seminal work of Kabbalah because it is a mystical interpretation of \u003ci\u003ethe Old Testament\u003c\/i\u003e's creation story, and Kabbalists delve beneath the surface of \u003ci\u003ethe Bible\u003c\/i\u003e to understand the unspoken mysteries of how the world came to be. \u003ci\u003eAncient Secrets of Creation\u003c\/i\u003e is a new translation and reinterpretation of \u003ci\u003eSepher Yetzira\u003c\/i\u003e that provides the answers to questions about how God created the world, especially how the expression, \"And God said\" is used. Because of \u003ci\u003eSepher Yetzira\u003c\/i\u003e's succinctness and the passage of time, its implicit meanings have been lost. However, this work provides a fresh understanding of \u003ci\u003eSepher Yetzira\u003c\/i\u003e by rediscovering and clearly explaining those mathematical, scientific, philosophical, and theological foundations on which it rests. These include pertinent pre-Socratic Greek philosophies; the ideas of Plato, Plotinus, Iamblichus, Neopythagoreanism, and Neoplatonism; as well as \u003ci\u003ethe works of Philo of Alexandria\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ethe Old Testament\u003c\/i\u003e, and rabbinic understandings at the time that \u003ci\u003eSepher Yetzira\u003c\/i\u003e was written. This translation and explication unlock the secrets hidden within the Hebrew-language text of \u003ci\u003eSepher Yetzira\u003c\/i\u003e, the book that started Kabbalah.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/20\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595449552\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.29d","brand":"Fred Reiss","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42520564039861,"sku":"9780595449552","price":11.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d55abb7c-c4db-4292-a439-a71bcfd76906.jpg?v=1669129656","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/ancient-secrets-of-creation-sepher-yetzira-the-book-that-started-kabbalah-revealed-9780595449552","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}