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... days and the present time , except that Israel will regain the sov- ereignty over Palestine . In his letter to Yemen , where the sorely - tried Jews had been led astray by an enthusiast who pro- claimed himself THE RISE OF RATIONALISM 149.
... days and the present time , except that Israel will regain the sov- ereignty over Palestine . In his letter to Yemen , where the sorely - tried Jews had been led astray by an enthusiast who pro- claimed himself THE RISE OF RATIONALISM 149.
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... letter , that , according to a tradition handed down in his family , prophecy , the forerunner of the Mes- siah , will re - appear in the year 1216. " While Maimonides ' conception of the Messiah and of the Messianic age is thus clearly ...
... letter , that , according to a tradition handed down in his family , prophecy , the forerunner of the Mes- siah , will re - appear in the year 1216. " While Maimonides ' conception of the Messiah and of the Messianic age is thus clearly ...
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... letters and words , numbers and phrases , are the proper and most effective means to at- tain the highest pitch of ecstasy , and thus come in closer communion with God . terializing the ideal , they saw concrete reali- ties in the ...
... letters and words , numbers and phrases , are the proper and most effective means to at- tain the highest pitch of ecstasy , and thus come in closer communion with God . terializing the ideal , they saw concrete reali- ties in the ...
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... letters of the alphabet , mysterious allusions in Biblical phrases , and symbolic interpreta- tions of acrostics . Accordingly , they re- garded those who could best establish their claims on such speculations and calculations as fit ...
... letters of the alphabet , mysterious allusions in Biblical phrases , and symbolic interpreta- tions of acrostics . Accordingly , they re- garded those who could best establish their claims on such speculations and calculations as fit ...
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... letters of God's name . They insisted that they possessed the key to certain formulas by which they could come into direct communion with God , and obtain the power of prophecy . Abraham Abulafia of Tudela ( 1240- 1291 ) , endowed with ...
... letters of God's name . They insisted that they possessed the key to certain formulas by which they could come into direct communion with God , and obtain the power of prophecy . Abraham Abulafia of Tudela ( 1240- 1291 ) , endowed with ...
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Page 36 - Jacob ; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths : " for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people : and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks : nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Page 41 - The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
Page 29 - Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them ; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the Lord thy God.
Page 33 - And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: and the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD...
Page 35 - And it shall come to pass in the end of days, That the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, And shall be exalted above the hills; And all nations shall flow unto it.
Page 49 - For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be otfered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 60 - And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness, as the stars for ever and ever.
Page 76 - Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Page 47 - I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me : I girded thee, though thou hast not known me : That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. I form the light, and create darkness : I make peace, and create evil : I the LORD do all these things.
Page 40 - For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve Him with one consent.