The Kabbalah
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This is a scholarly study of the origin and evolution of the Kabbalah. Originally published in French in 1843, with a second French edition in 1889, this book traces the origins of the philosophical concepts of the Kabbalah to the ancient Zoroastrians. Franck goes into fascinating detail about the doctrine of the Kabbalah, as expressed in the Sepher Yetzirah and the Zohar. He carefully compares the philosophy of the Kabbalah with Greek philosophy, the Alexandrians, Philo, and the Gnostics, and concludes that, although there are similarities, none of them can claim to be the source of the Kabbalah. However, he does find many more similarities with the ancient Zoroastrian beliefs. By this process of elimination, he comes to the conclusion that the doctrines of the Kabbalah had their origin during the Babylonian exile circa 500 B.C.E., which was also the time when Zoroaster was active in the same geographical region.
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Table of contents
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION
- PREFACE TO THE GERMAN TRANSLATION OF THE FIRST FRENCH EDITION
- FOREWORD TO THE SECOND FRENCH EDITION
- PREFACE OF THE AUTHOR
- INTRODUCTION
- PART ONE - CHAPTER 1. THE ANTIQUITY OF THE KABBALAH
- CHAPTER 2. THE KABBALISTIC BOOKS. AUTHENTICITY OF THE SEFER YETZIRAH
- CHAPTER 3. THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE ZOHAR
- PART TWO - CHAPTER 1. THE DOCTRINE CONTAINED IN THE KABBALISTIC BOOKS. ANALYSIS OF THE SEFER YETZIRAH
- CHAPTER 2. ANALYSIS OF THE ZOHAR. ALLEGORICAL METHOD OF THE KABBALISTS
- CHAPTER 3. CONTINUATION OF THE ANALYSIS OF THE ZOHAR. THE KABBALISTS' CONCEPTION OF THE NATURE OF GOD
- CHAPTER 4. CONTINUATION OF THE ANALYSIS OF THE ZOHAR. THE KABBALISTS' VIEW OF THE WORLD
- CHAPTER 5. CONTINUATION OF THE ANALYSIS OF THE ZOHAR. VIEW OF THE KABBALISTS ON THE HUMAN SOUL
- PART THREE - CHAPTER 1. SYSTEMS WHICH OFFER SOME RESEMBLANCE TO THE KABBALAH. RELATION OF THE KABBALAH TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF PLATO
- CHAPTER 2. RELATION OF THE KABBALAH TO THE ALEXANDRIAN SCHOOL
- CHAPTER 3. RELATION OF THE KABBALAH TO THE DOCTRINE OF PHILO
- CHAPTER 4. RELATION OF THE KABBALAH TO CHRISTIANITY
- CHAPTER 5. RELATION OF THE KABBALAH TO THE RELIGION OF THE CHALDEANS AND PERSIANS
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