{"product_id":"sefer-ha-bahir-mari-silva-9798735951629","title":"Sefer ha-Bahir: The Ultimate Guide to Understanding the Bahir and Its Influence on Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism","description":"\u003cb\u003eUncover the many secrets of the mysterious and complex Sefer ha-Bahir!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSefer ha-Bahir has been the subject of scrutiny and debate for hundreds of years. Ambiguity about its dating and authorship have consumed Jewish scholarship's greatest minds over countless ages. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn in the Ancient Near East's cultural cauldron, Sefer ha-Bahir was not written in ancient times, although many ideas found in its pages hail from them. According to scholars, this fragmented document - scattered to the winds and then reassembled - would appear to us today to be one of Kabbalah's foundational documents. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's in Bahir that we first read of the sefirot. But the sefirot of Bahir are not the sefirot of later Kabbalah, not even of Sefer Yetzirah. These sefirot are seen through a completely different lens, a lens which ascribes to them seven voices and three sayings and a pivotal role in the Creation narrative of Genesis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this book, you'll learn the fascinating story of Bahir, including: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow Sefer ha-Bahir was first published and how it was written over the course of many ages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe structure of the modern form of the Bahir and who's responsible for it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat the ten utterances are\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe concept of God's concealment, as explained in the text, and what \"hester panim\" means\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow the Hebrew language is an active agent of Creation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWho the Masoretes are and how vowels and cantillations added new meaning to this adqab (all consonant) language\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWho Adam Kadmon is and why he and Adam, Bad Boy of Creation, are and are not the same \"guy\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat the seven voices concern the sefirot and the theophany at Mt. Horeb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow the ten commandments figure into the Kabbalistic model of Creation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat the 613 mitzvot mean in Judaism and their functional purpose in tikkun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow the Tetragrammaton came to be the highest name of God and how it's not really a name at all\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe connection between glory and wisdom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWho Gershom Scholem and Aryeh Kaplan were and how their contributions to understanding Sefer ha-Bahir catapulted it into the public consciousness of this Modern era\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat Neo-Platonism concerns Sefer ha-Bahir\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat Shekhinah is and what it has to do with the \"Victory of Victories\" - the healing of Creation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eGet this book for an exciting and in-depth discussion of Sefer ha-Bahir, its place in the canon of Kabbalah, and the unique way it tells the story of how Creation was accomplished and humanity's role as God's partner in healing it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eClick the \"add to cart\" button to get your copy of this book!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mari Silva\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8735951621\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798735951629\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/10\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d","brand":"Mari Silva","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43982109573375,"sku":"9798735951629","price":13.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f2b07d55-9614-4ada-8597-c5fc5eb32a44.jpg?v=1683259281","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sefer-ha-bahir-mari-silva-9798735951629","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}