{"product_id":"9780595892747","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.","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47124557070576,"sku":"9780595892747","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780595892747_p0.jpg?v=1763724740","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780595892747","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}