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Joshua Abelson wrote this book in 1913 for G.R.S. Mead's 'Quest' series of studies on the spiritual essence of the world's major religious traditions. As the foremost English-language authority of the day on his topic, Abelson achieved this objective with ease, and in doing he produced a little masterpiece. Herein Abelson gives rare insights into the spiritual teaching that lies at the very heart of the Kabbalah, providing students with a valuable resource that will assist them to comprehend the principles and dynamics of the interior life of the Tradition. For this reason alone it deserves an honoured place on every student's bookshelf.

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JOSHUA ABELSON (1873-1940),Orthodox rabbi and scholar. He served the Bristol Hebrew Congregation from 1899 - 1907 and and from 1907-1920 was Principal of Aria College, Portsmouth. Abelson's works include The Immanence of God in Rabbinical Literature (1912), in which he examined the theory of the Shekhinah in the rabbinic sources, and its connection with the later development of Jewish mysticism, and Jewish Mysticism (1913) one of the earliest scholarly treatments of Kabbalah in English.

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