Chapter VI., dealing with the Zohar, should

have been preceded by an exposition of the evolution of Jewish theological thought in the many centuries which divide that chapter from the matter contained in the
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previous chapter. But lack of space made these omissions inevitable. Should the reader be stimulated to a deeper study of the subject, he will be easily led to the missing parts by the aid of the bibliography at the end of the book.
I should add that the translated extracts from the Zohar are only in some cases made by me from the original Hebrew- Aramaic. I owe many of them to the French and German translations to be found in the works of the scholars from whom I have drawn much of my material.
J. ABELSON.
Aria College, Portsmouth.
CONTENTS
Introduction .
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