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It is remarkable that whilst the Doctors of the Sorbonne were urging Francis the First absolutely to suppress printing even as late as 1533 and whilst this enlightened monarch had actually issued letters-patent January 3 1535 prohibiting under pain of death any person to print any book or books, and ordering all booksellers' shops to be closed under the same penalty, the Jews should have hailed with delight this invention as a Divine gift and sung its praises because it enabled them to multiply and circulate the word of God.

Christian David Ginsburg

The Kabbalah was first taught by God himself to a select company of angels, who formed a theosophic school in Paradise.

Christian David Ginsburg

Christian David Ginsburg

Christian David Ginsburg

Born: December 25, 1831

Died: March 7, 1914 (aged 82)

Bio: Christian David Ginsburg was a Polish-born, British Bible scholar and student of the masoretic tradition in Judaism.

Known for:

Essenes and the Kabbalah
The Kabbalah (Routledge Revivals): Its Doctrines, Development, and Literature

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