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Kaballah means reception recieved- i.e. a chain that goes back to Moses - handed down through the generations from Sinai. It's the hidden understanding of Torah.  

Kaballah means reception recieved- i.e. a chain that goes back to Moses - handed down through the generations from Sinai. It's the hidden understanding of Torah.  

Jesus knew Kaballah, according to Jewish tradition.

Also Jesus knew Kaballah.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=KtCWV590B5kC The Jewish Jesus: Revelation, Reflection, Reclamation]. (2011). United Kingdom: Purdue University Press.</ref>

For centuries only 'the few' studied it. I'm almost certain that this Judah did not.

For centuries only 'the few' studied it. I'm almost certain that this Judah did not.

Today in age, there are some lessons given , yet, it's a descriptive form, with lots of parable language, and not everyone who claims to get it is correct. It's very deep and in fact you have to 'live it' to 'really' get it.

Today in age, there are some lessons given , yet, it's a descriptive form, with lots of parable language, and not everyone who claims to get it is correct. It's very deep and in fact you have to 'live it' to 'really' get it.

 

Non-religious-Jews and others describe it as a form of Jewish "[[mysticism]]," representing itself as a school of ancient mystical teachings traditionally taught only to those who had reached the age of 40 and who had already learned [[Torah]] and [[Talmud]]. Jewish tradition teaches that the souls of all Jews were in existence at the time of the Giving of the Torah and were present at the time and agreed to the Covenant. There are many stories of spiritual levels of reality similar to Christian heaven and purgatory, of wandering souls and [[reincarnation]]. In the [[Middle Ages]], some of these mystical teachings were committed to writing. Many of these writings were asserted to be secret ancient writings or compilations of secret ancient writings. In Judaism, most cosmological issues are wide open to personal opinion, and are extensively discussed in these teachings. The Jewish mystical school of thought came to be known as Kabbalah, from the Hebrew root '''<big> קבל </big>''Quf-Beit-Lamed''''' (QBL) expanded to ''' <big>קַבָּלָה</big> '''(QBLH)  meaning "to receive, to accept." The word is usually translated as "tradition." According to ancient kabbalistic tradition, the genuine mystical doctrine of Kabbalah is transmitted only face-to-face by word of mouth from teacher to pupil, and is complete only when the pupil has been brought to the profound mystical experience of ''gnosis'' (direct personal knowledge) and ''[[praxis]]'' (proficient ability). The mystical teachings of kabbalah were partly written in the ''Book of Zohar'' ("Splendor"), and these incomplete teachings have been distorted by mystics and occultists and New Age practitioners, and novelty-seekers and celebrities in the pop-culture, all of them having in common a rejection of traditional Christianity.

Non-religious-Jews and others describe it as a form of Jewish "[[mysticism]]," representing itself as a school of ancient mystical teachings traditionally taught only to those who had reached the age of 40 and who had already learned [[Torah]] and [[Talmud]]. Jewish tradition teaches that the souls of all Jews were in existence at the time of the Giving of the Torah and were present at the time and agreed to the Covenant. There are many stories of spiritual levels of reality similar to Christian heaven and purgatory, of wandering souls and [[reincarnation]]. In the [[Middle Ages]], some of these mystical teachings were committed to writing. Many of these writings were asserted to be secret ancient writings or compilations of secret ancient writings. In Judaism, most cosmological issues are wide open to personal opinion, and are extensively discussed in these teachings. The Jewish mystical school of thought came to be known as Kabbalah, from the Hebrew root '''<big> קבל </big>''Quf-Beit-Lamed''''' (QBL) expanded to ''' <big>קַבָּלָה</big> '''(QBLH)  meaning "to receive, to accept." The word is usually translated as "tradition." According to ancient kabbalistic tradition, the genuine mystical doctrine of Kabbalah is transmitted only face-to-face by word of mouth from teacher to pupil, and is complete only when the pupil has been brought to the profound mystical experience of ''gnosis'' (direct personal knowledge) and ''[[praxis]]'' (proficient ability). The mystical teachings of kabbalah were partly written in the ''Book of Zohar'' ("Splendor"), and these incomplete teachings have been distorted by mystics and occultists and New Age practitioners, and novelty-seekers and celebrities in the pop-culture, all of them having in common a rejection of traditional Christianity.

Compare '''John 1:1-3, 14'''.{{quotation|In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the '''Word was God'''. He was in the beginning with God; all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made. ... '''And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us''', full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father. (RSVCE ''boldface emphasis added'')}}[[Saint Peter]] states plainly and unequivocally {{quotation|[W]'''e did not follow cleverly devised myths''' when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eye-witnesses of his glory. (2 Peter 1:16 RSVCE ''boldface emphasis added'')}}And [[John the Apostle|Saint John]] says{{quotation|That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life--'''the life was made manifest''', and we saw it, and testify to it, and proclaim to you '''the eternal life which was with the Father and was made manifest to us''' (1&nbsp;John&nbsp;1:1-2 RSVCE, ''boldface emphasis added)}}

Compare '''John 1:1-3, 14'''.{{quotation|In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the '''Word was God'''. He was in the beginning with God; all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made. ... '''And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us''', full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father. (RSVCE ''boldface emphasis added'')}}[[Saint Peter]] states plainly and unequivocally {{quotation|[W]'''e did not follow cleverly devised myths''' when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eye-witnesses of his glory. (2 Peter 1:16 RSVCE ''boldface emphasis added'')}}And [[John the Apostle|Saint John]] says{{quotation|That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life--'''the life was made manifest''', and we saw it, and testify to it, and proclaim to you '''the eternal life which was with the Father and was made manifest to us''' (1&nbsp;John&nbsp;1:1-2 RSVCE, ''boldface emphasis added)}}

==Christianity and Kabbalah==

==Other Christians and Kabbalah==

Christian biblical doctrine about Jesus clearly dismisses as totally irrelevant and erroneous the Jewish mystical teaching of Kabbalah.

Some Christian biblical doctrine about Jesus dismisses as totally irrelevant and erroneous the Jewish mystical teaching of Kabbalah.

==See also==

==See also==

[[Category:Religion]]

[[Category:Religion]]

[[Category:Renaissance]]

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