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Kahane-Was-Right BT:

--- Quote from: muman613 on April 12, 2009, 01:42:33 PM ---This book is not really considered a part of the Jewish canon. It is considered Apocrypha.

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--- Quote ---It appears that the xtians have corrupted the text of this 'book of enoch'. Needless to say I have no idea what this text contains...

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--- Quote --- If we look into the Zohar, the mystical book of Kabbalah, there is some corroboration for some of the ideas contained in this book.
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Hmmm... Isn't that interesting....

Sefardic Panther:
Stay away from apocryphal books!!! Rabbi Aqiva cursed anyone who reads these treif books because they ended up inspiring the 2 biggest religions in the world which have since sadistically oppressed, tortured and murdered Jews by the millions!!!

momofsixbabes:

--- Quote from: Sefardic Panther on April 13, 2009, 05:44:31 PM ---Stay away from apocryphal books!!! Rabbi Aqiva cursed anyone who reads these treif books because they ended up inspiring the 2 biggest religions in the world which have since sadistically oppressed, tortured and murdered Jews by the millions!!!
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Wow, I didn't know that. I don't know what Apocraphal means. Is that part of the Catholic church bible? I don't understand what that means-what are the religions you refer to?
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muman613:

--- Quote from: momofsixbabes on April 14, 2009, 11:32:24 AM ---
--- Quote from: Sefardic Panther on April 13, 2009, 05:44:31 PM ---Stay away from apocryphal books!!! Rabbi Aqiva cursed anyone who reads these treif books because they ended up inspiring the 2 biggest religions in the world which have since sadistically oppressed, tortured and murdered Jews by the millions!!!

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Wow, I didn't know that. I don't know what Apocraphal means. Is that part of the Catholic church bible? I don't understand what that means-what are the religions you refer to?

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Apocryphal means that they are not part of the Jewish holy books yet some claim that they are. These books have lead to mistranslation of many Jewish ideas and is why Kabbalah itself is impuned. Some of the secrets of Torah were never meant to be written down because they could be used for evil purposes. The entire Oral tradition was not written till 2000 years ago.

The two religions which rose out of mistranslation of our Holy Tanach are Christianity and Islam which both claim that Torah is divine yet that their 'prophet' somehow over-ruled the words of Hashem as given to Moshe. Torah makes it clear than anyone who says such a thing is a false prophet and should be harshly dealt with.

It is wise for students of Torah to avoid apocryphal books.

http://www.askmoses.com/en/article/276,533/What-is-the-Jewish-view-on-the-Apocrypha.html

--- Quote ---What is the Jewish view on the Apocrypha?

The Apocrypha refers to books that remained outside the biblical canon, such as the Book of Maccabees, which deals with the story of Chanukah, and The Book of Ben Sira, which is a collection of Proverbs.

These books were not written with Divine inspiration and according to some contain ideas that are antithetical to true Judaism. Judaism therefore does not encourage one to read them. However, they do contain valuable info and wisdom and according to some opinions may be consulted appropriately.

See Talmud Sanhedrin 100b regarding the “external books.”

(Obviously the Christian Apocrypha is treated like all other books of Chrisitanity.)
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judeanoncapta:
I have read the book of enoch and found it to be less than inspiring. The only books of the Apochrypha I like are Maccabbees I and II and the Vision of Barukhyahu ben Neryahu.

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