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Title: Oh dear, more dreck published by this non-rabbi.
Review: Oh dear, more dreck published by this non-rabbi. (The author claims to be a rabbi, but the Yeshiva he claims his ordination from denies that he is a rabbi.)Like all of his other works, this one is full of terrible translations, censored and edited texts, and horrible commentary. Berg's "explanations" are rejected by all Jewish authorities, Orthodox and non-Orthodox, religious and academic. Berg is attempting to create a non-Jewish and for-profit version of Kabbalah, and it is just embarassing. Instead of reading his nonsense, please check out books on this subject by real authorities and good writers:Read, for instance, "The Jewish Mystical Tradition", by Ben Zion Bokser; "Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism", by Gershom Scholem; "Zohar: Annotated & Explained" by Daniel Chanan Matt and Andrew HarveyI would also suggest "The Wisdom of The Zohar: An Anthology of Texts", Ed. Isaiah Tishby, and translated from the Hebrew by David Goldstein.
