Ben Haim

If you feel you must study Qabalistic works, here is a list of non-controversial works that all speak of the oneness of haShem... The following list (directly below) consists of works that no "Gadol" (in the Orthodox world) disputes as authentic Torah/ Qabala. A list of disputed works follows this one.

LEGEND:

TC= Torah Commentary (Gamara/Rishonim oriented) K=Qabalastic school of thought (non-Zohar) TK=both Torah and Qabala T=Wisdom and/or Philosophy LC = Law Code H=Borderline heretical AR=Anti rMb"M DR=Disputed once by Jerusalem Qabalists-- but eventually recognized as a valid opinion

Any books or articles by rav Rason Arusi TC
Targum Onkelos TC
Midrashim by Yeshiyahu ben Nethaniel Rabbenu & Mori Yosef Qafahh zs"l TK , T
Amunoth weDeioth of haJaon Saadhya-Beliefs and Opinions TK , T
Manorath haMa'or TC
Mikhilta TC
Rashi TC
Khoter ban Shlomo: Siraj al-Uqul : Yemenite Midrash : T , K
Orah Khayim TC
Tora Temimah TC
Mora Nevouchim of Morenu haRamb”m TC , T
Midrash haJathol TK
Langerman's book, "Yemenite Midrash" TK
Hhovoth haLevavoth of Morenu Bahheya ibn Paqudha T
Kuzari by Yahuda ha lewi TK
Secret of the Torah by ibn Ezra TC
Mori Yikhyeh's Milkhamoth haShem K , DR
ABBAI, Meir ibn Ezekiel: Tola'at Ya'akov, Derekh Emunah, Avodat ha-Kodesh, Marot Elohim K
Sepher Yasira with commentary- Rav Qafahh zs"l version only (warning: could lead to confusion about G-D) K
R. Eliezer me-Garmisa (from Worms in Germany) in Ha-Rokeah T=Wisdom
Sefer ha-Mitzvot Gadol & Sefer Mitzvot Katanby Rabbi Moses ben Jacob of Coucy' (not Temani) LC
Samuel Dovid Luzatto (Anti-rMb"M) K, AR
Shelomo ibn Jabirol: Kether Malchuth and Meqor Hayyim K
Elijah Delmedigo K
Jacob Emden (content debated by others-- but good points remain) K

DM= Disputed Midrash and/or Authorship SU= Status Undecided
C=Contradictory content AV=Criticized in the past for idolatrous concepts by at least 2 Jatholim.
KK=Inclined towards Karaite views.

Bahir DM , C, AV
Zohar DM, AV
Leon of Modena in his "Ari Nohem" (author is border-line heretical/ Karaite in other works) KK

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