Biblical Hermeneutics

PRINCIPLES OF BIBLICAL HERMENETICS ; M. M. NINAN
Groundwork for the theoretical Kabbalah was laid only in the 13th century by the monumental Sefer ha-Zohar, or
“Book of Splendor.” But its full potential was realized 300 years later when an elite group of scholars gathered at
Safed in Galilee. Moses Cordovero, Isaac Luria, Chaim Vital, and others codified the Zoharic teachings and built the
elaborate system of theoretical, “theosophical,” Kabbalah as we have today.
Christian Kabbalah” emerged in Florence and spread to other parts of Europe. Strongly influenced by Renaissance
Hermeticism, it provided a basis for 19th- and early 20th-century occultism and for today’s popular Kabbalah.
THE SEVEN RULES OF HILLEL
Hillel (60 BC – 20 AD), later became head of the Sanhedrin and was called the Nasi (Prince).
He was the master of the great school or Beit, at first associated with Menachem and
afterward Shammai, his peer. His School advocated the milder HALAKHIC rulings. His
influence as a restorer of Scriptural exegesis is his most significant contribution to the
Yisraelite world. He lived as a great teacher who lived what he taught-the practice of
tzedakah, fear of Elohim, and humility. After Hillel's death the mantle of his rabbinical
leadership fell upon his son, Simeon.Later, it was passed on to Rabbi Gamliel, who was
Shaul's teacher and Gamliel supported the early talmidim of Yahshua. Gamliel was the first to
carry the title "Rabban" (our master or great one, Professor), rather than the more common
title "rabbi" (my teacher)
The Seven Rules of Hillel existed long before Rabbi Hillel but he was the first to write them
down. The rules are so old we see them used in the Tenach (Old Testament).
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