CHAPTER V. MANASSEH’S _NISHMATH CHAYYIM_

Quotations from Gebirol, Bedersi, _R._ Kalonymus, _R._ Zerahiah Ha’levi, and others――Plato, Aristotle, and Philo ――_Cabbalistic_ ideas――_R._ Isaac Luria――Miracles and Christian Saints――Manasseh’s Jewish Nationalism――“The Jewish Soul”――The _Zohar_――_R._ Jehudah Ha’levi――The holiness of the Land of _Israel_――_R._ David Carcassone, the messenger from Constantinople.