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Manuscript / book chapter / congressional evidence
File Size:
1.33 MB
Summary
This document appears to be the first page of Chapter 1 of a manuscript titled 'In Search of the Miraculous.' The text is an autobiographical narrative exploring the author's family history of Jewish mysticism in Eastern Europe and their father's theological disagreements with the philosophy of Moses Maimonides regarding the connection between the human intellect and the divine. The document bears a 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013504' stamp, indicating it was collected as evidence during a congressional investigation.
People (4)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| The Narrator | Author |
Describes a 50-year search for unity in biophysics of mind and spirituality; descended from Jewish mystics.
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| Narrator's Father | Businessman-musician |
First generation without rabbis; studied Talmudic commentaries; disagreed with interpretations of Maimonides.
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| Moses Maimonides | Historical Figure (Physician, Lawyer, Philosopher) |
Author of 'Guide for the Perplexed'; subject of the narrator's father's theological critique.
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| Ibn Tibbon | Historical Figure (Translator) |
Translator and interpreter of Maimonides; relegated scientific transformations to the earthly realm.
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Organizations (1)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the document stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013504'.
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Locations (2)
| Location | Context |
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Region where the narrator's ancestors lived.
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Jewish townships in Eastern Europe mentioned in family history.
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Relationships (2)
Refers to 'My father' throughout the text.
Father disagreed with interpretations of Maimonides' work.
Key Quotes (3)
"More than a half-century of naïve persistence and driven search for unity in the biophysics of mind and personal spirituality as the basis for healing transformation has led me into many laboratories."Source
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"My father said that we were descended from several generations of Jewish mystics, none of them able to attain the salaried status of rabbi or cantor."Source
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Quote #2
"He took issue with the opinion that the union of a person’s intellect and Spirit with Him was not possible as long as a person was living."Source
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