Steve

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I think it's fairly obvious that the 1st Assembly of God is simply jealous
of the work of *Hoter ben Shlomo,* a scholar and philosopher from Yemen<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen>
 who was heavily influenced by the earlier works of Nethanel ben al-Fayyumi...
duh... everybody knows that... but this was new:

The connection between the *"Epistle of the Brethren of Purity<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brethren_of_Purity>
"* and Ismailism <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismailism> might have
suggested the adoption of this work as one of the main sources of what
would become known as “*Jewish Ismailism*” as was found in Late Medieval
Yemenite Judaism. This “*Jewish Ismailism*” consisted of adapting to
Judaism a few Ismaili doctrines about cosmology, prophecy, and
hermeneutics.  I know, wow!

Steve F, I'm considering hitting up Tiger tomorrow.  What do you think
about the forecast?

Thanks,

ERiC