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Sefer ha-mitzwot
work by Anan ben David
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- In Anan ben David
…code of his order, the Sefer ha-mitzwot (“Book of Precepts”). Its unifying principle is its rejection of much of the Talmud and of the rabbinate, which based its authority on the Talmud. Only the Bible is held to be valid, but it is interpreted with an unusual mixture of freedom…
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