The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (327 page)

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Holy Law, and in a number of final works he delineated his principles for social reconstruction in a new world order (
Tablets of Bah
'u'll
h
). He died in the vicinity of Akka on 29 May 1892. His remains were buried at the Bahj
, which is now a shrine for pilgrims, and the direction of prayer for believers (
qibla
).
Bahir, Sefer ha
(Book of Light)
.
An early Jewish
kabbalistic
work. It was ascribed to R. Nehunya, and it is an anthology of statements attributed to various
tannaim
and
amoraim
; probably it has been handed down in a mutilated form. It is the earliest work which deals with the
sefirot
(divine attributes) which are given symbolic names.
Ba
r
.
A Syrian monk who in Islamic tradition is said to have recognized the signs of prophethood on the young
Mu
ammad
, when the latter was on a trading journey to Syria.

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