The Sword of Moses, an Ancient Book of Magic [Paperback]

Moses Gaster (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 25, 2004

Translated by Moses Gaster. This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1896 edition by D. Nutt, London.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Adamant Media Corporation (June 25, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1421275473
• ISBN-13: 978-1421275475
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,223,595 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Dr Gaster forgets very important words that make it powerful, October 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Sword of Moses: An Ancient Book of Magic (Paperback)

At first the cover was beautiful and then I read it. He even states clearly that he was lazy and did not want to translate the names because they were encoded. Without those words, it's nothing more than foolish reading. He totally removed the magical abilities from the text. Perhaps on a later date, he'll finish it.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Unfortunately an incomplete work., September 26, 2000

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j pedro feliciano (canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Sword of Moses: An Ancient Book of Magic (Paperback)

I bought this book and was satisfied with the insightful introduction.However, the Sword of Moses ,in its original form is full of magical and divine names which compose the true core of the manuscript.I was very disappointed in noticing that Gaster, for some obscure reason, omitted nearly all these names. I hope some day a new version of the Sword gets published, containing the entire text.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Intelligent Choice, May 23, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Sword of Moses: An Ancient Book of Magic (Paperback)

I must agree that the author left out very important Divine Names vital to the book as a whole, yet I believe that he was justified in doing so. Perhaps what the actual manuscript contains is so powerful that it is meant to be hidden. I think this was a very intelligent choice by the author, though I'm sure by doing so many people find the book useless.