(אַדְּרָא זוטָּא ) i.e., the Small Assembly, is, like the Iddera Rabba (q.v.), also one of the component parts of the Sohar. It derive is its name from the fact that many of the disciples of rabbi Simon benJochai had died during the course of the cabalistic revelations, and that this portion of the Sohar contains the discourses which the Sacred Light delivered before his death to a small assembly of six pupils, who still survived, and congregated to listen to the profound mysteries. It is to a great extent a recapitulation of the Iddera Rabba, occupying itself with speculations about the Sephiroth, the Deity, etc., and concludes with recording the death of Simon ben- Jochai, the Sacred Light, and the medium through whom God revealed the contents of the Sohar. The Iddera Zutta, too, is translated into Latin by Rosenroth, in the second volume of his Kabbala Denudata. (B.P.)
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John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More