Proof Ancient Judaism believed the Trinity

The following is taken from the book “The Great Mystery or how three can be One” by C.W.H. Pauli (birth name Zebi Nasi Hirsch Prinz ) published in 1883. He was a Jewish lecturer in Hebrew at Oxford University, who discovered that ancient Judaism believed in a Trinitarian God, not the absolute oneness of modern Judaism

His complete book with all references is free on GoogleBooks here. We quote just some of his findings below to entice you to read the book, he quotes from ancient Rabbinic text including Onkelos, Jonathan ben Uziel, The Chaldee paraphrase, The holy Sohar (Zohar) R. Simeon ben Jochai, and his son R. Eliezer, The Book of the Creation (Title page, Mantua Ed.) R. Moses Butarili etc

The Jewish Trinity

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The Messenger-Angel who is God the Redeemer

The Word is the Jewish God – A person

Metatron the Other YHVH – the Son

Metatron – The Son of God – A few more verses from the Zohar

According to the Zohar, the Middle Pillar of the Godhead is not only known as the “Son of Yah” but also as “Metatron”:

Better is a neighbor that is near, than a brother far off.
This neighbor is the Middle Pillar in the godhead,
which is the Son of Yah.
(Zohar 2:115)

The Middle Pillar is also known as “Metatron”:

The Middle Pillar [of the godhead] is Metatron,
Who has accomplished peace above,
According to the glorious state there.
(Zohar 3:227)

The Zohar also says of the Son of YHWH:

The Holy One, blessed be He, has a son, whose glory (tifret)
shines from one end of the world to another. He is a great
and mighty tree, whose head reaches heaven, and whose roots
are set in the holy ground, and his name is “Mispar” and his
place is in the uppermost heaven… as it is written, “The heavens
declare (me-SaPRim) the glory (tifret) of God” (Ps. 19:1).
Were it not for this “Mispar” there would be neither hosts
nor offspring in any of the worlds.
(Zohar 2:105a)

This Zohar passage is intended to recall a passage from the Bahir, in reference to this Glory who is the Son.

Why are they called Sephirot?
Because it is written (Ps. 19:2),
“The heavens declare (me-SaPRim) the glory (tifret) of God.”
(Bahir 125)

The Zohar also says concerning the Son of Yah:

“We may also translate “he who withholds blessings
from the Son” (Prov. 11:26), whom the Father and Mother
have CROWNED and blessed with many blessings,
and concerning whom they commanded, “Kiss the SON
lest he be angry” (Ps. 2:12), since he is invested
with judgment (GEVURAH) and with mercy (CHESED)”
(Zohar 3:191b)