 It has, however, become especially valuable as the depository of these very kabbalistic works, which nearly fell into oblivion due to the grossly anthropomorphic views of the Godhead expressed therein, which offended to the more enlightened minds of a later age.For this reason, the Alphabet of Rabbi Akiva was severely attacked and ridiculed by Solomon ben Jeroham, the Karaite, in the early 10th century.Version A was likewise known to Judah Hadassi, the Karaite, in the 13th century.