Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 Terrors of History: Finding Order in a World of Chaos 23
6. 2 Meaning in Exile: Kabbalistic Readings of History Gone Awry 61
7. 3 The Shape of Time: History and Cosmic Cycles 97
8. 4 Living across Time: Reincarnation and the Course of History 139
9. 5 History’s Ends: Apocalyptic Secrets in the Present Tense 179
10. 6 Shaping History: Kabbalistic Writing and Historical Agency 233
11. Conclusion 269
12. Notes 275
13. Bibliography 315
14. Index 337