Table of Contents

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Table of Contents VII
4. Chapter 1: The Zohar as Midrash 1
5. Chapter 2: The Zoharic Homilies: General Outlines 16
6. Chapter 3: From the Rabbinic to Zoharic Aggada: Preservation, Reworking, and Alteration 20
7. Chapter 4: “The Light Hidden for the Righteous”: For Whom is it Reserved? 33
8. Chapter 5: Adam’s Sin: Its Meaning and Essence 50
9. Chapter 6: Enoch and Elijah: From Angel to Man, Man to Angel 67
10. Chapter 7: “He failed”: The Story of Abraham’s Origins 87
11. Chapter 8: The Aqeda: From Test to Experience 108
12. Chapter 9: The Birthright and the Blessing: Esau’s Suppressed Cry 134
13. Chapter 10: The Exodus and the Liberation of the Kabbalistic Spirit 157
14. Chapter 11: The War Against Amalek: Human vs. Divine Needs 168
15. Chapter 12: Nadab and Abihu’s Sin as a “Holy Revolt” 186
16. Chapter 13: “But Amongst the Nations of the World There Did Arise One Like Moses”: Moses and Balaam 202
17. Chapter 14: “Then Moses, the Servant of the LORD, Died There”: Did Moses Really Die? 222
18. Chapter 15: Elijah the Zealot 244
19. Epilogue 261
20. Bibliography 266
21. Chapters first published elsewhere 283
22. Index of Zoharic Sources 284
23. Index of subjects 286
24. Index of persons 289