Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Illustrations xi
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Chapter 1. The Stories of Gershom Scholem 1
6. Chapter 2. Writing the Myth of Exile: In Search of Political Rejuvenation, 1913–1918 26
7. Chapter 3. Messianism as Symbol: The Lurianic School and the Emergence of a Mystical-Political Society 62
8. Chapter 4. When a Dream Comes True: Zionist Politics in Palestine, 1923–1931 94
9. Chapter 5. Against All Odds: Sabbatean Belief and the Sabbatean Movement 124
10. Chapter 6. For the Love of Israel: The Turn from the Fringe to the Mainstream of Zionist Thinking 168
11. Chapter 7. The Man and the Image 199
12. Index 215