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xi First and foremost, I want to thank Helen Tartar for her abiding support over these many years. Since working with Helen on Language, Eros, Being: Kabbalistic Hermeneutics and Poetic Imagination, published by Fordham University Press in 2005, I have found her to be a steadfast friend and devoted editor. Beyond her commitment to my scholarship in particular, her deep aesthetic passion for the printed book more generally is an enduring source of inspiration and hope. Second, I would like to acknowledge the sage advice for revision of the manuscript offered by Karmen MacKendrick and Aaron Hughes. I am appreciative of their willingness to sacrifice some of their valuable time to engage my work critically and to help improve the final version. Finally, I express my heartfelt gratitude to Virginia Burrus, who repeatedly reminds me of the wisdom conveyed in the Gospel of Philip, “And whatever cannot receive certainly cannot give.” More than any other human being I have encountered on the path of my life’s journey, Virginia has taught me by example that receiving is indeed the most profound sense of giving. For the gift of her time I am eternally grateful. Acknowledgments ...

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