The Books of Contemplation: Medieval Jewish Mystical Sources

INDEX

INDEX Aaron, 115n. 270 Abba Shalom of Bonn, 144n.122 Abraham bar Hiyya, 41 n.18. 43n.29 Abraham b. Azriel, 141n.113 Abraham b. David (Rabad), 24, 25, 134n.68, 143, 144,225 Abraham de PR'aVYS, 187n.70 Abraham I:Iasid, 187 Abraham ha-Yarhi, 187n.69 Abraham of Gerona, 13ln.53, 159 Abu Aaron of Baghdad, 21, 177 Abulafia, Abraham, 18, 122n.l, 154n.158, 161 Abulafia, Meir, 40n.15, 130n.50 Abulafia, Todros, 114, 145, 174n.27, 176, 186 'Adam (primordial human), 209 n.54. See also Biblical figures: Adam Adler, Shulamit, xi Agrippa, Cornelius, 2 n.4 Akiva (b. Joseph), 137,208 and mysticism, 15-18, 48, 100, 232. See also 'Otiyyot de-R. Akiva AIcover, A., 189n.78 'Ale/. 'aleJim (letter), 5-55, 61, Illn.261, 140n.l07, 147, 148, 155, 209 Alemanno, Yohanan, 115n.270 AI-Farabi, Abu Nasr Muhammad, 129, 136 AI-Ghazali, Abu Hamid, 107n.227, 130 AI-Harizi, Judah, 130n.50 Alkabetz, Solomon, 192 AI-Kindi, Abu Yusuf, 135, 136 Alter, Robert, 6n.13 Altmann, Alexander, 77n.135, 101n.20 I, 126n.20, 136, 159n.175 Amram Gaon, 112n.261 Anatoli Jacob, 147n.129 Angel, angels, 43-45, 56, 59, 75, 129, 130 'Akatri'el, 100n.196 'Anafi'el,75n.122 Angel of the Divine Presence, 50n.68 'Arafi'el, 44n.33, 48n.59, 75, 76 archangels, 44n.36, 45n.37, 104nn.212-213, 129 ,Asimon, 104 BO'el, 104 Cherub, 47, 70, 77, 83, 103, 124, 203, 208 Danra'el, 104, 209 Dumi'el, III emanated, 129 Gabriel, 46, 105, 107, 189n.77, 206, 209 hierarchy, 43, 104, 129,216 Metatron, 17, 48, 49n.62, 70, 101n.200, 108, 109, 133,232 Michael, 44, 46, 50, 105-107, 189, 206, 209 'Orpani'el, 45, 74, 75n.122, 76, 104, 189,209 Palmi'el, 104 Pamali'el,210 253 254 The Books of Contemplation Paska'el, 104 Pe'eli, 3, 50 Raphael, 105, 107,210 Samael, 175 Seraph, seraphs, 56, 75n.122, 104 Tagra'el, 209 Tagri'el, 46 Tigra'el, 104 'Uri'el, 105, 107, 209 Yofi'el, III Angelic camps, 104-109 categories, 104n.213, 130 guides, II Liturgy, 13 names, 101 n.200, 236 pleroma (malaika), 129 Apocalypse ofPaul, 15n.31 Apocalypse ofZephaniah, The, 13n.28 Apocalypticism, II, 14, 15, 17, 18 Apocrypha, 12 Aquinas, Thomas, 5 Arabic 130, 131, 189-191 'Arafel (Darkness), 44-46, 56, 70, 83, 103, 105, 107, 124, 125, 189, 190, 206, 208, 209, 248 'Arayot (forbidden relations), 205, 206 Arberry, A. J., 129n.43 Arbit, Ken, xi Ariel, David, 225 Aristotle, 127n.30 Asher b. David and celestial powers, 105n.219, 155n.160 and Provencal kabbalists, 25, 144, 194n.3 and sefirot, 47n.55, 71n.99, 73n.109, 140n.107, 145 writings, 169, 177, 193,234 Augustine, 135 'Avir kadmon. See Ether: primal 'Ayin (letter), 45, 46, 105n.223, 107 Azriel of Gerona and balanced unity, 39n.10 and celestial powers, 40n.13, 41nn.16-17, 47n.56, 48n.59, 71n.99, 82n.143, 85n.167, 105n.219 and darkness, 159, 163 and Gerona kabbalists, 25, 177 and Glory, 138 and sefirot, 40nn.14 and 15, 43n.27, 44n.34, 48n.59, 7In.99, 142 writings, 19,20, 39n.12, 72n.l08, 108n.242, 121, 143n.118, 144n.122, 168-171, 181, 182, 184, 185, 188, 189n.78, 193-199 Ba'al Shem Tov, 49 Bahir (Book ofBrightness) and Books ofContemplation, 38n.9, 46n.47, 83n.149, 85n.169, 112n.261, 127, 128, 130n.48, 138n.98 and Circle of Contemplation, 179n.36, 180 and Fountain of Wisdom, 162n.185 history of, 24, 166-173, 176, 178, 200 as pseudepigraphic work, 27, 166 Bahya b. Asher, 114 Balentine, Samuel, 134n.67 Bar-Asher, Moshe, 32n.1 Bar Kokhba, 18 2 Baruch, 8, 15 3 Baruch, 15 Basser, Herbert, 16n.35 Beit-Hallahmi, Benjamin, 9n.17 Ben-Jacob, Jacob, 82n.144 Berachiah of Damascus, 173 Berman, A., 37n.5 Biale, David, 165n.l Biblical figures Abel,205 Adam, 56, 203, 208. See also 'Adam Amos, 9 Mark Verman 255 Cain, 205 David, 50, 60 Elijah, 9, 10 Ezekiel, 7, 8, 12, 43n.31, 69, 99, 208 Haggai, 10, 11, 19 Isaiah, 6, 8-10, 141 Job, 53 Leah,204 Malachi, 10, 11, 13, 19 Micaiah,6 Moses, 5, 6, 14,22,27,50,57, 58, 108, 134, 137, 149, 156-158, 208 Samson, 50n.68 Shulamite, 123 Solomon, 10 In...