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• INDEX • References to contemporary scholars are limited to occurrences of their names in the main body of the text. Aaron ben Eizik, 225n Aaron ben Moses ha-Levi of Starosielce, 99 Aaron ben YeiJiel, 19 Aaron of Opatow, 229n Abner of Burgos, 117n, 177n Abraham, 34, 73, 94; contrasted with Noah, 96, 232n; correlated symbolically with the phallus, 210n; daughter of, 191n; in Hasidic thought, 233n; in the position of one who is sitting, 226n; visited by God after his circumcision, 105 Abraham bar Azriel, 169n, 178n Abraham l;fayyim of Zlocziew, 225n, 240n Abraham of Cologne, 28 Abulafia, Abraham, 20, 21, 22, 120n, 131n, 135n, 136n, 137n, 138n, 145n, 154n, 172n, 174n, 189n, 213n, 233n Abulafia, Todros, 117n, 118n, 122n, 127n, 144n Adam, androgynous nature of, 12, 16, 179n, 181n; ate from the Tree of Knowledge, 76, 195n; beauty of like that of Jacob, 115n; created in the image of the angels, 174n; created in the image of the cherub, 11; and the divine image, 210n; high priest transformed into the angelic form of, 56; identified as the World-Soul, 216n; and the image of Jacob, 18-19,25,26,59; and Jesus, 216n; primal nature of, 4, 229n; produced evil spirits and demons in the world, 245n; and the souls of the righteous, 197n; washing the feet of, 235n )Adam BeJiCa], 99, 102 )Adam Qadmon, 99 Adrutiel, Abraham ben Solomon, 150n Al)a,6 Ahijah the Shilonite, 100, 233n, 236-37n Akatriel, 40, 184n Albalag, Isaac, BIn Alfonsi, Petrus, 222n Al-Hamadani, (Abd al-Jabbar, 68 All)arizi, Judah, 172n Alshekh, Moses, 232n Altmann, Alexander, 2 Angelet, Joseph, 122n Asher ben David, 197n Asher Zevi of Ostrog, 225n Ashkenazi, Joseph ben Shalom, 138n, 151n Azikri, Eleazar, 95 271 • INDEX • References to contelnporary scholars are limited to occurrences of their names in the Inain body of the text. Aaron ben Eizik, 225n Aaron ben Moses ha-Levi of Starosielce, 99 Aaron ben Yel)iel, 19 Aaron of Opatow, 229n Abner of Burgos, 117n, 177n Abraham, 34, 73, 94; contrasted ''\lith Noah, 96, 232n; correlated symbolically with the phallus, 210n; daughter of, 191 n; in Hasidic thought, 233n; in the position of one who is sitting, 226n; visited by God after his circumcision, 105 Abraham bar Azriel, 169n, 178n Abraham Hayyim of Zlocziew, 225n, 240n Abraham of Cologne, 28 Abulafia, Abrahan1, 20, 21, 22, 120n, 131n, 135n, 136n, 137n, 138n, 145n, 154n, 172n, 174n, 189n, 213n, 233n Abulafia, Tadros, 117n, 118n, 122n, 127n, 144n AdalTI, androgynous nature of, 12, 16, 179n, 181n; ate from the Tree of Knowledge, 76, 195n; beauty of like that of Jacob, 115n; created in the image of the angels, 174n; created in the image of the cherub, 11; and the divine inlage, 210n; high priest transfornled into the angelic form of, 56; identified as the World-Soul, 216n; and the inlage of Jacob, 18-19,25,26,59; and Jesus, 216n; primal nature of, 4, 229n; produced evil spirits and demons in the world, 245n; and the souls of the righteous, 197n; washing the feet of, 235n )Adaln Beli (al, 99, 102 )Adanl Qadnl011, 99 Adrutiel, Abrahan1 ben Solomon, 150n Al)a, 6 Ahijah the Shilonite, 100, 233n, 236-37n Akatriel, 40, 184n Albalag, Isaac, 131n Alfonsi, Petrus, 222n AI-Hamadani, cAbd al-Jabbar, 68 AIl)arizi, Judah, 172n Alshekh, Moses, 232n Altmann, Alexander, 2 Angelet, Joseph, 122n Asher ben David, 197n Asher Zevi of Ostrog, 225n Ashkenazi, Joseph ben Shalonl, 138n, 151n Azikri, Eleazar, 95 271 272 INDEX Azriel of Gerona, 65, 86, 118n, 187n, 191n,208n, 221n Azulai, l;Iayyim Joseph David, 147n Bai)ya ben Asher, 118n, 122n, 152n, 155n, 175n, 182n,223n Baruch of Miedzyborz, 224n Baruch of Tulchin, 108-9 Benjamin bar Samuel, 143n Berachiah, 6 Bogomils, 64, 189n Campanton, Judah ben Solomon, 12011, 122n, 126n, 129n, 14511, 152n Catharism, 64, 189n chariot (merkavah), angels unworthy of seeing, 17; and the cherub, 129n, 157n; desire of, 13,57; distinction between supernal and second, 15; entry before, 32; erotic union in the realm of, 55; God descends from, 58; identified as Jacob, 157-58n; and Jacob's ladder, BOn; letters of, 143n; Metatron identified as, 16-17, 128-29n; of the Presence identified as the bed, 126n; Patriarchs identified as, 115n, 148n, 155n; separated from the glory, 123n; S11ekhinah identified as the work of, 125n, 128n; structure of in the form of an anthropos, 120n; symbolized as a nut, 2; used metaphorically to refer to a woman, 172n; visionary ascent to...

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