Index 241 Abraham, 77–80, 88, 144, 170–71, 213 Abravanel, Isaac, 62 Account of the Beginning, 41, 43, 84–85, 157, 160–61, 169, 214, 226 Account of the Chariot. See Account of the Beginning Adam, 65–66, 68 addressee, 43–44, 46–47, 49–51, 58–59, 61, 81, 103, 113, 117, 128, 141–42, 174, 209–10, 227–28 atypical, 52–53, 62, 83, 218; of Mishneh Torah, 154, 174; typical, 53, 55, 59, 64, 67, 103, 108, 111, 117 al-Harizi, Yehuda, 187 Alexander of Aphrodisias, 92 ambiguous terms, 181–83, 187–88, 200 ancestors, 163–64, 173 ancestral determinism, 173 angels, 29–30, 65, 99, 105–106, 120, 133, 225 Arabic, 71, 99–101, 185–87, 231 Aramaic, 55, 93, 97 Aristotle, 68, 73, 89, 91–92, 107, 120–24, 161, 189, 208, 213, 225 ascension, 65, 69, 95, 100, 147, 181 asceticism, 88, 145, 215 astronomy, 125, 145, 226 Assaf, 62 authority, 54, 58–59, 110, 115, 164, 167, 178–79 Avihu, 73, 98 awareness, 67 Bacon, Francis, 203 Benardete, Seth, 6, 200 ben Judah, Joseph. See Joseph (disciple of Maimonides). Bible, 17, 46, 55, 58, 66–67, 70, 72, 82, 86, 98, 107, 122, 145, 151, 167, 178. See also Torah teachings of, 72, 106, 108, 211; metaphors and similes, 83, 88, 104; Old Testament, 162 biblical terms, 54–55, 58, 62, 69–70, 142 Bloom, Allan, 11–15, 83, 199, 202, 210, 222 Bloom, Harold, 178–79, 230 blues 195, 197–98, 232 Book of Knowledge. See Sefer ha Madda’ Book of Sacrifices. See Sefer Qorbanot children, 96 Christianity, 8, 89, 93, 135, 150–51 Cohen, Hermann, 203–204 Coltrane, John, 194–95, 197–98, 232 Communism, 137–38, 143, 222 conservativism, 19, 51, 135, 137–41, 143–44, 146, 179–81, 222–23 242 Index corporealism, 28, 56, 58, 60, 66–68, 82–83, 92, 95–96, 99, 106, 210, 215, 230. See also God Cropsey, Joseph, 153, 225 Daniel, 74–75 Book of, 74–75, 86, 91 Davidson, Herbert, 220 Deuteronomy, 8, 103, 107, 196 de’i, 46 descension. See ascension disciples. See students divine attributes, 76, 193–94. See also God: attributes divine law, 14, 163–64. See also Law divine science. See science education, 7, 16–17, 21, 29, 43, 49, 53, 58, 74–75, 79, 104, 126, 136, 174, 178, 221, 228 biblical teachings, 72, 80, 94, 103– 104, 106, 113, 169; impatience in, 48, 98; liberal, 131, 183, 203, 221–22; philosophical (see philosophy ); secret teachings, 42–43, 52, 61, 113, 130, 154, 156, 174, 186–87, 200; popular, 144, 177, 180; value of, 88, 221 Egypt, 79, 170, 215 Elihu, 46, 208 Elohim, 64–66 Enlightenment, 3, 4, 7–8, 10, 13–15, 50, 91, 128, 132, 139–40, 146, 149, 162, 183, 209 Epistle Dedicatory, 47–48, 114, 117 esotericism, 5, 12, 14–15, 33–34, 141, 200, 202 eternity, 120–21, 157, 161, 166, 225 ethics, 166–68, 227, 229 exegesis, 41, 54, 59, 117 Exodus, Book of, 73, 151 exotericism, 4–5, 12, 130, 155, 173, 219 Ezekiel, Book of, 46, 85, 169, 229 Falaquera, Shem Tov, 124, 220 Farabi, 3, 6, 146, 223, 225 Fradkin, Hillel, 17–18, 202 Frank, Daniel, 227 freedom, 172–73 free will. See freedom GAD. See Giants and Dwarves galuth, 224 Garden of Eden, 34 Gellman, Jerome, 229 Genesis, 35–36, 60, 62, 66–68, 130 Germany, 118, 134, 150 Giants and Dwarves, 199, 201, 210 God, 7, 9, 25, 27, 30–33, 40, 49, 66, 69, 94, 102, 120, 158, 160–61, 163, 167, 181, 193, 196–97, 225 attributes, 108–11, 166, 193–94, 227, 231; corporeality (see corporealism ); demonstration of, 28–29, 49, 54, 89, 103, 114, 161; existence, 104–105, 114–16, 120, 124, 157, 161, 178, 197; hidden, 107–108; image of (see şelem); incorporeality, 40, 48, 52, 55–59, 64, 73, 87, 93, 97, 106, 116, 119–20; indwelling, 71, 95, 212; intellect of, 193–94; love of, 174; name of, 108–10; omniscience, 119, 172–73; terms for, 70, 100, 109; tyranny of, 118; unity, 28, 57, 82, 102–103, 106–107, 112, 120, 193–94, 215; visions of, 73, 86; will of, 9, 51, 60, 108, 113, 115, 117, 119, 122, 162, 211, 218; wisdom of, 9, 51, 100, 108, 113, 117, 119, 162, 166, 211, 218; worship of, 78, 81–82, 174, 227–28 Green, Kenneth Hart, 12–15, 83, 201, 220, 222 Guttmann, Julius, 2, 199...