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abba, 24–29, 32, 45, 49, 61, 63, 65, 66, 72, 106, 120, 127–133, 135, 136, 170, 175, 176, 178, 210 Abulafia, Abraham, 200, 202 adam kadmon, 22, 46, 47 arikh anpin, 24, 25, 65 asiah, 29, 30, 32, 47, 48, 49, 52¿azilut, 29, 30, 32, 45, 47, 49, 51, 52, 128, 212, 216, 220 Balaam, 12, 70, 143–144, 147, 148–174, 176–195, 221 Balak, 12, 150, 156, 162, 171, 176–178, 180–183, 185, 190 beriah, 29, 30, 32, 47, 49, 52, 216–217 bina, 23, 27, 28, 46, 59, 72, 127, 128, 133, 187, 216 castration, 128, 129, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136 chosenness, 4, 40, 146 Christianity, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 34– 41, 53, 73, 74, 79, 80, 88, 89, 94, 98, 99, 100, 102, 103, 109, 110, 143–147, 150– 153, 157, 159, 160, 189, 191, 200–205, 213, 217–219, 223, 226; and homosexua a ality, 113, 114, 117, 121, 122, 134, 141 conversos/conversion, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 35, 37, 38, 42, 61, 73–83, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 92, 93, 94, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 105, 106, 108, 109, 121, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 159, 168–170, 173, 174, 176, 184, 185, 186, 187, 190–195, 197, 204–205, 214, 218, 219, 220, 223, 227 Cordovero, Moses, 6, 77, 78, 80, 219, 224 covenant, 9, 21, 144, 147, 148, 150, 151, 155–160, 164, 181, 182, 191, 198, 199, 200, 201, 210, 218, 220, 223, 225 da¿at, 27, 30, 56, 57, 59, 60, 67, 106, 129, 170, 174, 176, 177 din, 47, 57, 177, 208 dinim, 22, 28, 182 Enoch, 38, 50, 51, 179, 180, 181¿erev rav, 9, 10, 11, 12, 59, 68, 70, 75–78, 81–108, 144, 158, 161, 168–170, 185¿Etz ha-da¿at Tov, 11, 75, 78¿Etz Hayyim, 5, 104, 182 exclusivism, 4, 12, 145–150, 152, 153–160, 162, 163, 164, 220 eyn sof, 18, 21, 22, 24, 46 Flavius, Josephus, 145 gadlut, 71, 72 Gaon, Sa¿adia, 136 Gehenna, 137, 191 gematriot, 31, 33 gender, 4, 6, 12, 25, 109, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 125, 126, 127, 130–136, 138, 139, 141, 142 gentile, 3, 4, 6, 10, 40, 87, 88, 109, 118, 144, 145, 146, 148, 149, 151–155, 160, 163, 164, 168–169, 185, 186, 191, 193, 218, 219, 220, 221, 226 gevurah, 27, 31, 57, 61 gevurot, 30, 31, 56, 57, 59, 60, 129, 187 Gikatillia, Joseph ibn, 202 gilgul, 33, 37, 41, 43, 53, 54, 64, 66, 68, 70, 74, 85, 103, 104, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 159, 168–169, 172, 185, 186, 188– 195, 221, 223–225. See also reincarnation golden calf. See under sin Greenblatt, Stephen, 7 hasadim, 30, 31, 56, 57, 59, 60, 128, 129, 133, 187 Hasidism, 6, 33, 217, 221 heresy, 1, 6, 21, 61, 97, 98, 100, 110, 162, 222, 227, 228 hesed, 27, 31, 57, 60, 61, 187 hibur, 32 index 348 Index hod, 31, 56, 63, 128, 129, 131, 133 hokhma, 25, 27, 59, 127, 187, 216 homosexuality, 12, 111–130, 132–134, 140–142, 226¿ibbur, 37, 64, 71, 109, 136, 137, 138, 139, 159, 169, 194 ima, 23–29, 32, 45, 49, 61, 71, 120, 127– 136, 140, 175, 176, 177, 178, 207, 210 incarnation, 6, 12, 13, 71, 196, 197, 200– 206, 213–215, 217 Isaac, binding of, 64 Ishmael, 7 Islam, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 14, 37, 143–145, 204, 223, 226; and homosexuality, 113, 114, 121, 122, 123, 125, 126, 134, 140–141 Jesus, 13, 36, 40, 53, 98–99, 102, 151–153, 157, 159, 200, 202–206, 218 Karo, Joseph, 5, 125 katnut, 71, 73 kavvanot, 30, 32, 33, 217 kelipah/kelipot, 43, 45, 48, 49, 52–53, 63, 67, 68, 105, 148, 170, 172, 175, 177, 193 ketarim, 51, 59 keter, 25, 30, 52, 174, 176, 177, 178, 182, 183, 184, 190 Lacan, Jacques, 129, 131, 132, 134 Likkutei Torah, 43, 50, 57, 64, 171, 182 Lilith, 61 malkhut, 25, 30, 45, 46, 49, 63, 162, 176, 207–209, 212 malkhuyot, 30, 63 mayim dekhurin, 31, 56, 57, 138 mayim nukvin, 31, 45, 46, 56, 138 messiah/messianism, 4, 9, 23, 34, 35, 38, 39, 45, 51, 52, 53, 60, 74, 76, 77, 79, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88, 92, 93, 94, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 108, 110, 116, 120, 144, 147...

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