Circle in the Square: Studies in the Use of Gender in Kabbalistic Symbolism

INDEX

• INDEX • References to contemporary scholars are limited to occurrences of their names in the main body of the text. Aaron ha-Kohen of Lunel, 131n Abba, 35,44,45, 154n Abbahu,53 Abraham, 9, 143n; appropriated masculine and feminine aspects of God, 38; circumcision of compared to self-sacrifice, 33; crowned in the holy crown, 40; departed from the demonic realm, 40; divine Presence rested upon, 35; encouraged conversion through circumcision, 32; flirtation with the demonic, 148n; God made a covenant with, 150n; linguistic creativity applied to, 168n; merited vision of God on account of circumcision, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38; nursing symbolically attributed to, 217n; portrayed in Sefer Ye~jrah, 56, 168n; and Sarah, first proselytizers for God, 32; and Sarah gave birth to Isaac, 213n; symbolic of the attribute of /fesed, 41, 217n; transformed by circumcision ,37,39,40,41, 147n, 148n Abraham ben David of Posquieres, 156n Abulafia, Abraham, 153n, 154n, 160n, 169n, 172n, 176n, 180n, 187n Abulafia, Todros, 135n Abulafia, Todros ben Judah, 182n Adam, ability to write, 163n; created from the earth, 207n, 208n; created in the image of Metatron, 179n; created in the image of the letters, 60; creation of from the small yod, 179n; and Eve ate from Tree of Knowledge, 199-200n; Eve created from, 207n, 208n, 215n; feminine constructed from rib of, 215n; image of comprises male and female, 83, 84,97; in relation to Eve like the scribe in relation to tablet, 176n; sin of related to the penis, 145-46n; sin of separating male and female, 46, 199-200n; stretched his prepuce, 145n; two accounts of the creation of. 195-96n Adrutiel, Abraham ben Solomon, 58 Agnon, Shmuel Yosef, 26-28 'aleE, 187n, 192n; corresponding to /fokhmah, 61; and the Ein-Sof, 231n; and the Ether, 66, 179n; one of the three matrix letters, 55; and the secret of the scale, 182n; symbolic of Keter, 102 Afendopolo, Kaleb, 124n Amalek, 52, 157n 253 254 INDEX Ami, 141n Andrew of Victor, 15Bn androcentrism, 7B, 80, B3, 91, 93, 95, 96, 115, 156n,207n,20Bn,209n, 224n apocalyptic, 52 apples, refer to the breast, 109, 224n; refer to the testicles, 197n, 226n, 227n; symbolic significance of in zoharic literature, 226n Aqiva,193n Aristotle, 213n, 216n ark, compared to chamber of the bridegroom, 8, 130n; mystical significance of taking the Torah scroll out from, 21-22, 139n; Noah's entry into, 100; of the covenant, 105; Torah hidden within, 6; symbolic of Hinah, 21, 13Bn; writing of a kabbalistic document in front of, 75 Arzin, Joseph, 223n Asher ben David, 134n Augustine, 157n, 207n autoeroticism, 69 Azikri, Eleazar, 223n Azriel of Gerona, 58, 135n, 18In Azulai, Abraham, 186n, 222n Azulai, f;Iayyim Joseph David, 1B, 19 Bachrach, Naftali, 71, 180n, 182n, 193n Ba/:tya ben Asher, 16, 136n, 144n, 165n Balaam,33, 145n baptism, 32 Benjamin, symbolic of the female waters, 106 Bezalel, 159n Binah, 10, 19,21,22,67,68,74,89,96, 99, 100, 101, ]02, 103, 104, ]05, 106, 133n, 138n, 153n, 184n, 189n, 198n, 199n, 205n, 209n, 217n, 218n, 219n, 220n book, and the body, 176n; celestial nature of, 52, 156n; heavens depicted as, 169n; means by which God created the world, 55; of concealment, 182n; of judgment, 15Bn; of life, 158n; of memory, 51, 52; three books by means of which world was created, 166n; the world identified as, 165n; writing of, 180n Botard, Moses, 172n, 173n breasts, beauty of woman tied to, 21 Hn; designated as holy apples, 109, 224n, 226n; functionally equivalent to the penis, 102, 109, 110, 219n; and the letter !?addi, 224n; of the holy King, 227n; of the Ifoly One, 226n; of the Matrona, 227n; of the Shekhinah, 102, 109, 218n; phallic nature of, 217n, 218n, 224n; related to the name shaddai, 217n, 218n; symbolize masculine and feminine potencies, 2] 7n breast-feeding, attributed to Jesus and the prelates, 217n; phallic connotation of, 102, 108-9; sexual connotation of, 217n bridal chamber, 129n burnt offering ('olah), 89 Campanton, Judah ben Solomon, 213n cantillation notes, 61 Cardoso, Abraham Miguel, 214-15n catharsis of the Godhead, 116-17 celibacy, 224n chariot, 90; each Jew a limb of, 60 cherub, Adam and Eve created in the image of, 83; androgynous nature of, 65, 81, !l>3, 88, 184n, 197-98n, 203n; demiurgical status of, 184n Christianity, 32; church of symbolized by Esau, 144n; ideal of spiritual motherhood and monasticism in, 221n circle of Sefer ha-TemulIah, 171n, 174n circumcision, 20; act of inscription...