Suckling at My Mother's Breasts: The Image of a Nursing God in Jewish Mysticism

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Index Abraham (patriarch), 6, 13, 15, 17–20, 26, 31, 36, 50–51, 83, 84, 86–87, 154n68, 127n51–52 Abraham Abulafia, 71 Abraham ben David of Posquières, 99, 108, 131n3 Adam of Perseigne, 7, 96 adoption, 18, 20, 25 affectivity, 7, 51–52, 56, 60, 62, 65, 73, 76–77, 81, 93–94, 96–97, 100–101, 164n59; affective language , 40, 48, 58, 65, 68, 81, 88, 100, 156n77; affective spirituality , 7, 93, 97, 164n59. See also emotion Ahavah. See Hesed aquatic imagery, 8, 73, 76; fountain , 21, 26 54, 55, 149n36; lake, 72–73; river, 11, 21, 28, 65, 72–77, 79, 149n34, 151n45; spring, 18, 19, 21, 149n36; stream, 72, 151n48; well, 21, 73, 149n36 Assembly of Israel. See Shekhinah Atika‘ Kadisha‘, 77–78 Avinu Malkenu (prayer), 10–11, 62, 57, 79 Azriel of Gerona, 28, 41, 49, 95, 129n57, 138nn49–51 Babylonian Talmud, 5, 17, 19, 20–21, 24, 30, 82, 84, 85, 91, 128, 121n4, 122n14, 124n29, 126n43, 127n50, 126n45, 142n74, 153n58, 154n63, 157n6, 157n11, 158n17 Bernard of Clairvaux, 96–98, 105 Binah, 8, 11, 49, 66–67, 74–78, 80–82, 87, 89, 100, 133n14, 137n38, 148n26, 150n44, 151n48, 154n62, 155n74, 173n131 celibacy, 102, 104, 107, 166n83, 172n128 Christians, 5, 7, 94, 96–101, 107, 171n119 Christian thought, 5–7, 14, 24, 46, 94–98, 99–101, 116n36, 163n38, 164n54, 171n119, 173n131 189 190 Index Church (Roman), 5, 41, 94, 96, 99, 107 Cistercians, 7, 96, 98 cognitive models, 9, 116n36, 155n75; for thinking about God 1, 3, 4, 8–11, 13, 40, 42, 47, 51–52, 56–58, 62–63, 65, 68–69, 71, 77, 79–81, 85, 87, 89, 91–94, 96, 102, 105, 107–109, 143n82, 157n12, 158n18, 161n31, 170n118 Commentary on Sefer Yetzirah, 12, 39, 41–42, 46–47, 62–63, 135n29 Commentary on the Song of Songs, 5–6, 12, 37, 39–40, 52–57, 59–63, 68, 81, 83, 91, 96, 138– 139n51, 140n55, 140nn58–59, 142n71, 154n69 contemplation, 7–8, 11, 42–45, 47, 116, 115n33, 115n35, 149n33, 152n50, 153n56–57 conversion: ancient, 12, 17, 21–26, 123n19, 126n42; medieval pressure , 99 converts, 17–18, 20–26, 37, 122n12, 124n26, 124n29, 125n37 cosmology, 41, 47–48, 53, 65, 92 Din, 8, 51, 151n47, 152n50; as Gevurah, 51, 152n47; as Pahad, 50–51 divine overflow, 2–3, 33–34, 36–37, 39–40, 42–45, 47, 53–61, 65, 68–69, 71–73, 76, 78–89, 95, 107, 111n3, 135n28, 140n57, 141n62, 142n76, 143n81, 146n16, 150n44, 156n77, 163n39 Dominicans, 94, 98–99 duty. See obligation education, 32, 91–92 El Shaddai, 83–85, 133n16, 155n70 emotion, 2–3, 9–10, 13, 16, 22, 36, 39–40, 48, 52, 56, 58–63, 65, 68–9, 76, 79, 81, 84–85, 88–90, 94, 97, 101–102, 105, 111n2, 113n19, 134n21, 143n82, 146n11, 151n45, 153n61, 154n62, 156n77. See also affectivity Esther (biblical heroine), 12, 15–16, 29–30 Exodus Rabbah, 16, 27–28, 30, 35, 37, 59, 137n44, 142n72 Ezra of Gerona, 5–6, 12–13, 34, 37, 39–41, 49, 52–63, 68–69, 76, 81, 83, 87, 90–91, 93, 96, 129n57, 131n4, 138–139nn49–51, 140n55, 140nn58–59, 141nn65– 68, 141n70, 142n71, 143nn78– 81, 149n33, 154n69, 161n29 family life, 4, 10, 14, 62, 89–90, 100, 106–108 father: human, 10, 13, 15–16, 23, 30, 33, 36, 45, 91–92, 127n50; divine, 1, 7, 13, 43, 46–48, 53, 75, 77–79, 86, 135n28, 140n58 fearers of heaven. See God fearers feminism, 103, 106, 108–109 fiscus judaicus, 23 Franciscans, 94, 98 Genesis Rabbah, 6, 16–21, 24, 26, 29–31, 130n62, 137n44 Gevurah. See Din God fearers, 18–19, 24–26, 37, 125n34, 125nn36–37 Hesed, 8, 50–51, 138n46, 152n50, 154n65; as Ahavah, 83, 154n65 Hod, 8, 103, 146n12, 155n74 Index 191 Hokhmah, 8, 41–43, 53–54, 58, 60–61, 77–78, 135n29, 140n55, 150n44, 155n74 Incarnational theology, 99–100 interdependence, 40, 42–43, 47, 62, 76–77, 80, 106 interreligious influence, 5–6, 95, 98–99, 101, 112n14, 136n36 Isaac (patriarch), 17, 19–20, 23, 50–51, 86, 137n45 Isaac the Blind, 7, 12–13, 39–49, 52–55, 62–63, 69, 76, 83, 87, 93, 95, 107, 114n27, 133n10, 134n18, 134n21, 139n53, 141n65, 143n81 Israel: divine attribute, 50–51; land, 141n67; people, 2–3, 5, 18, 24–25, 27–30, 32–36, 50, 56...