Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-445) and indexes.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Structure of This Book; Methodological and Personal Reflections; The Basic Structures of the Composition and Its Performative Aspects; The Internal Coherence of the Zohar's Language; Definitions of Mysticism; Overview of Zohar Research; Part I -- the Zohar's Heroes: Rabbi Shim'on bar Yohai and the Companions; 1. The Figure of Rabbi Shim'on bar Yohai; 2. The Companions of Rabbi Shim'on in Their Own Eyes; 3. "Happy is this generation": The Three Generations with Which the Zoharic Circle Identifies.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book inquires into the wondrous and complex world of mystical experience in the Zohar, the jewel in the crown of Jewish mystical literature.