Index
Abraham
163, 168
Abraham Bar Ḥiyya
129, 169n47, 184
Abraham Ibn Ezra
17, 23, 129, 130, 137–154, 184
Abraham Maimonides
24, 83–96, 192, 198–207
Adam
13–14, 162, 231, 232, 239n36, 241, 252, 264
Al-Fārābī
23, 97, 102, 126, 130–131
Amalek
179
Angel(s)
64, 187, 232, 239, 242
Antinomianism
221–222, 248–260, 274
Aramaic
64, 90, 164–165, 170–173
Aristotle
97, 99, 106, 108, 121, 149, 154, 193
Asceticism
203, 205, 244, 253, 261, 263, 278
Asher b. Yehiel (the Rosh)
41, 55–56
Ashkenaz/Rhineland
22, 24, 34–37, 45, 52, 56, 177–190
Astrology
23, 150–153
Avicenna
126
Azharot
9–10, 12, 150
Azriel of Gerona
58, 65, 66–68, 73, 241
Baḥya ben Asher Ibn Ḥalawa
159
Baḥya Ibn Paquda
17, 184
Benito Arias Montano
154
Body
143, 230, 231, 233, 234, 239, 240, 241, 242, 245, 246, 247, 260, 276, 279
Cairo Genizah
45, 47, 49, 85
Calculation(s) of the end
251
Christianity
9, 52, 56, 154–155, 180, 181, 182, 183, 189, 201, 215–216, 217, 226, 252, 255–257n99
Circumcision
122, 125, 187, 262n122
Daniel ha-Bavli
23, 83–96
Divorce
45, 47, 49, 50, 54, 55, 56, 57
Egypt
34, 128, 145–146, 148–149, 154, 219n50
Egyptian Pietists
198–207
Eleazar of Worms (Sefer Roqeaḥ)
186–188
En sof
248, 264–267
Enumeration of the Commandments
5–7, 8–13, 83–95, 117, 230–281
Esau
221, 253n91, 276n176
Eschatology
250–251, 256, 274, 280n194
Exile
208, 218, 278
Ezra ben Solomon of Gerona
19, 24, 58, 64, 65, 73–74, 75, 157, 232, 233–234, 235
Fear of God
107–108, 126–128, 133, 235, 239
France (and Sages of France)
22, 56, 85n4, 141, 177–185, 189
Frankism
253, 255
Garden of Eden
233, 261
Geonim
46, 48, 52, 85
German Pietists
185–186, 187–190
Gnosticism
239
Ḥayyim ben Hanan’el (ha-Kohen)
177, 178
Hebrew
5, 11, 119, 121, 129, 130, 139, 143, 160, 162, 164, 165, 174, 184, 189
Ḥefeṣ ben Yaṣliaḥ
11–12, 49, 92–94, 114
Honoring father and mother
147, 172
Hypernomianism
24, 222, 248, 250–251, 253, 257–258, 259, 260, 267, 281
Incest prohibition
24, 208, 210, 211, 217, 218–222, 225
Isaac
163, 168
Isaac Ibn Lāṭif
23, 118–132
Isaac the Blind
22–23, 58, 59, 60, 62–63, 68, 157
Islam
9, 13, 15, 46, 201, 203, 255–257n99, 276
Jacob
163, 170, 218, 222
Jacob ben Meir Tam (Rabbeinu Tam)
54, 56
Jacob ben Sheshet
157
Jacob Frank
253
Jesus Christ
181, 215, 216, 226
Joseph Bekhor Shor
181–184, 190
Joseph Caro (Shulḥan ʿarukh)
41, 43, 48
Joseph Gikatilla
245
Joseph of Hamadan
21, 24, 209–228
Joseph Qara
179, 181, 184, 190
Judah ha-Levi
17, 23, 148, 154
Judah Ḥayyat
118n4, 159n16
Judah the Pious
185, 188, 190
Judeo-Arabic
5, 7, 11, 12, 16, 93
Judgment
69, 168, 240
Kabbalah
22, 24, 68, 83, 118, 133, 154, 174, 215, 217, 230, 242, 247, 249
Kabbalists
19, 20, 68, 210, 213, 225, 244, 247, 252, 270
Ketubbah
46, 47, 48, 51, 53, 54, 57
Land of Israel
47, 130, 261, 262
Letter speculation
103, 130, 222n63, 242, 243n.56, 269n143
Love of God
126, 127, 128, 133, 224, 226, 235–236, 237, 251
Maimonidean controversy
83–85, 88–89
Marriage
49, 216
Meir of Rothenburg (Maharam)
54
Menahem Recanati
20, 21, 159, 211, 212
Mercy
240, 251, 252
Messiah
222, 254, 269, 270, 276, 281
Messianism
249, 255
Midrash
159, 164, 173, 268
Miqveh
53–54
Miracles
142, 148
Moredet (rebellious wife)
22, 45, 47, 50, 53
Moses
94, 144, 145, 153–155, 186, 190
Moses de León
21, 165–168, 169–174, 209–213, 217–218, 227–228, 236–240
Moses Maimonides
5, 7, 11–12, 18, 21, 23, 28–29, 30–34, 36, 41, 44, 50, 57, 83–84, 95, 97–117, 120–126, 178, 183, 190–197, 207
Guide of the Perplexed
5, 7, 18–19, 115, 120, 123, 127–128, 178, 191, 192–193, 194, 195
Mishneh Torah
11, 28, 32, 33, 35, 50, 84, 89, 90, 92, 103–117, 179
Responsa
51
Sefer Ha-Miṣvot
11–12, 28, 30, 31, 84, 89, 91, 92, 94, 107–108, 116
Shemonah Peraqim
97–103, 105, 114, 196
Murder prohibition
148, 152, 171, 172
Naḥmanides
8, 38, 60, 157, 158, 178, 190, 225
Nathan of Gaza
24, 259–281
Neo-Aristolelianism
18, 149, 193
Neo-Platonism
189, 190
New Testament
215n34
Nissi ben Noah
147–148, 150
North Africa
30, 48, 55
Paul of Tarsus
252, 256n99
Philosophy
99, 106–107, 121, 126, 248
Pietism
100, 104–105, 109, 110, 112, 115, 187, 190, 191–207, 281;
German Pietists
Planets
151–153
Plato
106, 121
Prophecy
100, 197
Qaraites
7, 16, 83, 147–148, 150
Rashbam (Samuel b. Meir)
180, 181, 190
Rashi
103, 177, 179
Rationales for the Commandments
118, 122, 124, 131–133, 145–147, 177–191, 199–201, 230
Rationalism
179, 189
Redemption
146, 148, 222, 251, 278n188, 280n194
Repentance
166, 251–253, 267
Ritual
20, 22, 24, 209, 230, 233n12, 263, 267
Saadia Gaon (and Emunot ve-De’ot)
7, 8, 10–11, 15–16, 19, 23, 144, 147, 149–150, 154, 189
Sabbath
141–148, 152–153, 163, 264, 267–273, 277–280
Sacrifice
58, 69–75, 123, 128, 183, 261
Samaritans
9
Secret(s) (and Esotericism)
17, 20, 118–119, 133, 158, 165–171, 185–188, 208, 211–212, 251, 265, 270, 273, 278–279
Sefer ha-Bahir
19, 70, 118, 154, 157
Sefer ha-Shem
186
Sefer Ḥasidim
35, 37, 185–187
Sefer Yeṣirah
149, 188
Sefirot
20, 24, 64, 69–72, 156–159, 162, 166, 167, 170
Keter/ayin
164, 168, 169, 173, 266
Ḥokhmah
68–69, 72, 73, 74, 164, 173
Binah
69, 163, 167, 168, 173, 251, 270
Ḥesed
162, 163, 167, 168, 270
Paḥad/gevurah/din
69, 163, 167, 168, 270
Tif’eret
71, 72, 161, 162, 163, 167, 170, 268, 269
Neṣaḥ
163, 167
Hod
163, 167
Yesod/ṣaddiq
71, 72, 163, 279
Shekhinah/malkhut/Knesset Israel
24, 68–69, 71, 72, 73, 161, 162, 163, 169, 170, 172, 173, 208–228, 239, 262, 263, 269, 278, 279
Shabbetai Ṣevi
254, 255, 258–259, 269, 270, 273, 275, 278, 279, 281
Sherira Gaon
48
Simeon bar Yọhai
160
Siṭra Aḥra (and demonic)
85, 161, 162, 232n.5, 239, 240, 250n81, 258, 264, 270, 273, 276–277, 281
Solomon Ibn Adret (Rashba)
39–40
Spain
28, 38–43, 55, 208–228
Sufism (Sufis)
24, 87, 198
Sura
46
Taboo
209, 213, 219, 222–223, 225
Talmud
28, 30, 32–3, 53, 86, 94, 130n41, 138, 141–2, 196, 219, 241
Taqqanah
22, 45, 46, 55
Ten Commandments (Decalogue)
6, 23, 24, 137–155, 156–174
Tetragrammaton (YHVH)
242, 243, 246
Theurgy
24, 68, 70, 169, 173–174, 209, 210, 220, 225, 235, 244, 246, 281
Ṭodros ben Joseph ha-Levi Abulafia
158, 221
Tosafists
24, 177, 178, 184, 185
Women
22, 45–57 (see especially: 50, 52, 55, 57)
Yefet ben Eli
10, 16, 150
Yom Tov of Joigny
184
Zohar
21, 24, 158–159, 160, 164, 173, 208, 211, 218, 221–222, 225, 243, 245, 251, 260, 278