Index of Names, Places and Subjects
Aaron
20, 47, 88, 89, 90, 151
Abiram
88, 89, 90, 94
Abraham
47, 151, 171, 180, 251
Abraham ibn Ezra
141, 142, 163, 164, 176, 184, 187, 192, 194
Absalom
13
acrostic
10, 137, 138, 143, 224, 243n
Adam
8, 151, 158, 171, 180, 204, 207, 245
Adrianople
252
Aejmelaeus, Anneli
108, 115
afternoon service (minhah)
233n, 248
Aitken, James
11, 105
Akkadian
24, 27, 29, 167
Albo, Joseph
204, 205, 206, 217, 219
Alfasi, R. Yitzhaq
231, 233, 236
Algeria
233
Almosnino, Moses
211, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 220
Ambrose
135, 144
Amidah
150, 151, 230, 231, 233
Amonrasonter
119, 120
Amram Gaon
223n, 224n, 230
angel/angels
5, 46, 47, 48, 52, 55, 56, 60, 61, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 150, 151, 154, 155, 157, 178, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 215, 216, 254
Antinooupolis
123
Aphrodite
113
Apollo Iatro
126
Apollonios
119
Aragon
205
Asaph
31, 169, 180, 185, 244
Ashkenaz
187, 194, 200, 226, 227
Ashkenazi, Eliezer
206n
Baʿal Shem Tov (also: Israel ben Eliezer)
10, 242, 246, 248
Babylonia
6, 9, 30, 177, 222, 228, 238
Bacher, Wilhelm (Benjamin Zeev)
168
Baghdad
174
Bahya b. Asher
201
Balaam
20
Bathsheba
140, 172, 177
Ben Azzai
199
Benjamin bar Shemuel
210
Berkovitz, A.J.
222, 223, 224, 225, 238
Bernstein, Moshe
200
Bialik, Hayim Nahman
142
Birkat ha-Mason
253, 255
Blank, Debra Reed
226
Blenkinsopp, Joseph
91
blessing/blessings
20n, 24, 45, 47, 49, 64, 147, 150, 151, 223, 228, 229, 229n, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 250, 251, 253
body/bodies
12, 21, 24, 55, 87, 90, 91, 93, 94, 95, 96, 99, 151, 215
heavenly bodies
66, 71, 75, 154, 155, 213
Bons, Eberhard
115
Borromeo, Carl/Charles
190, 191n, 194
Brettler, Marc Zvi
42, 43n, 70
Byzantium
210n, 226
Cairo
233
Cairo Geniza
6, 165, 176, 227n, 234
Calvin, John
191, 194
Canaan/Canaanite
62, 63, 86
Castile
205
censor/censors/censorship
182, 183n, 190, 194
cento
224, 227, 228, 213, 232, 235, 237
Champagne
177
Childs, Brevard S.
17
Chiquitilla
(
Giqatila and Gikatilla), Moses Hacohen
176
Christianity
3, 7, 8, 173, 191
commentary
7, 178, 84, 191, 201, 206n, 211, 212, 213, 217, 218
on Psalms
8, 11, 13, 187, 189, 19, 21, 174, 175n, 176, 177, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 185, 186, 190n, 192, 193, 194, 204n, 208, 248, 251, 252
community/communities
5, 7, 21, 31, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 69, 73, 74, 76, 77, 99, 127, 148, 152, 153, 154, 156, 157, 175n, 193, 202, 205, 214, 217, 229, 241, 242, 243, 245, 251, 252, 254
Cooper, Alan
8, 10, 11, 12, 13
Cordoba
233
Crescas, Hasdai
205
cult
64, 74, 120, 125
Damu
24
Dathan
88, 89, 90, 94
David/Davidic
4, 7, 8, 13, 19, 20, 23, 51, 54, 86, 89n, 140, 144, 147, 164, 168, 169, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 177, 179, 181, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 191, 192, 193, 205, 224n, 226, 235
Deborah
4
Demeter
119, 120n
demon/demons
10, 21, 22, 24, 45, 48, 52, 244, 245
Dilaz
174
Dobbs-Allsopp, F.W.
136
Donash ben Labrat
179
Easterlin, Nancy
88
ecocriticism
87, 88, 93
education/educational
38, 39, 42, 42n, 43, 50, 50n, 51, 52, 107n, 117, 158, 200n, 215
Ego, Beate
5
Egypt/Egyptian
11, 86, 89, 90, 92, 93, 107, 109, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 127, 174, 209, 235n, 236, 238
Elbaz, Moshe
257
Eleazar ha-Qallir/Qallir/Berabbi Kallir
6, 12, 142, 147, 148, 149, 150, 152, 153, 155, 156, 157, 157n, 158, 159
Elezar bar Avina
223
Elijah
20
Elijah of Vilna
203
Elija de Vidas
255
Elisha
20, 22
Emden, Jacob
203
Ephrem
6, 135
epiphany
68
epithet/epithets
121, 125, 126, 127, 142, 251
Erwin, Howard M.
125
eschatology
53
Ethan the Ezrahite
180
evening service (maariv)
201, 236, 253n
exorcism
24, 45
Ezekiel
98, 184, 187n
Fayyum
120
Feldt, Laura
94
Five Scrolls/Megillot
174, 184
Fleischer, Ezra
135n, 225, 226, 228n, 236, 238
France
177, 179, 186, 210n, 225n
Galilee
147, 171, 253
Gath
169
Gehenna
188
genre
3, 5, 6, 7, 17, 18, 22, 22170n, n, 23, 27, 37, 38n, 39, 41, 43, 44n, 49, 55n, 74, 149n, 150, 156, 164, 172, 174, 180, 187, 191, 201, 202, 229n, 245n
complaint
13, 17, 18, 19n, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 29, 30, 31, 31, 151, 180, 190
lament
13, 24, 39, 44, 45, 139, 158, 165, 175
gematria
250, 251
geonim
9, 222n, 223, 225, 236
Gerondi, Jonah
218
Gerstenberger, Erhard
13, 86n, 202, 217
Gikatilla
(
Giqatila and Chiquitilla), Moses Hacohen
163, 176, 177, 184, 186, 191, 192, 194
Gillingham, Susan
7n, 8n, 10, 10n, 144n, 148n, 202n
Gillmayr-Bucher, Susanne
92
Giqatila
(
Chiquitilla and Gikatilla), Moses Hacohen
176
Gula
28, 29
Gunkel, Hermann
13, 17, 19, 21, 83
haftarah
166
Hallel
9, 69, 133, 198, 224, 227, 233, 234
Ham
86, 89n
hanhagot
245
Hannah
4, 19, 31, 39
Harkins, Angela Kim
12, 77
Hasidism
9, 10, 241
hekhalot mysticism
151
Heman
31, 171n
hermeneutics, kabbalistic
250
Hermouthis
120
Hezekiah
22
Higger, Michael
225, 228, 228n
Hodayot
3, 40, 41, 42, 45, 46, 47, 49, 51, 52, 53, 54, 60, 61, 73, 74, 77, 78, 79, 133n
Horeb
86, 90
identity
42, 55, 61, 69, 70, 74, 153
Isaac
151, 251
Isidorus
120, 121
Isis
120, 121, 122, 123
Israel/Israelite
3, 7, 12, 17, 21, 22, 25, 30, 31, 32, 47, 51, 52, 54, 55, 60, 62, 83, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 97, 98, 149, 150, 157n, 166, 171, 172, 174, 178, 183, 187, 190, 192, 201, 207, 218, 250
god of
124, 125
land of
167, 191, 193, 222n, 223, 225, 226, 227, 228, 235, 236, 238
people of
46, 181, 246n
Italy
225n, 226
Jaakov Joseph (haKohen Katz) of Polonoye
242n, 248
Jacob
151, 168, 251
Juda Loew ben Bezalel (Maharal)
209n
Jerusalem
5, 53, 64, 70, 125, 133, 139, 140, 171, 177, 186
Jesus
7, 167, 173, 183, 187, 188, 189, 190, 194, 207n
Josephus
5, 38, 53
Kabbalah/Kabbalat Shabbat
10, 253, 255, 256, 257
Kabbalah, Lurianic
10, 241, 247, 248, 252
Kalimi, Isaac
8, 10, 12n
Kanarfogel, Ephraim
200
Karaites
8, 163, 176, 194
Kimhi, David
(
see Radak
)
163, 184n, 186, 191, 193, 194, 211
Kimhi, Joseph
187
Knidos
119
Korah
31, 168, 171n, 180
Kore
119, 120n
Kugler, Gili
98
Laban
168
Langer, Ruth
9, 10, 221n
Lekha Dodi
256
Lieber, Laura S.
6, 12
liturgy
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 37, 39, 39n, 42, 43, 45, 47, 60, 75, 133, 134, 135, 138, 139234, 238, 141, 144, 150, 164n, 174, 176, 198, 203, 222, 223, 226, 227, 229, 230, 232, 241
Lohfink, Norbert
17
London
184
Luria, Isaac
10, 242n, 249n, 252, 254, 255
Luther, Martin
84, 164n, 189n, 190, 194
Lydia
123
magic/magical
14, 25, 94n, 95n, 198n, 199, 245
mahzor/mahzorim
165, 176, 224n
Maimonides
9, 205, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237
Mainz
183
Malkhut
250, 251, 252, 254
Marduk
26, 29
Marqe
6, 135
maskil
4, 48, 48n, 51
Maul, Stefan M.
24, 24n, 25, 26
Melchizedek
171n, 180
Memphis
119, 122
Menachem ben Saruk
179
Mendele Mocher Sforim
242
Meriba
86, 9123, 28, 93
Mesopotamia/Mesopotamian
29, 30
Messiah
54, 169, 172, 183
Metatron
151, 154, 211
midrash/midrashim/midrashic
8, 11, 152n, 168, 170, 171, 171n, 172, 178, 187, 191, 192, 193, 194, 199, 200, 201, 205, 211, 224, 232, 251
Milan
190, 194
Millard, Matthias
17
Moab
91
Mordechai of Tchernobyl
247n
Moscato, Jehuda
206n
morning service
134, 134n, 228, 231n, 232, 242n
Morocco
212, 237n
Moscow
183
Moses
4, 6, 8, 12, 47, 88, 89, 91, 93, 100, 144, 145, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 163, 164, 166, 168, 171n, 180, 207, 108, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 230, 234
Moshe Gaon, R.
229, 230
Moshe haDarshan
179, 179n
mourning
14, 22, 151, 153, 165, 254
Münz-Manor, Ophir
6
Naaman
22
Nahman of Bratslav
246
Narbonne
179, 186, 187
Närhi, Jani
84
Nathan
54, 140, 177
Natronai Gaon
223n, 229, 231, 232
Nazianzus, Gregory
135
Nebuchadnezzar
181
Newson, Carol
42, 76
Nicholas of Lyre
194
Niemirów
243, 244
Ninisinna
24
Ninth of Av
139, 140
Noah
89, 151
Olofsson, Staffan
124
oracles
29, 38, 53
Oxford Ms.
235
Pachomius, Rule of
199
Pajunen, Mika S.
5, 70
Palestine
6, 133, 226
Pan
120, 123
Parker, Robert
126
payyetanim/payyetanic
6, 134n, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 155
pesuqe de-Zimra
9, 134, 222, 225, 225n, 226, 229, 230, 231, 233, 234, 236, 237, 238
performance
3, 4, 6, 9, 18n, 20, 24, 27, 29, 30, 47, 86, 99, 139, 148, 156, 158, 234n
Philistine
169
Phrygia/Phrygian
126
Pietersma, Albert
119
piyyut/piyyutim
5, 6, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 150, 155, 156n, 157, 210
Pleket, Henry W.
123
poet/poetry/poetic
4, 5, 6, 12, 21, 27, 1078, 115, 118, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 147, 150, 151n, 152, 156, 157n, 158, 193
Poppers, Meir
254
Poznanski, Samuel
176
prayer
3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 36, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 54, 55, 70, 71, 73, 74, 77, 78, 89n, 93, 96, 97, 120, 121, 122, 133, 135, 140, 148, 154, 155, 158, 165, 166, 172, 174, 175, 176, 180, 182, 184, 191, 192, 225, 229, 230, 231, 233, 234, 235, 241, 242, 243, 244, 246, 248, 251, 252, 255, 256
Ptolemy
119
prophecy/prophecies/prophetic/prophet
4, 7, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42n, 44, 51, 52, 53, 53n, 54, 55, 65, 150, 166, 169n, 170, 174, 175, 176, 181, 184, 186, 187, 190, 192, 193, 212
purification/purifications
24, 25, 26
qedushta/Qedushah
150, 151, 156, 233n, 242n
qina
139, 140
Qumran/Khirbet Qumran
3, 4, 5, 7, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 60, 61, 69n, 74, 86n, 133n, 175n, 198, 199n
Radak
,
see David Kimhi
186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 193, 194
Ramban
212
Rand, Michael
142
Rashi/Rabbi Shlomo Yitzhaki/ben Yitzhak
163, 170, 170n, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185n, 187, 190, 192, 193, 194, 208, 211, 244n
refrain
137, 138, 139, 140, 143, 156, 213
Reif, Stefan
9n, 202n, 222
Rendtorff, Rolf
17
responsa literature
201
Rhineland
183, 192
rite/rites
Babylonian
26, 27, 28, 29, 31
of the land of Israel
22, 226, 227, 235, 236
medieval
9, 151, 222, 225, 232, 233n, 237, 238
mixed
226
synagogue
10, 198, 202
ritual
activity
5, 22, 23, 43, 70n, 88, 95, 98, 100, 135, 153, 244n, 254, 256
of ancient Israel
7, 22, 30, 86, 134n, 153
agent
97
covenant renewal
46, 47
experience
85, 88, 95, 97, 98, 99
healing
13, 22, 24, 25, 28, 30, 32, 166
identity
69
participant
88, 97
performance
6, 20, 27, 31, 85, 93, 105, 217, 233, 253
sacrificial
133
text
12, 23, 29, 85, 99
Romanos
6, 135
Rosh Hashanah
203
Rosman, Moshe
248
Saadia/Saadya Gaon
163, 164, 174, 175, 176, 177, 184, 186, 191, 192, 193, 194, 203n, 232, 233, 235, 237n
Saba, Abraham
211, 212, 213, 214, 217, 218
Sabbath/Shabbat/shabbatot
4, 134, 208, 209, 227, 231n, 233, 235, 23255, 2567, 238, 248, 249, 250, 251, 253, 256
Safed
10, 203n, 242n, 252, 253, 254, 257
Saint Petersburg
176
Sandalfon
151, 154
Sarapis
119, 120, 122, 123
Sardis
123
Second Temple
4, 5, 7, 31, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 48, 53, 55, 69, 86, 89n, 96, 97, 98, 100, 182, 153
Sefer Shimmush Tehillim
9, 165, 244, 248
Sefer Tillim Aggadah
170
sefirah/sefirot
249, 250, 251, 254, 256
Sforim, Mendele Mocher
242
Shekhinah
250
shema
229, 231, 233, 234
shire hamaʿalot
134
Shmuel Eideles (Maharsha)
211
Shocher Tov
8, 164, 170, 191, 193
siddur/siddurim
165, 166, 176, 203, 232n, 248
silluq
12, 147, 148, 149, 150, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158
Simhath
203
sin/sins/sinful/sinners
21, 49, 52, 78, 79, 88, 90, 92n, 152, 164, 173, 246, 247
Sinai
51, 157n, 207, 210
Simlai, Rabbi
229, 230
Smith, Jonathan Z.
84, 85
Soferim
225, 226, 227, 228, 235
Solomon
93, 171n, 177, 181, 185, 189
Spain
176, 184, 212, 230
Speyer
183
star/stars
28, 66, 69, 75, 113, 216
Stemberger, Günter
9, 10, 223
Stuckrad, Kocku von
75
Swartz, Michael
98
Taitazak, Joseph
214
Talabardon, Susanne
9, 10, 12
Tanhum Yerushalmi, Rabbi
176
teaching/teachings
48n, 97, 199, 214, 217, 224, 230n, 248, 252
Thackeray, Henry St. J.
105
Thucydides
110
Tifʾeret
249, 250, 251, 252
tiqqun/tiqqunim
246, 247, 249, 253, 254, 255
Titus
181
Todorov, Tzetan
143, 144
Torah
8, 9, 12, 14, 32, 70, 147, 149, 157n, 164, 166, 174, 184, 192, 199, 200, 201, 204, 207, 208, 209, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 226n, 234, 236, 254, 255
Tortosa
205
Tosefta
207n
Trachtenberg, Joshua
244
Traditionsgeschichte
79
transcendence
72, 125
translation/translations
4n, 11, 12, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 117, 124, 125, 126, 127, 167, 168, 169, 191, 200, 210, 216, 226n
Tudela
184
Tulchin
243
Tyrannos
120
Vidas, Elijah de
255
visualization
5, 87
Vital, Hayim
254
Wadi Fawàkhir
122
Wilson, Gerald
17
Winnyzja
243
wisdom
38n, 41, 47, 48n, 51, 52, 77, 148, 203, 204
worship/worshipers
5, 7, 8, 14, 31, 42n, 46n, 61, 62, 64, 65, 67, 70, 71n, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 122, 155, 223, 229n
Worms
183
Xenophon
110
Yalqut Shimoni
170
Yannai
138
yehi khavod
226, 227, 228, 231, 232, 235, 237
Yehoshua ben Levi
208, 224
Yehuda, Rabbi
171, 172
Yehuda ibn Balaam, Rabbi
177
Yehudai Gaon
229
Yitzchak Ben Shoshan
218
yom kippur qatan
203, 203n
Yose ben Yose
6, 136
Yosi, Rabbi
224, 225, 227, 233
Zarpanitum
26
Zenger, Erich
17
Zenon
119, 121
Zion
22, 125, 139, 140, 242, 254
Ziph
181
Zoilos
119
Zucker, Moshe
175