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  • Front Matter
  • Half Title Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Content
  • The Messiah of the Zohar: On R. Simeon bar Yohai as a Messianic Figure
  • The Messiah in the Main Body of the Zohar
  • The Idra as a Messianic Composition and R. Simeonbar Yohai as a Messianic Figure
  • Analysis of the Idra
  • The Significance of the Gathering
  • The Companions' Pledge
  • Disclosure versus Concealment
  • R. Simeon's Generation
  • Fear of God
  • Love
  • The Torah
  • The Apprehension of the Torah in the Messianic Era
  • Devekut (Mystical Union) and Tikkun (Amendment)The Tikkun
  • The Death of R. Simeon as a Tikkun
  • The Historical Tikkun
  • The Tikkun of Erotic Union
  • R. Simeon's Tikkun Through Erotic Union
  • -APPENDIX 1: When was Idra Rabba Held?-
  • -APPENDIX 2: When Was Idra Zuta Held?-
  • How the Zohar Was Written
  • Bahya B. Asher
  • Joseph Ben Shalom Ashkenazi Ha-Arokh
  • The Idrot
  • Rabbi Joseph Gikatilla
  • Rabbi Joseph of Hamadan
  • 'Primordial Man'
  • Shaving of the Hair
  • Rabbi David Ben Judah He-Hasid
  • APPENDIX 1: (Appendix to Note 248) Catharsis of Thought, The Doctrine of Gilgul and the Death of the Kings-APPENDIX 2: Rabbi Tbdros Ben Joseph Abulafia And Rabbi Simeon Bar Yohai-
  • Christian Influences on the Zohar
  • The Doctrine of Trinity
  • The Son
  • The Exegesis of Genesis 1:1
  • The Letter Tsadiâ€?Allusion to Jesus?
  • Back Matter
  • Notes
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1
  • Notes to Appendix I
  • Notes to Appendix II
  • Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3
  • Bibliography
  • Sources
  • Index of Subjects, Proper Names, and Classical Works
  • Index of References to the ZoharZOHAR I
  • ZOHAR II
  • ZOHAR III
  • Back Cover