Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Midrash and the nature of scripture
  • "The Holy One sits and roars" : mythopoesis and Midrashic imagination
  • The great dragon battle and Talmudic redaction
  • The measure and glory of God in ancient Midrash
  • Midrashic theologies of Messianic suffering
  • Five stages of Jewish myth and mythmaking
  • The book of Zohar and exegetical spirituality
  • Substitutes for sacrifice in Judaism
  • Contemplation of death in Jewish piety
  • Joy and Jewish spirituality
  • The mystery of dance according to Rabbi Naḥman of Bratzlav.