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Index of Names and Subjects

Abraham 26, 41, 42, 43, 45–46, 57–58, 61, 86, 94, 95, 97

Abraham ben David of Posquieres (Rabad) 22, 84, 129

Abraham ben Yom Tov Ishbili (Ritba) 23, 54

Abraham ibn Ezra 22, 36, 47, 105

Acre 2

Adam 52, 68, 133

Aggadah 2, 17–18, 58–59, 79, 105, 130

Ahasuerus 96

Albo, Joseph 19, 45, 108

Alfasi (Rif) 85

Amram 52

Angels 25–26, 32, 66, 68, 81–82, 90, 93–94, 106, 126

Anthropology 26

Anthropomorphism 41–42

Aqabiah ben Mehallalel 56

Aragon 1, 2

Archetypes 67

Aristotelianism 3, 4, 38, 56 ff., 63, 78

Asceticism 100-01

Asmakhta 53–54, 102, 103

Astrology 78–79, 93

Astronomy 37

Authorities, human 106-07, 112

Ayn Sof 13

Azazel 82–83

(Rabbenu) Bahya ben Asher 79, 81, 105

Bahya ibn Paqudah 3, 18, 42,

Barcelona xii, 1, 34

Berger, David xiii, 19, 20, 22, 77, 94

Berlin, Isaiah 15, 23

Bezalel 124

Buber, Martin 18, 33

Canaanites 95

Catalonia 1

Charity 42, 43, 86,

Chavel, Charles xiii, 19, 22, 71, 95

Christiani, Pablo xii, 2

Christians 5, 34, 40, 42, 77, 133

Circumcision 47, 94

Commandments 2 ff., 99 ff.

Conversion/Converts 48, 117–18

Copernicus, Nicolaus 63

Cosmology 37

Covenant 11, 43, 61, 81, 97, 110,

Creation/Creator, 6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 19, 26, 27, 31, 32, 36, 37, 38, 40, 42–43, 47, 49, 52, 53, 56 ff., 61, 63, 65, 68, 71 ff., 77, 80, 82, 85, 99, 109, 110, 117, 119, 123, 124, 126, 128, 133

Crossbreeding (kil’ayim), 14, 80

Cyrus, 96

David, 37, 65

Death, 28, 67–68, 72, 132–33

Derash 2, 18, 53

Dinah, 122

Dominicans, 2

Eden, 68, 92–93, 126, 128 ff.

Edom 57–58

Eglah ‘Arufah 120

Egypt/Egyptians 95, 102

Einstein, Albert 63

Eliade, Mircea 20

R. Eliezer ben Hyrkanus 55–56

Elihu 32, 57, 65, 109

Emanation 13, 25, 28, 38, 52, 62, 81

Emden, Jacob 23

Enosh 47

Epistemology 78

Esau 57

Eschatology 125 ff.

Esther 96–97

Eve 68, 133

Even-Chen, J. 21

Evil 26, 36, 47, 134

Exegesis 15

Exodus 7, 36, 45, 48, 72 ff., 87, 117, 121, 125

Faith 25, 31 ff., 51, 52, 55, 58, 61, 62, 71, 74, 77, 99–100, 103, 121, 131

Faur, J. 110

France 1, 4

Free Choice 11, 46, 48, 79

Galileo 63

Genealogy 52

Gentiles 5, 40, 80 ff., 94, 108,

Geography 40

Geonim 101-02

Gerona 1

Gikatila, Joseph 39

Ginzberg, Louis 58, 94,

Goodman, L. E. xiii, 14, 17, 20, 21, 34

Greeks 4, 38, 57, 83, 127

(Rabbenu) Hai 101

Halakhah 2, 17, 18, 23, 53, 55, 101, 102, 106

Halakhot Gedolot 44, 102,

Halivni, David Weiss xiii, 18, 48, 56

R. Hanina 78

Hanukkah 84–85

Hasdai ibn Crescas 45, 46

Hasidut, German 101

Hayyim ibn Attar 46

Heavenly bodies/intelligences 26, 32, 37, 61–67, 78 ff., 93–94, 99, 121

Heinemann, Isaak 18

Hell (Gehinnom) 130, 133

Henoch, C. 19, 21

Heresy 115

Heschel, Abraham Joshua xiii, 3, 23, 64

Hillel 54

History 6 ff., 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 21, 34, 35, 40, 49, 53, 58, 59, 73, 74, 78, 95, 99, 103, 111, 113, 117, 118, 121, 125, 126

Horowitz, Isaiah Halevi 42

Hume, David 7, 20, 63

R. Huna 62

Idel, Moshe 21, 22

R. Idi 62

Idolatry 9, 43, 73, 81–82, 105

Imitatio Dei 84–85, 112

Incest 113–14

Isaac, 43, 45, 57, 97

Isaac bar Sheshet Parfat (Ribash), 21

Rabbi Ishmael, School of 84

Israel

Land 2, 4, 40, 69, 89 ff., 103, 109, 118, 130–31, 133

People 8, 9, 47, 55, 58, 66, 69, 74, 80–81, 85, 87, 93–97, 103-06 ff., 113–14, 121 ff, 126, 131

Israel Meir Ha-Kohen (Hafets Hayyim) 18

Jacob 26, 52, 66, 97, 121–22

Jacob ibn Habib 37

James, King of Aragon xii, 2

Jerusalem 2, 92–93, 97, 131

Jesse 92, 132

Jesus of Nazareth 2, 41

Job 14, 57-58, 65

Joseph 55

Joshua 96–97, 109

R. Joshua 56

Judah 62

Judah Halevi 8, 10, 11, 20, 21, 34, 35, 40, 57, 58, 63, 73, 83, 90, 104, 108

Justice 69, 84, 86–87, 91, 109, 111–12, 125

Kabbalah 1, 8 ff., 21, 22–23, 33, 39, 42, 44, 46, 58–59, 61, 91, 92, 101-02, 105, 111, 119 ff., 125, 130

Kadushin, Max 64

Karet (excision) 67

Karo, Joseph 54, 102, 129

Kasher, M. M. 62, 103

Kawanah 2–3, 12, 18, 32, 45, 100, 101–02,

Kellner, Menachem 19

Kimhi, Joseph 26

Kook, Abraham Isaac 22

Kuhn, T. S. 63

Language 64

Law

Civil and Criminal 109–10, 114

Natural (see also: Nature) 5, 6, 11, 13, 57, 74, 86, 107 ff.

Noahide, 5, 10, 81, 94, 108–11, 114

Scriptural/Rabbinic 53–54, 106-07

Legalism 43

Levirate marriage 108

Levi 52, 55

Lex talionis 85

Lieberman, Saul 48

Loewe, Judah (Maharal) 21, 77

Lonergan, Bernard 64

Lot 114

Magic 14, 41, 72, 79–80, 85, 113

Maimonides 1, 3, 4, 5–6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 26, 32, 33, 36–42, 44, 45, 48, 49, 53–54, 58–59, 72, 73, 78 ff., 90, 91, 94, 95, 96, 100, 102, 104, 105, 109, 111, 112, 113, 115, 120, 124, 126, 127, 128 ff.

Marmorstein, A. 125

Mathematics 63

Matsa 116

Medicine 39, 83 ff., 113

Meir ibn Gabbai 22, 119

Meiri, Menahem 48–49,

Mercy 69, 87, 113, 125

Merit 67

Messiah 2, 41, 128, 133–34

Metaphysics 3, 4, 5–6, 9, 19, 34, 35, 127

Mezuzah 49, 116

Miracles 7–8, 11, 41, 44, 46, 47, 48, 61 ff., 78, 86, 89–90, 97, 99, 101, 104, 107, 116 ff., 120–21

Moab 123

Montpelier 78

Morality 5–6, 19, 79, 85, 90, 108-09, 133

Mordecai 96–97

Moscato, Judah 34

Moses 33, 36, 39, 47, 51, 52, 55, 61, 65, 66, 69, 70, 72, 82, 87, 106-07, 112, 122, 124, 126

Moses de Leon 10

Mourning 132

Muhammad 41

Muslims/Islam 40, 77

Mystery/Mysticism 39, 55, 67–68, 82, 100–101, 105, 114, 117, 19 ff., 125, 127, 131

Name(s) of God 12–13, 25, 33, 36, 38, 42, 44, 47, 61, 63, 69, 87, 93, 99, 121 ff., 125

Natural Theology 37

Nature (see also: Law, Natural) 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 22, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 41, 47, 48, 51, 53, 57, 61, 62ff., 66, 68, 69, 74, 77ff., 92, 103-04, 109, 114, 118, 119, 121, 126–27

Nazirite 100–01

New Moon (rosh hodesh), 103-04

New Testament 34, 42, 43

Newton, Isaac 63

Noah 52

Novak, David 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 46, 53, 78, 80, 81, 1, 123, 129

Oaths 42, 106, 123

Occasionalism 77

Omniscience 49, 65, 71

Onqelos 41–42, 124

Ontology 78, 80–81

Oppression 75

Ordeal of the Bitter Waters (sotah) 69

Pascal, Blaise 36

Passover 116, 117–18

Paul 42, 43,

Peritz, Curt xii

Perles, J. 17

Peshat 18, 59

Pharaoh 36, 95, 133

Philo 18

Philosophy/Philosophers 4, 35, 38, 56, 57, 81, 83, 107, 127

Plato 34, 56, 127, 129

Prayer 32, 65,

Precedent 54, 79

Primary substances 27

Probability 64

Prophets/Prophecy 6, 40, 49, 51, 55, 57, 65, 66, 67, 73, 87, 93, 100, 102, 107, 108, 123, 131, 133

Providence, 7, 8, 12, 14, 32, 35, 42, 45, 48, 49, 61, 62, 64 ff., 78, 81, 85, 91, 94, 99, 104, 112

Rachel, 83

Rashi, 36, 54, 84, 87, 95, 121, 131

Rationalism 3, 9, 11, 13, 33–34, 59, 80, 111, 119, 127

Reason, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 13–14, 31, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 44, 53, 72, 77, 80, 81, 86, 100, 104-06, 110, 115, 116, 120, 121

Recanti, Menahem, 21, 22, 39

Red Heifer 8

Reshut (permission), 28, 84–85, 100, 106

Resurrection 126 ff.

Revelation 5–6, 9, 14, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 44, 47, 53, 55, 56, 57, 61, 62, 69, 74, 77, 80, 82, 104, 108, 110–11, 114, 119

Rome/Romans 40, 107

Rosenzweig, Franz 33

Rosh Hashanah 102

Rothschild, Fritz 64

Ruskin, Harry H. xiv

Russell, Bertrand 63

Saadiah Gaon xii, 8, 10, 11, 19, 21, 22, 33, 34, 35, 110, 127

Sabbath 9, 21, 27–28, 47, 116, 117, 124

Sacrifice 12, 28, 32, 58–59, 105

Samuel ben Meir (Rashbam) 17

Sanctuary (mishkan - see: Temple)

Sanhedrin 56, 103

Sarachek, J. 19

Satan 9

Schechter, Solomon 19

Scholem, Gershom 10, 21–23, 61, 77, 101, 125

Schreiber, Moses (Hatam Sofer) xii f., 17

Science

Divine 39, 90

Natural 7–9, 35, 38, 63–64, 78–79, 83

Social 7–9

Scientism 78

R. Seemon 97

Sefer ha-Bahir 91

Sefer Torah 23, 28

Sefirot 25, 28, 33

Septimus, Bernard 23

Septuagint 42, 43, 80, 90, 93

Shammai 54

Shehitah 32

Shekhinah 13, 44, 69, 90 ff., 119, 124, 133

Shem 52

Shema 18, 36, 101-02

Shemonah Esreh 18

Shofar 19, 101–102

Shushan 97

Silman, Y. 20

R. Simeon bar Yohai 10

R. Simeon ben Laqish 97

Sin 68, 92, 132–33

Sinai 6, 39, 51, 73, 74, 89, 94, 103-04, 106, 108, 110, 123, 126

Siracides 80, 93

Sitra ahra (the demonic) 10–11

Solomon 39

Solomon ibn Adret (Rashba) 36, 79, 81

Solomon ibn Gabirol 82, 127

Soul, human 3, 25 ff.

Space 11, 63–64

Spain 1–2, 4, 101

Stoics 5, 107

Strashun, Samuel (Rashash) 54

Sukkah 116

Symbols 7–8, 12, 58, 82, 117, 121, 123

Tamar 62

Tefillin 7, 47, 116, 121

Teleology 3, 20, 37, 109, 119

Temple 12–13, 44, 56, 83, 89, 92–93, 120, 124, 131, 133

Thomas Aquinas 108

Time 11, 21, 63–64

Tishby, I. 18, 22, 38, 105

Tosafists 1, 36, 43, 67, 82, 84, 134

Tradition 35, 38, 39, 51 ff., 78, 81, 83, 102

Transcendence 11, 26, 32, 39, 41, 47, 48, 63, 68, 92, 117 ff., 126 ff., 134

Truth 12, 15, 25, 31, 38, 51–57, 59, 63, 104, 115, 120–21

Tsara’at 90

Tsimtsum 46

Twersky, Isadore, xi, 111

Via negativa, 35

Violence, 6 107

Vital, Hayyim 22

Vows 123

Walsh, W. H. 20

Werblowsky, R. J. Z. 102

Whitehead, Alfred North 63

Witness 103, 116 ff.

Wolfson, E. R. 23, 59, 130

Wolfson, H. A. 37

World-to-come 11, 91–92, 126, 129–30 ff.

Yom Kippur 120

Zaqen mamre (contemptuous elder) 56

Zohar 10 ff., 22–23, 111