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Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents Abbreviations Transliteration Key Preface Foreword by Elliot K. Ginsburg Introduction

I. The Mythical Strata of Judaism II. The Categories of Jewish Mythology III. Mythic Parallels IV. Myth and Ritual in Judaism V. The Light of the First Day VI. The Continuing Evolution of Jewish Mythology

Book One Myths of God

God’s Throne of Glory 1. Isaiah’s Vision 2. Daniel’s Night Vision 3. God’s Throne of Glory 4. The Descent of God’s Throne 5. The Crown of God 6. God’s Crown of Prayers Sefirotic Myths 7. The Thirty-two Paths of Wisdom 8. The Ten Sefirot 9. The Twenty-two Letters 10. The Infinite Being 11. The Seven Forms of God 12. The Ten Crowns of God God’s Existence 13. The First Being 14. The Cause of All Causes 15. God’s Omnipresence 16. God Alone 17. God’s Existence 18. God’s Gaze 19. God’s Day God’s Mystery 20. The Hidden God 21. The Contraction of God 22. Adam Kadmon 23. God’s Disguises 24. Where God Dwells 25. The Holy Spirit God’s Attributes 26. The Breath of God 27. The Mind of God 28. The Eyes of God 29. The Face of God 30. The Size of God 31. The Three Keys 32. The Arms of God 33. God’s Hands 34. The Body of God 35. God’s Back The Names of God 36. The God of the Fathers 37. The Tetragrammaton 38. The Lord of Hosts 39. God’s Robe of Glory The Warrior God 40. The Warrior God 41. God’s Sword God’s Voice and Word 42. A Still, Small Voice 43. God’s Voice 44. God’s Image 45. The Elders of Israel Behold God God Studies the Torah 46. God Studies the Torah 47. God Puts on Tallit and Tefillin 48. God’s Tabernacle 49. God’s Prayer 50. God Expounds the Torah The Suffering God 51. The Suffering God 52. God’s Tears 53. God Weeps over the Destruction of the Temple 54. God’s Lament at the Western Wall 55. God’s Oath 56. God Considers Ending All Existence God Walks in the World 57. God Walks in the Garden 58. God’s Lantern 59. God Descends to Mount Sinai 60. The Tent of Meeting 61. The Cottage of Candles Early Incarnations of the Shekhinah 62. The Creation of Wisdom 63. Mother Zion Myths of the Bride of God 64. The Creation of the Shekhinah 65. God’s Names for the Shekhinah 66. The Two Shekhinahs 67. The Earthly Dwelling of the Shekhinah 68. The Roaming of the Shekhinah 69. The Garments of the Shekhinah 70. The Sacred Bedchamber 71. The Casting Down of the Shekhinah 72. The Wandering of the Shekhinah 73. The Lament of the Shekhinah 74. The Wailing of the Shekhinah 75. The Exile of the Shekhinah 76. Mourning over the Shekhinah 77. The Suffering of the Shekhinah 78. Lilith Becomes God’s Bride 79. Israel and the Shekhinah in Exile 80. God’s Exile with Israel 81. The Face of the Shekhinah 82. The Shekhinah Within Visions of the Bride of God 83. The Shekhinah at the Wall 84. A Vision at the Wailing Wall God Defers to the Earthly Court 85. God Makes Matches 86. The Rabbis Overrule God 87. God Defers to the Earthly Court

Book Two Myths of Creation

Before the World Was Created 88. The First to Exist 89. Before the World Was Created 90. Prior Worlds 91. The Primordial Elements 92. God Created Everything with Its Knowledge 93. The Beginning of Time 94. Seven Things Created before the Creation of the World The Creation of the World 95. The Seven Days of Creation 96. Ten Things Created on the Eve of the First Sabbath 97. Five Heavenly Things Sleeping in the Universe 98. God the Creator 99. The Rainbow 100. The Time of Creation 101. Everything Was Created at Once 102. How God Begot Being 103. What Does the Earth Stand On? 104. Creation Ex Nihilo 105. The Order of Creation The Primordial Light 106. God’s Garment of Light 107. The Light of the First Day 108. The First Cloak 109. The Tzohar 110. How Light and Darkness Were Created 111. Creation by Light 112. The Light of Prophecy The Work of Creation 113. God’s Shout 114. The Work of Creation 115. How the Heavens Were Created 116. The Earth’s Foundations 117. Creation by God’s Name 118. Creation by God’s Beauty 119. The Palace of Heaven 120. Creation According to Philo The Cosmic Seed 121. The Cosmic Seed 122. A Universe of Water 123. The Three Craftsmen 124. The Pillars of the World 125. The Foundation Stone 126. Creation by Thought 127. A Single Utterance 128. The Divided World Myths of Origin 129. The Origin of Chaos 130. The First Sunset 131. The Origin of Fire 132. What Causes Earthquakes? 133. The Roots of Everything Myths of the Sacred Waters 134. The Great Sea 135. The Fiery Waves 136. The Upper Waters and the Lower Waters 137. The Spirit of the Firmament Rebellions against God 138. The Rebellion of the Waters 139. The Rebellion of Rahab 140. The Prince of Darkness 141. The Fall of Lucifer 142. Satan Cast from Heaven 143. Satan’s Bargain with God Myths of the Sun and Moon 144. The Quarrel of the Sun and the Moon 145. The Sun Stood Still 146. A Garment for the Moon Creation by Angels 147. The Creation of Angels 148. Creation by Angels 149. Anafiel, the Creator of the Beginning 150. The Creator of the World 151. The First Created Being 152. The Angel Who Created the World The Wheel of Creation 153. The Wheel of Creation 154. The Cosmic Tree 155. The Shattering of the Vessels and the Gathering of the Sparks 156. Creation by Broken Vessels The Creation of Man 157. The Heavenly Man 158. Adam the Angel 159. Adam the Golem 160. Adam the Giant 161. Adam the Last and First 162. Adam’s Body of Light 163. The Enthronement of Adam 164. Adam’s Body Formed by an Angel 165. God Consults the Angels about the Creation of Adam 166. The Creation of Man 167. Creation from a Mold 168. Wisdom Created Man 169. Adam’s Choice 170. Adam’s Breath 171. The First Twelve Hours of Adam’s Life 172. Adam Brings Down Fire from Heaven 173. Adam the Hermaphrodite 174. Samael and Lilith 175. God and the Spirits of the Unborn Adam and Eve 176. Adam and the Spirits 177. The First Eve 178. What Happened to the First Eve? 179. The Creation of Woman 180. The First Wedding Mythological Creatures 181. Adne Sadeh 182. The Sea Monster Leviathan 183. Behemoth 184. The Ziz 185. The Re’em 186. The Phoenix 187. The Lion of the Forest Ilai 188. The Ram Sacrificed at Mount Moriah The Unfinished Creation 189. God the Potter 190. The Unfinished Creation

Book Three Myths of Heaven

The Translation of Enoch 191. Enoch Walked with God 192. Enoch’s Vision of God 193. The Metamorphosis and Enthronement of Enoch The Treasury of Souls 194. The River of Fire 195. The Living Creatures 196. The Council of Souls 197. Adam’s Soul 198. The Creation of Souls 199. Tree of Souls 200. The Treasury of Souls 201. The Path of the Soul in the Garden of Eden 202. The Field of Souls 203. The Transmigration of Souls 204. How to Grasp a Soul Heavenly Journeys 205. Adam Is Taken into Paradise 206. Isaac’s Ascent 207. The Ascent of Elijah 208. The Four Who Entered Paradise 209. A Vision of Metatron 210. Rabbi Ishmael’s Ascent 211. The Entrance of the Sixth Heavenly Palace 212. Before the Law 213. A Journey to the Stars 214. A Jewish Icarus The Divine Chariot 215. Ezekiel’s Vision 216. Mysteries of the Chariot The Seven Heavens 217. The Seven Heavens 218. The Eighth Heaven 219. The Pargod 220. The Map of Time and Space 221. The Place of the Stars 222. The Rainbow of the Shekhinah 223. The Music of the Spheres 224. The Treasury of Merits 225. The Wings of Heaven The Palaces of Heaven 226. The Palaces of Heaven 227. Women in Paradise The Landmarks of Heaven 228. The Tent of the Sun 229. The Tent of Heaven 230. The Crystal Palace 231. The Celestial Academy 232. Where Heaven and Earth Meet The Ministering Angels 233. The Primordial Metatron 234. The Angel Metatron 235. The Angel Sandalphon 236. Michael, the Patron Angel 237. Elijah the Angel 238. The Keeper of the Book of Records 239. The Angel Gallizur 240. The Angel of Conception 241. The Angel of the Covenant 242. How Rabbi Ishmael Was Conceived 243. The Angel of Friendship 244. Guardian Angels 245. The Might of the Angels 246. The Angel of Losses 247. The Angel Tzadkiel 248. The Angel of Rain 249. God Changes the Roles of the Angels The Angel of Death 250. The Creation of the Angel of Death 251. Rabbi Joshua ben Levi and the Angel of Death 252. Rabbi Loew and the Angel of Death The Gates of Heaven 253. The Heavenly Court 254. The Windows of Heaven 255. The Ba’al Shem Tov Ascends on High

Book Four Myths of Hell

The Unfinished Corner of Creation 256. The Unfinished Corner of Creation 257. The Darkness that Existed before Creation 258. The Banishment of Dumah 259. God’s Prison 260. Adam and the Demons Lilith Rises from the Deep 261. Adam and Lilith 262. Lilith Rises from the Deep 263. A Spell to Banish Lilith 264. The Woman in the Forest 265. The Cellar 266. Lilith, the Queen of Zemargad 267. The Two Liliths 268. Lilith’s Children 269. The Night Demoness 270. Lilith the Witch 271. Lilith and Elijah 272. Lilith Flees from the Apparition of Eve Vampires, Spirits, Dybbuks, and Demons 273. The Spirits of the Sixth Day 274. The Vampire Demon 275. An Evil Demoness 276. The Widow of Safed 277. Demonic Doubles 278. The Underworld 279. When a Man Dies The History of Gehenna 280. The Creation of Gehenna 281. The Prince of Gehenna 282. The History of Gehenna 283. The Openings of Gehenna 284. The Landscape of Gehenna 285. The Scorpions of Gehenna 286. The Bridge over Gehenna 287. The Darkness of Gehenna 288. The Light of Gehenna 289. The Punishment of Korah 290. The Inhabitants of Gehenna 291. The Fate of the Soul 292. The Punishments of Gehenna 293. The Fate of Slanderers 294. Sabbath in Gehenna 295. Gehenna Seething 296. The Size of Gehenna 297. The Gates of Gehenna 298. The Door to Gehenna 299. The Gatekeeper of Gehenna 300. The Messiah in Hell 301. The Sabbath Resurrection 302. The Ashes of Sinners 303. Purified Souls 304. How the Dead See the Dead

Book Five Myths of the Holy Word

The Letters of the Alphabet 305. Creation by Word 306. Two Worlds 307. The Primordial Language 308. The Creation of the Torah 309. Creation by the Torah 310. The Letters of the Alphabet 311. Creation by Letters 312. The Shining Letters The Primordial Torah 313. The Torah Written on the Arm of God 314. God’s Original Plan 315. The Book of Raziel 316. Creating New Heavens and a New Earth 317. God’s Warning 318. The Light of the Torah 319. The Betrothal of the Torah 320. The Vestment of the Shekhinah 321. The Letters and the Burning Bush God Offers the Torah to Israel 322. The Angels and the Giving of the Torah 323. The Quarrel of the Mountains 324. The Necklace of Letters 325. Death and Rebirth at Mount Sinai 326. The Seven Voices of the Torah 327. The Ascent of Moses 328. Mount Sinai Is Lifted to Heaven 329. How God Revealed Himself at Mount Sinai 330. God Offers the Torah to Israel 331. God Tears Apart Seven Firmaments 332. The Primordial Torah 333. The First Tablets 334. The Second Tablets 335. The First Torah 336. How the Ten Commandments Were Given 337. The Order of the Torah The Giving of the Torah 338. God Abrogates the First Decree 339. The Giving of the Torah 340. Moses Before the Throne of Glory 341. God Teaches Torah in the World to Come 342. Moses Questions God 343. The Ark of the Covenant The Changing Torah 344. The Changing Torah 345. The Flying Letters 346. God’s Signature 347. The Crowns of Israel Studying the Torah 348. The Prince of the Torah 349. Studying the Torah 350. The Boy Who Read the Book of Ezekiel 351. The Two Torahs 352. The Giving of the Song of Songs Myths of Prayers 353. The Origin of the Shema 354. The Holy Breath The Golem 355. Rava Creates a Man 356. Jeremiah Creates a Golem 357. The Golem of Ibn Gabirol 358. The Golem of Rabbi Elijah 359. The Golem of Prague 360. The End of the Golem 361. The Golem in the Attic 362. The Homunculus of Maimonides

Book Six Myths of the Holy Time

Myths of the Days of Awe 363. God Passes Judgment 364. The Book of Life and the Book of Death 365. The Origin of Rosh ha-Shanah 366. The String of God 367. The Month of Tishrei 368. Re-creating the World 369. Renewing Existence 370. The Day of Judgment 371. The High Priest Enters the Holy of Holies 372. The Days of Awe 373. Light Is Sown for the Righteous 374. Gathering Souls 375. A Scapegoat for Azazel 376. Sounding the Shofar 377. The Closing of the Gates 378. The Final Blast Myths of Sukkot 379. The Water Libation 380. The Seven Shepherds 381. Dwelling in Exile 382. The Feast of Sukkot in the World to Come Myths of Simhat Torah 383. The Body of Moses 384. The Flying Shoe Myths of Passover 385. God Revels in the Reading of the Haggadah Myths of Lag ba-Omer 386. The Dancing of the Ari Myths of Shavuot 387. The Wedding of God and the Shekhinah 388. The Wedding of God and Israel 389. The Parting of the Heavens at Midnight Myths of the Sabbath 390. The Creation of the Sabbath 391. The Cosmic Sabbath 392. The Blessings of the Sabbath 393. The Adornment of the Sabbath 394. The Princess of the Sabbath 395. The Sabbath Bride 396. Greeting the Sabbath Queen 397. The Second Soul 398. The Souls of the Dead on the Sabbath 399. The Soul in the Garden of Eden 400. God’s Daughter 401. God Guides Moses in Prayer 402. The First Sabbath 403. God Keeps the Sabbath 404. Keeping the Sabbath 405. The Sabbath Angels 406. The Sabbath Feast in the Celestial Eden 407. The Spice of the Sabbath 408. The Song of the Sabbath 409. Adam’s Song of Praise for the Sabbath 410. Why Women Light Two Candles on the Sabbath 411. The First Havdalah 412. The Sabbath in the World to Come 413. The Great Sabbath Myths of the Ninth of Av 414. A Day of Fasting and Mourning 415. The Mourning Dove 416. The Wailing Wall 417. The Weeping Well 418. The Ninth of Av in the Future Myths of Rosh Hodesh 419. Repenting for God

Book Seven Myths of the Holy People

Myths of Israel 420. For the Sake of Israel 421. The Souls of Israel 422. The Body of Israel Myths of Abraham 423. The Lesson of the Stars 424. God Calls upon Abram 425. God’s Covenant with Abram 426. God Appears to Abraham 427. Abraham’s Vision of God 428. Abraham’s Glowing Stone 429. Abraham in Egypt 430. Abraham’s Name 431. Iscah the Seer 432. Abraham Bargains with God 433. The Souls of Converts Myths of Isaac 434. God Begat Isaac 435. The Binding of Isaac 436. How Abraham Recognized Mount Moriah 437. The Sacrifice 438. Satan at Mount Moriah 439. Isaac Sees the Shekhinah 440. God Binds the Princes of the Heathens 441. The Angel Who Saved Isaac 442. Isaac’s Vision at Mount Moriah 443. Sarah’s Tent 444. The Death of Sarah 445. The Cave of Machpelah 446. Abraham’s Daughter 447. The Descent of the Light-Man 448. Abraham and the Angel of Death 449. Abraham’s Dying Vision 450. Abraham Never Died 451. The Births of Jacob and Esau 452. Isaac Returns to Mount Moriah Myths of Jacob 453. The Bartered Birthright 454. Red Lentils 455. Isaac’s Eyes Grow Dim 456. The Stolen Blessing 457. Jacob the Blessed 458. Rachel and the Stolen Idols 459. Jacob’s Dream 460. Meeting the Place 461. Jacob’s Vision 462. Jacob’s Heavenly Vision 463. The Gateway to Heaven 464. Jacob Wrestles with the Angel 465. Jacob and Esau’s Guardian Angel 466. The Magic Flock 467. Jacob’s Ascent on High 468. Jacob’s Pillow 469. Jacob’s Books 470. Jacob the Angel 471. Jacob the Divine 472. The Image of Jacob Cast Down from Heaven 473. The Death of Jacob 474. Jacob Never Died 475. Summoning the Patriarchs Myths of Moses 476. The Birth of Moses 477. An Ark in the Bulrushes 478. Pharaoh and the Child Moses 479. Pharaoh’s Daughter 480. The Burning Bush 481. Moses Swallowed by a Serpent 482. Serah bat Asher 483. The Secret of the Redeemer 484. The Coffin of Joseph 485. A Vision at the Red Sea 486. The Walls of the Red Sea 487. The Death of Serah bat Asher 488. God’s Footstool 489. The Parting of the Red Sea 490. The Waters of the Red Sea Refuse to Part 491. Crossing the Red Sea 492. Mount Moriah and the Red Sea 493. God’s Presence at the Red Sea 494. Pharaoh’s Army Lured to Its Death 495. The Quarrel of the Sea and the Earth 496. Miriam’s Well 497. How Moses Survived 498. The Enthronement of Moses 499. Moses Transformed into Fire 500. The Divine Radiance 501. The Light that Shone from Moses’ Face 502. The Souls of the Patriarchs 503. The Pillar of Cloud 504. The Seven Clouds of Glory 505. Moses’ Last Request 506. Joshua as Oedipus 507. Moses Never Died Myths of King David 508. King David Is Crowned in Heaven 509. King David’s Harp 510. The Angel of the Lord 511. The Mountain of Fire Myths of the Tzaddikim 512. The Thirty-Six Just Men

Book Eight Myths of the Holy Land

The Garden of Eden 513. The Garden of Eden 514. The Creation of the Garden of Eden 515. The Hidden Garden 516. The Fruit of the Tree of Life 517. The Tree of Knowledge and the Tree of Life 518. The Ever-turning Sword of Flame 519. Abraham’s Tree 520. The Cave of the Four Winds 521. The Gates of Eden The Promised Land 522. The Land of Israel 523. The Seventy Nations and the Land of Israel 524. How the Holy Land Became Holy 525. The Cave of Shimon bar Yohai The Heavenly Jerusalem 526. Light from the Temple 527. God Builds the Heavenly Temple 528. The Heavenly Jerusalem and the Earthly Jerusalem 529. How Mount Moriah Was Created 530. The Altar of Abraham 531. God Prays for the Building of the Temple 532. The Celestial Temple 533. The True Temple of God 534. The Descent of the Heavenly Jerusalem 535. The Elevation of Jerusalem 536. The Center of the World 537. The Patriarchs Seek to Comfort Jerusalem The Earthly Jerusalem 538. The Creation of the Temple 539. The Temple Built Itself 540. The Building of the Temple 541. The Wedding of King Solomon and Pharaoh’s Daughter 542. Leopards in the Temple 543. The Mystery of the Cherubim 544. God’s Judgment Above and Below 545. God’s Cleansing of the Holy Land The Destruction of the Temple 546. The Destruction of the Temple 547. A Stone from Mount Sinai 548. The Hand of God 549. God’s Mourning 550. The Patriarchs Weep over the Destruction of the Temple 551. Abraham in the Temple 552. Abraham and the Alphabet 553. Moses and the Sun 554. The Invisible Temple

Book Nine Myths of Exile

Exile from Eden 555. The Exile from Eden 556. Eve Tastes the Forbidden Fruit 557. God Divorced Adam 558. Adam’s Diamond 559. The Garments of Adam and Eve 560. Adam’s Descendants 561. God Descends into the Garden 562. The Land of Eretz 563. Adam’s Account of the Fall 564. What the Serpent Said to Eve 565. Satan and the Serpent 566. The Quest for the Oil of Life 567. The Generations of Seth 568. The Creation of Centaurs 569. The Death of Adam 570. Paradise Cain and Abel 571. Cain and Abel 572. How Cain Was Conceived 573. The Seed of Cain 574. The Birth of Cain 575. The Wives of Cain and Abel 576. Eve’s Night Vision 577. The Death of Cain The Evil Inclination 578. The Evil Inclination 579. How Samael Entered the Heart of Man The Sons of God and the Daughters of Men 580. The Sons of God and the Daughters of Men 581. The Star Maiden 582. The Watchers 583. The Giants of Old 584. A Lecherous Spirit 585. The Lair of Azazel The Flood 586. The Giant Og 587. Noah and the Raven 588. The Fiery Deluge The Tower of Babel 589. The Tower of Babel 590. Building the Tower Sodom and Gomorrah 591. The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah 592. The Banished Angels 593. The Pillar of Salt Myths of the Exodus 594. The Golden Calf 595. Strange Fire 596. The Spirit of Idolatry 597. The Fiery Serpents 598. The Desert Shur 599. The Dead of the Desert The Ten Lost Tribes 600. The Exile of Israel 601. The Secret of the Egyptian Exile 602. The Ten Lost Tribes 603. The River Sambatyon 604. The City of Luz 605. An Appointment with Death 606. The World of Tevel 607. The Manna

Book Ten Myths of the Messiah

The Creation of the Messiah 608. The Creation of the Messiah 609. The Birth of the Messiah 610. The Scales of the Messiah 611. The Requirements of the Messiah 612. The Soul of the Messiah 613. The Descent of the Messiah’s Soul The Heavenly Messiah 614. The Enthronement of the Messiah 615. The Messiah Will Descend from the Side of Evil 616. A War in Heaven and on Earth 617. The Palace of the Messiah 618. A Thousand Palaces of Longing 619. The Suffering Messiah 620. The Ladder of Prayers 621. The Messiah and the Ba’al Shem Tov The Earthly Messiah 622. The Messiah at the Gates of Rome 623. The Chains of the Messiah 624. The Messiah Comes Forth from Prison 625. Until the Redemption 626. The Concealment of Elijah 627. Forcing the End The Captive Messiah 628. The Captive Messiah 629. The Sleeping Messiah The End of Days 630. The Pangs of the Messiah 631. The Rainbow of the Messiah 632. Calculating the End of Days 633. The End of Days 634. The End of the World 635. How the End of the World Will Come The Resurrection of the Dead 636. The Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones 637. How the Dead Will Come to Life 638. The Dew of Resurrection 639. The Resurrection of the Dead 640. How the Resurrection Will Take Place The World to Come 641. The World to Come 642. The Great Age 643. Life in the World to Come 644. The Chorus of the Righteous 645. Fat Geese for the World to Come 646. The Messianic Banquet 647. The Messianic Torah 648. A Tabernacle for the Righteous Messianic Jerusalem 649. The New Jerusalem 650. Messianic Jerusalem 651. The Golden Gate of the Messiah 652. The Descent of the Heavenly Temple 653. The Creation of the Third Temple 654. Rebuilding the Temple 655. The Messianic Spring 656. A Magical Tree in Jerusalem The Pleading of the Fathers 657. The Pleading of the Fathers 658. Waking the Fathers 659. The Fathers Address the Messiah 660. The Two Messiahs 661. The Messiah Petitions God 662. The Coming of the Messiah 663. The Messiah’s Yeshivah 664. The Dual Messiah The Ingathering of the Exiles 665. The Ingathering of the Exiles 666. The Birth of Armilus 667. Satan and the Messiah The Wars of Gog and Magog 668. The Arrival of the Messiah 669. God Reprimands the Universe 670. A New Torah

Appendix A: A Note on the Sources Appendix B: The Primary Biblical Myths Appendix C: Diagram of the Ten Sefirot Glossary Bibliography of Original Sources Selected English Bibliography Index of Biblical Verses General Index

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