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Index of Names
Aaron 90, 109, 124, 126, 132, 176 136–42, 144, 148, 150–1, 176–7,
Abarim 98 182, 190–1
Abihu 109 authority 2, 8–10, 13–14, 17, 20, 38, 52,
Abraham 45–8, 52–4, 105, 160, 176, 64–5, 67, 76, 88, 104, 123, 140–1,
180–2 187
abyss 31 Azazel 21
Adam 12, 14, 24–7, 31–4, 36, 39, 45, 58,
66, 75–7, 89, 96, 100–1, 122, 126–8, Babylon 60–1, 146
131, 135, 158–9, 171, 174–5, 183–8 Babylonians 147
his authority over animals 14 baptism 2, 8, 23, 82, 88–90, 123, 137–8,
his veneration 25–6 145–51, 153–71, 175–83, 187–91
as icon of the deity 25–6 bat qol 1–2, 83, 138–9, 168, 176–7,
as image of God 24–7 190–1
as second power 25–6 Ben Azzai 71–2, 75
Adam Christology 174 Ben Zoma 71–3, 75, 167–8
Adamic typology 183, 185–7 blood 99, 172
Aher (Elisha ben Avuyah) 1–2, 16, 62–9,
71–2, 75–6, 138, 191 Chaldeans 152
altar 48, 171 chaos 73, 168–71, 173
Amram 29–30, 35, 89, 94, 100–1, 121, Chariot 2, 42, 45–7, 51–2, 63, 82, 115,
134 135, 145, 152–3, 180
Anafiel 65, 67–70 Chebar 82, 145–7, 151–3, 163, 188, 191
Ancient of Days 10, 14–16, 23, 38, 45, Cherubim 13, 40, 42
49, 51, 68, 116, 119–20, 123 clothing metaphors 85–6, 116–20, 137
angelic opposition 27, 58–9, 61, 66, 184, cloud 50, 64, 83, 85–7, 90, 92–3, 96, 98,
187 108–10, 121–2, 132–3, 136–8
angelic veneration 13, 24, 26–7, 31–5, commandments 41, 43
66, 75, 126, 135, 184, 187 complementary two powers 8, 26–7,
angelification 22, 100–2 84, 88
Angel of the Lord 50, 140–2, 189 crown 10, 28–30, 32, 65–8, 95, 122
as mediator of God’s absence 141–2
as mediator of the Name 142 Dan 185
angelus interpres 18, 59, 112, 185 danger motif 44
anthropomorphism 11–14, 38–9, 45, David 45, 47, 90–1, 147, 152, 164, 166
47, 64 Deuteronomi(sti)c school 11–12, 39–45,
Ark 39, 42 140–2
ascent 62, 74, 92, 95, 97–8, 101, 103–4, diaspora 130
121, 125, 135, 153, 166, 175, 190 Diotima 104
aural ideology 2–3, 8–10, 15, 23, 25, dove 145–50, 153–4, 166–9, 173–83,
38, 40–9, 51, 53–4, 56, 58, 62–4, 191
69, 74–5, 81–8, 94, 128–9, 132–3, dualism 163
Index of Subjects 215
Eden 128, 158–9, 173–4, 183, 187 image (tselem) 18–20, 24, 26, 32, 35–7,
Edom 60–1 55–7, 59, 93, 96, 104, 124, 126–7,
Egypt 101, 176 174–5, 182, 184, 186, 189
Eleazar 71, 98 impurity 169
Elijah 44, 46, 83, 85–7, 90–2, 94, 97–8, invisibility 2, 15, 26, 37, 47, 63–4, 81,
109, 110, 115–17, 120, 128–30, 132 83–4, 102, 117, 128, 140, 143, 148,
Enoch 14, 18–19, 21–4, 26, 28, 30, 170, 172, 182, 190–1
32–5, 65, 81, 97–8, 105–8, 112, 119, Io 104
131–2, 134–5, 151 iqonin 13, 19, 23–4, 32, 57–8, 124–6,
as “Beloved” 37 135, 182
heavenly counterpart of 19, 21 Isaac 54, 89, 93, 130–3, 160, 185
as icon of the deity 35 Israelites 43–4, 79, 100, 108, 124, 132,
as image of God 35–6 141–2
as second power 21, 32, 34–5, 107
veneration of 33–4, 66 Jacob 19–20, 23–4, 26, 35–7, 45, 54–61,
Ephraim 157–9, 162, 185 89, 105, 126, 131, 139
Esau 59–61 angelic opposition to 58–61
eschatology 113 his iqonin 57
Eve 186 as image of God 57
evil 1, 62, 191 as second power 54–61
Ezra 113, 118 James 85–6, 109
Jericho 185
fear motif 28, 60–1, 65, 67–9, 86–7, 92, Jerusalem 32, 38, 40, 52, 72, 77, 87, 113,
98, 130–5, 137 141, 164–5, 179, 188
First Adam 185 Jerusalem Temple 32, 38, 164
flood 66 Jesus 1–2, 5–9, 13, 15, 21, 23–7, 35, 52,
58, 79–98, 102–91
Gabriel 21, 32, 37–8, 99 enthronement of 111–14
Garden of Eden 12, 72, 86, 128, 131 as Face of God 123–8
Gilead 185 as Image of God 123–8, 182–8
glorification 97–8, 118, 143, 160–2, 189 iqonin of 123–8
Greece 60–1 as Last Adam 185
as mediator of the Name 142–3
Hayyot 14, 47, 122, 152–3 veneration of 133–6, 187
Head of Days 17–18, 21–4, 51 John the Baptist 149–50, 154
heavenly counterpart 21, 31, 56–7 Jordan 146–7, 151, 153–7, 159–63, 166,
heresy 5, 7, 9, 63–4, 68, 75 168–71, 174, 183, 187–8
Hermon 36, 112 Joshua 98, 109, 125, 160
Herod 17, 172 Judas 100
Holy Land 147 judgment 10, 20–1, 30–1, 48, 52, 120
Holy of Holies 13, 164
Holy Spirit 38, 145–6, 158–9, 161, Kavod 1–3, 12–15, 18–19, 29, 35, 40,
167–8, 174–5, 177–8 42, 46, 48–50, 52–3, 56, 75, 77,
honey 71–3 82–5, 87, 89, 93–4, 96, 103, 105–7,
Horeb 44–6, 129 110–11, 113, 115, 118, 129–30, 136,
hypostasis 30, 40, 141 138–9, 143–5, 148, 151–5, 157, 164,
166, 171–3, 179–81, 184–5, 188–9,
idol of jealousy 48 191
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