Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Structure of This Book; Methodological and Personal Reflections; The Basic Structures of the Composition and Its Performative Aspects; The Internal Coherence of the Zohar's Language; Definitions of Mysticism; Overview of Zohar Research; Part I -- the Zohar's Heroes: Rabbi Shim'on bar Yohai and the Companions; 1. The Figure of Rabbi Shim'on bar Yohai; 2. The Companions of Rabbi Shim'on in Their Own Eyes; 3. "Happy is this generation": The Three Generations with Which the Zoharic Circle Identifies
Summary
This book inquires into the wondrous and complex world of mystical experience in the Zohar, the jewel in the crown of Jewish mystical literature
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-445) and indexes
