Jerusalem Studies in Jewish Thought

Proceedings of the second international conference on the history of Jewish mysticism.

The essays in this volume:

God, the Divine Glory, and the Angels according to a 2nd Century Theology

Jewish Mysticism's Transition from Sefer Yesira to the Bahir

The Problem of the Sources of the Bahir

Rabbi Solomon Ibn Gabirol's Use of the Sefer Ysira and a Commentary on the Poem "I Love Thee"

A Re-evaluation of the "Ashkenazi Kabbalah"

The Theology of the Iyyun Circle ad a Possible Source of the Term "Ahdut Shava"

"Flaw" and "Correction" in the Concept of the Godhead in the Teachings of Rabbi Isaac the Blind

"Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh" in the Works of the Gerona Kabbalists

The Divine Powers of Amen and their Variations in the Thought of Rabbi Azriel of Gerona

The Conception of Time in the Works of Rabbi Azriel

The Relationship between Sefer ha-Yeshar and the Gerona Circle

The Relations Between Mysticism and Philosophy in the Teachings of Rabbi Isaac Ibn Lafit

Was the Kabbalah in Castile a Continuation or a Revolution? – A Study of the Concept of Evil in Castilian Kabbalah

Rabbi Isaac Ibn Sahola's Commentary in the Song of Songs

Astrology in Jewish Mysticism from the Sefer Yesira to the Zohar (English) 

 Ma'aseh Merkabah in Sefer Hasidim (English)