Table of Contents for A Guide to the Zohar

Table of Contents for A Guide to the Zohar

Diagram of the Ten Sefirot

Preface

Part I. Introduction

• Prologue

• The Kabbalistic Tradition: A Brief History Until the Zohar

• Teachings of the Kabbalists: The Ten Sefirot

Part II. What is the Zohar?

• The Zohar: Midrash on the Torah

• The Zohar Narrative

• Mysticism of the Zohar

• The Zohar in Historical Context

Part III. Selected Themes within the Zohar

• Creation and Origins

• Between Worlds

• Evil and the Demonic

• Torah and Revelation

• The Commandments

• Avodah : The Life of Worship

• The Tsaddiq and the Life of Piety

• The Jewish People, Exile, and Messiah

Part IV. The Zohar as Text

• Special Sections of the Zohar

• The Question of Authorship

• The Language of the Zohar

• Editing and Printing of the Zohar

• Influence and Canonization of the Zohar

Bibliography