Pinchas Giller is an Assistant Professor of Classics at Washington University. He is currently editing the critical edition of Tiqqunei ha-Zohar for the Zohar Project of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

"This is a fine piece of scholarship. It constitutes a pioneering study of a major figure in the medieval Jewish mystical tradition. The discussion of theurgy and the experiential element within the Jewish mystical tradition are particularly important contributions to this fledgling area of study." — Mark Verman, St. John's University"This book brings to the English reader a first sound and comprehensive study of the theological issues in the later strata of the Zohar." — Ronald C. Kiener, Trinity College

• PrefaceChapter 1. Tiqqunei ha-Zohar and Ra'aya Meheimna in ContextChapter 2. The Hermeneutics of Theosophical Kabbalah: The Symbolization of Sacred TextChapter 3. The Maskilim: Mystical Vocation in the TiqqunimChapter 4. The Myth of ChaosChapter 5. Halakhah and KabbalahChapter 6. The Theurgic Dimension of the CommandmentsChapter 7. Agencies of Unification: The Sabbath and PrayerConclusionsNotesBibliographyIndex

Pinchas Giller is an Assistant Professor of Classics at Washington University. He is currently editing the critical edition of Tiqqunei ha-Zohar for the Zohar Project of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

"This is a fine piece of scholarship. It constitutes a pioneering study of a major figure in the medieval Jewish mystical tradition. The discussion of theurgy and the experiential element within the Jewish mystical tradition are particularly important contributions to this fledgling area of study." — Mark Verman, St. John's University"This book brings to the English reader a first sound and comprehensive study of the theological issues in the later strata of the Zohar." — Ronald C. Kiener, Trinity College

• PrefaceChapter 1. Tiqqunei ha-Zohar and Ra'aya Meheimna in ContextChapter 2. The Hermeneutics of Theosophical Kabbalah: The Symbolization of Sacred TextChapter 3. The Maskilim: Mystical Vocation in the TiqqunimChapter 4. The Myth of ChaosChapter 5. Halakhah and KabbalahChapter 6. The Theurgic Dimension of the CommandmentsChapter 7. Agencies of Unification: The Sabbath and PrayerConclusionsNotesBibliographyIndex

Pinchas Giller is an Assistant Professor of Classics at Washington University. He is currently editing the critical edition of Tiqqunei ha-Zohar for the Zohar Project of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

"This is a fine piece of scholarship. It constitutes a pioneering study of a major figure in the medieval Jewish mystical tradition. The discussion of theurgy and the experiential element within the Jewish mystical tradition are particularly important contributions to this fledgling area of study." — Mark Verman, St. John's University"This book brings to the English reader a first sound and comprehensive study of the theological issues in the later strata of the Zohar." — Ronald C. Kiener, Trinity College

• PrefaceChapter 1. Tiqqunei ha-Zohar and Ra'aya Meheimna in ContextChapter 2. The Hermeneutics of Theosophical Kabbalah: The Symbolization of Sacred TextChapter 3. The Maskilim: Mystical Vocation in the TiqqunimChapter 4. The Myth of ChaosChapter 5. Halakhah and KabbalahChapter 6. The Theurgic Dimension of the CommandmentsChapter 7. Agencies of Unification: The Sabbath and PrayerConclusionsNotesBibliographyIndex