Gabriel's Palace Jewish Mystical Tales

Name: Gabriel's Palace Jewish Mystical Tales
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ISBN: 9780195062922

ISBN-10: 0195062922

ISBN-13: 9780195062922

Edition: 1993

Authors: Howard Schwartz

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A vast bounty of tales recounting mystical experiences among the rabbis can be found in the Talmud, the Zohar, Jewish folktales, and Hasidic lore. Now, in Gabriel's Palace, scholar Howard Schwartz has collected the greatest of these stories, sacred and secular, in a marvelously readable anthology. Gabriel's Palace offers a treasury of 150 pithy and powerful tales, involving experiences of union with the divine, out-of-body travel, encounters with angels and demons, possession by spirits holy and pernicious, and more. Schwartz provides an informative introduction placing these remarkable tales firmly in the context of centuries of post-biblical Jewish tradition. The body of the text…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/19/1993
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 432
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English

Introduction	p. 3
Rabbinic Tales
The Golden Dove	p. 41
An Appointment with Death	p. 42
Isaac's Ascent	p. 43
The Magic Flock	p. 44
The Ascent of Moses	p. 45
The Chronicle of Serah bat Asher	p. 47
Mysteries of the Chariot	p. 50
The Four Who Entered Paradise	p. 51
Rabbi Ishmael's Ascent	p. 52
The Waters of the Abyss	p. 54
The Vision of the High Priest	p. 55
The Keys of the Temple	p. 56
The Spirit of Idolatry	p. 56
The Angel of Conception	p. 57
The Golden Table	p. 58
The Tzohar	p. 59
The Gates of Eden	p. 62
The Law Is Not in Heaven	p. 63
The Voice in the Attic	p. 64
Forcing the End	p. 65
Kabbalistic Tales
The Circle of Shimon bar Yohai
The Cave of Shimon bar Yohai	p. 69
The Decree	p. 70
The Curtain of Fire	p. 71
A Saint from the Other World	p. 72
The Golden Scepter	p. 73
The Book of Adam	p. 74
Rabbi Gadiel the Child	p. 75
The Celestial Academy	p. 76
The Book of Flying Letters	p. 77
Candles in the Synagogue	p. 78
A Kiss from the Master	p. 79
The Circle of the Ari
The Pillar of Cloud	p. 80
The Angel of Forgetfulness	p. 81
The Dancing of the Ari	p. 83
The Blessing of the Kohanim	p. 84
The Journey to Jerusalem	p. 86
The Precious Prayer	p. 86
A Vision at the Wailing Wall	p. 87
Reading the Lips of the Ari	p. 89
The Speaking Flame	p. 90
Greeting the Sabbath Queen	p. 93
Gathering Sparks	p. 94
Delivering a Message	p. 95
A Stone in the Wall	p. 97
The Widow of Safed	p. 98
The Body of Moses	p. 100
A Visit to the City of the Dead	p. 101
The Angel in the Mirror	p. 102
The Handwriting of the Messiah	p. 103
Other Kabbalistic Tales
The Palace of Vanities	p. 104
The Chains of the Messiah	p. 106
The Tzaddik of the Forest	p. 109
The Angel of the Mishnah	p. 112
A New Lease on Life	p. 114
Redemption of the Lost Souls	p. 115
Repairing Souls	p. 116
The Tefillin of the Or Hayim	p. 117
Mystical Folktales
Gabriel's Palace	p. 121
The Cottage of Candles	p. 124
Rabbi Shimon's Escape	p. 126
The Boy Who Blew the Shofar	p. 127
The Enchanted Inn	p. 130
Leaves from the Garden of Eden	p. 134
The Tenth Man	p. 135
The Ram Whose Horns Reached to Heaven	p. 137
The Cave of King David	p. 139
The Shining Robe	p. 141
The Evil Angel	p. 143
The Young Man without a Soul	p. 145
Asenath's Dove	p. 148
The Tale of the Kiddush Cup	p. 149
The Miracle in the Sukkah	p. 151
Rabbi Naftali's Trance	p. 152
Interpreting the Zohar	p. 154
The Secrets of Kabbalah	p. 155
The Flying Letters	p. 156
The Curse	p. 157
The Miracle of the Ring	p. 158
The Angel's Daughter	p. 160
The Bridegroom and the Angel of Death	p. 162
The Cave to the Holy Land	p. 164
The Cave of Temptations	p. 166
The Hollow of the Sling	p. 168
How Rabbi Judah the Pious Became a Great Scholar	p. 170
The Words in the Sand	p. 171
The Count Who Wanted to Study Kabbalah	p. 172
The Dream Question of the Maharal	p. 174
The Ruin	p. 175
The Voice in the Tree	p. 177
A Vision in the Cemetery	p. 178
The Spirit of Hagigah	p. 179
Hasidic Tales
The Circle of the Baal Shem Tov
The Book in the Cave	p. 183
The Prince of Fire	p. 187
The Angel's Sword	p. 189
The Ladder of Prayers	p. 191
The Tree of Life	p. 192
A Crown of Shoes	p. 194
The Flaming Tree	p. 195
A Visitor from the Other World	p. 196
The Master Key	p. 198
The Enchanted Island	p. 199
The Circle of Fire	p. 202
The Tale of the Frog	p. 203
The Field of Souls	p. 204
Unlocking the Gates of Heaven	p. 205
The Healing Spring	p. 207
Lighting a Fire	p. 209
The Circle of Reb Pinhas of Koretz
Opening a Verse	p. 210
The Angel of the Zohar	p. 212
The Angel of Friendship	p. 213
The Underground Forest	p. 214
Reb Pinhas and the Angel of Death	p. 219
The Circle of Reb Elimelech of Lizensk
The Woman in the Forest	p. 221
A Bowl of Soup	p. 222
The Wine of Paradise	p. 223
The Young Magician	p. 224
Reb Shmelke's Whip	p. 226
Three Stars	p. 227
The Shadow on the Wall	p. 228
The Garden of the Torah	p. 229
The Circle of Reb Nachman of Bratslav
A Vision of Light	p. 231
The Scribe	p. 232
The Sabbath Fish	p. 233
The Sword of the Messiah	p. 234
The Souls of Trees	p. 236
Divining from the Zohar	p. 237
The Angel of Losses	p. 238
The Book That Was Burned	p. 239
A Letter from the Beyond	p. 240
Reb Nachman's Chair	p. 241
Reb Nachman's Tomb	p. 242
The Soul of Reb Nachman	p. 244
Other Hasidic Masters
A Vision of the Bride	p. 245
The Flaming Letters	p. 247
The Saba Kadisha in the Upper World	p. 248
The Wandering Well	p. 250
The Sabbath Guests	p. 251
From the Beyond	p. 253
The Prayer Leader	p. 254
The Pact	p. 256
The Clock of the Seer of Lublin	p. 257
The Soul of the Ari	p. 258
The Blind Angel	p. 259
The Cave of Mattathias	p. 261
A New Soul	p. 263
A Vision	p. 264
The Tale of the Etrog	p. 265
A Wandering Soul	p. 266
Trying to Pray	p. 267
The Tale of the Kugel	p. 268
Sources and Commentary
Appendix	p. 357
Glossary	p. 367
Bibliography	p. 377
Index	p. 393
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