ABSTRACT

‘The Zohar’ was compiled and composed in Spain in the thirteenth century, and exerted a powerful influence on Jewish life in medieval ghettoes. In this book, first published in 1932, Dr Bension was the first scholar to deal with the influence on Jewish mysticism of certain characteristics which underlie so much of the literature produced in Spain both by Christians and Muslims.

part I|75 pages

Before the Exile

chapter II|15 pages

The Spanish Mystics

part II|139 pages

The Zohar

chapter VIII|35 pages

The Revelations Made to the Great Holy Assembly

chapter XI|21 pages

The Revelations Concerning Paradise and Hell

chapter XII|3 pages

The Vision of Rabbi Hiya

(After the Death of Simeon Ben Jochai)

part III|31 pages

After the Exile

chapter XIII|8 pages

The Hilulah of Simeon Ben Jochai

(As it is Celebrated To-Day)