TY - BOOK AU - Yiśreʼeli,ʻOded TI - Temple portals: studies in aggadah and midrash in the Zohar T2 - Studia Judaica, forschungen zur Wissenschaft des Judentums, SN - 9783110432565 AV - BM525.A59 U1 - 296.1/62 23 PY - 2016///] CY - Berlin, [Jerusalem] PB - De Gruyter, Magnes KW - Zohar KW - Midrash KW - History and criticism KW - fast KW - Cabala KW - Aggada KW - RELIGION KW - Judaism KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - Electronic books KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface ; Table of Contents ; Chapter One: The Zohar as Midrash ; Why midrash? ; The Zohar's homiletic methodology ; Chapter 2: The Zoharic Homilies: General Outlines ; Chapter 3: From the Rabbinic to Zoharic Aggada: Preservation, Reworking, and Alteration; Chapter 4: "The Light Hidden for the Righteous": For Whom is it Reserved? "The light reserved for the righteous": The early traditions ; The "hidden light" and the "light of thought" ; The "world to come" and the "future" ; The "hidden light" in the Zohar; The "hidden-present": In the wake of the Zohar Conclusion ; Chapter 5: Adam's Sin: Its Meaning and Essence ; The meaning of Adam's sin: Polemical residues in nascent kabbalistic thought ; "He entered in tranquility and departed in terror": Original sin in the writings of R. Moses de Léon; "Many accounts": Original sin in the Zohar Exegetical tendencies and the exegete ; Conclusion ; Chapter 6: Enoch and Elijah: From Angel to Man, Man to Angel ; The ancient traditions about Enoch and Elijah ; Enoch and Elijah's ascents in medieval philosophy; Elijah's ascent: Nahmanides' view Enoch's and Elijah's ascents in the zoharic circle and later works ; Conclusion ; Chapter 7: "He failed": The Story of Abraham's Origins ; The zoharic homily: The exegetical context ; The story of Abraham's origins in medieval Jewish literature UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1289686 ER -