America in VietnamBased on a variety of classified military records, Lewy provides the first systematic analysis of the course of the Vietnam War, the reasons for the failure of American strategy and tactics, and the causes of the final collapse of South Vietnam. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
1 The Revelation of the Secret of the World | 49 |
2 Visions of Rabbi Akibah and Rabbi Ishmael | 55 |
3 The Deification of Enoch | 61 |
To See Without Eyes To Hear Without Ears | 75 |
God and the Universe | 81 |
6 Addressing an Emanated Godhead | 95 |
The Worship of the Holy Name | 101 |
15 To Write Without Pen and Ink | 175 |
From Experience to Legend | 181 |
The Palm Tree of Devorah | 195 |
18 The Messianic Dreams of Rabbi Hayyim Vital | 203 |
19 A Prophetic Vision by Nathan of Gaza | 213 |
The Myth of the Doenmeh | 217 |
Messianism and Sanctity | 223 |
22 The Mystical Prayer of Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov | 231 |
The Devotion in Prayer | 107 |
The Intention of Prayer in Early Kabbalah | 115 |
An Apocalyptic Vision | 121 |
11 The Mystical Immersion in Names and Letters | 129 |
The Beginning | 139 |
13 Rabbi Simeon Bar Yohai and His Society of Mystics | 149 |
The Wondrous Child | 161 |
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