The present article deals with a very brief story from the Zohar (II, 16a-b), one which
apparently belongs to the literary stratum known as Midrash ha-Ne'elam. 2 The first part of …

Close in time, two of the most enduring works of the Middle Ages: the Zohar and the Divine
Comedy have more in common than their era. Both writers are outstanding figures of their …

Die Narratio Zosimi (Narr Zos), bekannt seit den Editiones primae der griechischen Version
von Montague Rhodes JAMES (1893) 1 und A. VASSI-LIEV (1893) 2, vielfach auch Historia …

The Zohar is the great medieval Jewish compendium of mysticism, myth, and esoteric
teaching. It may be considered the greatest work of Jewish literary imagination in the Middle …

'not those present-day lovers, who sin of their own free-will, but those heroic lovers who
excuse themselves and blame the gods, some of whom our own Vergil mentions in his …

DOOMSDAY IMAGERY IN THE OLD ENGLISH EXOD US* The Old English Exodus contains
in its last few lines (if the persuasive rearrangement of the text presented in EB Irving's …

Speculum Meditantis, Vox Clamantis, and the Confessio Amantis famously appear stacked
underneath the reposing head of Gower at rest in his sepulchral monument at Southwark …

In the study of Judaism, the Zohar has captivated the minds of interpreters for over seven
centuries, and continues to entrance readers in contemporary times. Yet despite these …

This article presents a Zoharic story found in one manuscript only—ms. Vatican 206. The
focal point of this story is the question whether in order to cleave to God while walking, one …