Religion, mysticism, and language -- Jewish mysticism -- Jewish concept of language: the Midrash -- Historical outlines: late antiquity -- Historical outlines: the middle ages -- Historical outlines: the modern period -- The Christian Kabbalah -- The revelation of the secret of the world -- Visions of Rabbi Akibah and Rabbi Ishmael -- The deification of Enoch -- Rabbi Bahya Ibn Paquda: to see without eyes, to hear without ears -- Gabirol: God and the Universe -- Addressing an emanated godhead -- The voice of God over the water: the worship of the holy name -- The Rokeah: the devotion in prayer -- Divine will clothed in human will: the intention of prayer in early Kabbalah -- Abraham Abulafia: an apocalyptic vision -- The mystical immersion in names and letters: Shaarey Zedek -- Zohar: the beginning -- Rabbi Simeon bar Yohai and his society of mystics -- The Zohar: the wondrous child -- To write without pen and ink -- Joseph Della Reina: from experience to legend -- Walking with the Shekhinah: the palm tree of Devorah -- The messianic dreams of Rabbi Hayyim vital -- A prophetic vision by Nathan of Gaza -- Nathan of Gaza facing the monsters of evil: the myth of the Doenmeh -- Luzzatto: messianism and sanctity -- The mystical prayer of Rabbi Israel Ba'al Shem Tov -- Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav: a vision and a dream -- Bialik: mystical poetry and mystical language -- The sweet voice of the Lord: four contemporary Israeli poets.
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