Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Translator's Note
Introduction
Part One - Messianic Mothers in the Bible
Chapter One: Feminine Genealogy and the Lineage of the House of David
Chapter Two: The Type-Scene of “The Birth of the Messianic Hero”
Part Two - The Messianic Mother in Rabbinic Literature - Sororal Love and "Ethics of Redemption"
Chapter Three: David’s Mother(s) in Yalkut ha-Makhiri
Chapter Four: Gedolah Aveirah Lishmah - From Rabbinic Literature to the Messianic Teachings of R. Moses Ḥayyim Luzzatto
Part Three - The Messianic Mother in the Zoharic Literature
Chapter Five: Lot’s Daughters and the Zoharic “Ṭiqla”
Chapter Six: The Burning Face of the Shekhinah - Tamar in Zohar Aḥrei Mot
Chapter Seven: The Shekhinah's Exile and Redemption in Ruth and Naomi's Journey
Conclusion - Gender Reversal and Redemption Poetics
Epilogue - The Messianic Mother in Judaism and Christianity