| Acknowledgments | |
| Introduction | 3 |
| Ch. 1 | "Israel: The One Who Sees God" - Visualization of God in Biblical, Apocalyptic, and Rabbinic Sources | 13 |
| Ch. 2 | Vision of God in Mystical Sources: A Typological Analysis | 52 |
| Ch. 3 | Visionary Ascent and Enthronement in the Hekhalot Literature | 74 |
| Ch. 4 | Theories of the Glory and Visionary Experience in Pre-Kabbalistic Sources | 125 |
| Ch. 5 | Haside Ashkenaz: Veridical and Docetic Interpretations of the Chariot Vision | 188 |
| Ch. 6 | Visionary Gnosis and the Role of the Imagination in Theosophic Kabbalah | 270 |
| Ch. 7 | The Hermeneutics of Visionary Experience: Revelation and Interpretation in the Zohar | 326 |
| Conclusion | 393 |
| Appendix: Manuscripts Cited | 399 |
| Select Bibliography of Primary Sources Cited | 401 |
| Select Bibliography of Secondary Sources Cited | 409 |
| Index | 439 |
