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Kabbalah and Catastrophe
Historical Memory in Premodern Jewish Mysticism
Hartley Lachter

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Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1Terrors of History: Finding Order in a World of Chaos
2Meaning in Exile: Kabbalistic Readings of History Gone Awry
3The Shape of Time: History and Cosmic Cycles
4Living across Time: Reincarnation and the Course of History
5History's Ends: Apocalyptic Secrets in the Present Tense
6Shaping History: Kabbalistic Writing and Historical Agency
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index