Preface1Female Imaging of the Torah: From Literary Metaphor to Religious Symbol12Circumcision, Vision of God, and Textual Interpretation: From Midrashic Trope to Mystical Symbol293Erasing the Erasure/Gender and the Writing of God's Body in Kabbalistic Symbolism494Crossing Gender Boundaries in Kabbalistic Ritual and Myth79Notes123Bibliography of Secondary Sources233Index253