Iberian Jewry from Twilight to Dawn: The World of Rabbi Abraham Saba Book

	Preface
	Introduction	1
I	Biography; Expulsion, Wandering, and Literary Activity	5
	Itinerary	5
	In Zamora; "The uttermost parts of the North."	6
	Writing in Guimaraes	7
	"Expulsion" in Lisbon - the Final Solution	8
	North Africa; El Qsar el Kebir - Fez - Tlemcen	10
	Turkey or Italy?	14
	History and Biography Reflected in Biblical Exegesis	15
	The Expulsions and the Scroll of Esther	18
	The Portuguese Experience in Contemporary Eyes	25
II	The Exegesis of a Qabbalistic Preacher	40
	Z.M. - The Name	40
	Z.M. - The Second Version	41
	Z.M. as a Guide for Preachers	42
	Preaching Symptoms in Contents and Style	43
	A Qabbalistic Preacher's Peshat	47
	Saba on Originality in Exegesis	48
	From Mystical to Literary Unity	52
	Saba's Exegesis and the Midrash	55
	Chain Associations	58
	Passage Parallelism (External and Internal)	59
III	Qabbalah	68
	Saba's Knowledge of the Zohar	68
	The Ultimate in Mystical Study	69
	Popularization vs. Esotericism	70
	Between Popularization and Esotericism	72
	Halakhah and Qabbalah	76
	Zeror ha-Kesef - A Lost Book	78
	Qabbalah as Halakhah	79
	Halakhah, Qabbalah, and Man's Perfection	82
	Carnal and Spiritual	82
	The Active, Contemplative, and Antinomianism	83
	The Study of Halakhah and Qabbalah	86
IV	Social and Religious Criticism	94
	General "State of the Nation" Critique - Disunity	94
	Class Criticism - the Rich, the Courtiers, and the Leadership	97
	The "New Christians" - An Historiographical Problem	103
	Martyrdom	104
	Marranic Life	108
	Marranos and Conversos - On the Historicization of Exegetical Texts	109
V	The Meaning and Course of History	123
	Good and Evil in History	123
	The Restoration of Adam's Sin	126
	Israel and Amaleq	129
	On the Devil, Demons, and Christ	131
	Between Israel and the Nations	137
VI	Despair and Consolation	153
	General Historical Background	153
	Shades of Despair	154
	Despair	155
	Consolation	159
	The Eternity of Israel	159
	The Certainty of Redemption	160
	The Nature of Redemption	161
	Messianic Calculations	161
	Revenge	163
	Other Motifs in Saba's Scheme	164
	National Theodicy	165
	Epilogue	176
	App. A. Extant Manuscripts of Saba's Works	179
	App. B. Two Excerpts from Saba's Commentary on Tractate Avot	181
	App. C. An Outline of a Sermon on the Redemption	183
	App. D. A Visionary Jailed in Lisbon	184
	Bibliography	190
	Index	198