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The fifty gates of understanding, and the secret of the Great Jubilee, and of the thousandth generation, and of the kingdom of all ages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59. I

The Talmudists understand the redemption of the Messiah physically, and the Kabbalists spiritually; likewise regarding their exile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19. P

All Kabbalah is directed toward the revelation of the restoration original: "restauratio" — likely referring to Tikkun Olam, the repair or restoration of the world. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11. T

On the resurrection of the dead and regeneration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40. O

The King in Syria is understood to be the Messiah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83. Z

Nothing is more beneficial for the salvation of souls than symbolic theology. . . . . 3. F

On syllogisms and demonstrations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6. A

A higher science trusts the decrees of a lower science. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7. F

The letter Shin original: "Sin litera" Kabbalistically signifies "in compassions." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11. Y

The letter Shin through NotarikonA Kabbalistic method of using the letters of a word as an acronym for a phrase, or vice versa signifies "anointing." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13. C

The Kabbalists understand Solomon as someone other than the son of Bathsheba, and the Temple as something else as well. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14. K

Our salvation consists in the knowledge of the Messiah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20. T

Salvation for man happens through the mercy of God alone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21. F

Sacred Scripture joins us to God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22. K

Although syllogisms are thought to be valid in other arts, they are nevertheless asserted in vain in theological matters because they do not compel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29. F

On salvation and the Savior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33. K

On the first symbol of the principles of the universe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42. S

What it means to keep the Sabbath according to the Pythagoreans. . . . . . . . . . 56. A

On the Sabbath and its observation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56. C

The thirty-two paths of wisdom, wonderful and hidden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61. M

The seventy-two holy names of the Shem Ha-MephorashThe "Explicit Name" of God; a 72-syllable name derived from Exodus 14:19-21, and the seventy presiding angels of the lands, and how they speak, hear, and are invoked. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62. N

The seventy-two verses to be contemplated, explained in Hebrew and Latin. . . . . . 67. S

How we explain Sacred Scripture Kabbalistically, and how much false interpretation deceives us. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72. A

On seals, characters, and voices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88. N

What TipharethThe sixth Sephirah in the Tree of Life, representing Beauty, balance, and the "Ideal Man" or "Heart" is, and why man is constituted as he is. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. I

What theological matters are, and how profound and difficult they are, and for what reasons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6. B

True theologians are not stained by public vices and crimes. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7. D

The first transgression of the divine law polluted posterity. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9. P