Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-224) and index.

The claim of theology : "nameless and of every name" -- The divine names and Dionysius the areopagite -- Myth and mystification -- The exegetes -- The translators -- Disputed authorship and indisputable authority -- Back to the sources -- The Bible and the name -- The trouble with logos -- The two roads, or the nature of divine names -- The synthesis of Dionysius -- The Dionysian vision -- The theological project -- United differentiations -- A hierarchy of names -- Nameless and of every name -- Theory and practice -- Biblical exegesis -- The proper name of God is a list -- Listing the names of God -- A magical alternative : the 72 names of God -- How many are the names of God? -- The number of God's names -- The larger context -- The synonymy of 72 and 70 -- A body of 72 parts and the 72 diseases -- An apostle for every nation -- The division of the languages at Babel -- The Septuagint -- The 72 Disciples of Christ -- The ideal quorum -- The peculiar codex Jerusalem 22 -- The facts -- A kabbalistic hypothesis -- The Balkan context -- Three possible kabbalistic indices -- The emphasis on 72 -- Kabbalah and the world of 72 parts -- Christian culture and the 72 names -- Kabbalah in Christian garb -- The Christian amulet east and west -- Printing and the career of the slavonic text -- The miscellany for travelers and the remaking of the text -- The spectacular aftermath -- Building textual affinities -- Commercial success -- The Abagar of Philip Stanislavov.

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