02083nam a2200373Ia 4500001001300000003000600013005001700019006001900036007001500055008004100070040001300111020003500124020003200159035002100191035001800212050002300230082001600253100003100269245011300300260005900413300003500472490005100507504006700558505058100625500004701206600003201253650003001285650004201315650001801357655002201375776017401397830005201571856008601623ocn646068289OCoLC20200709055255.0m        d        cr cnu---unuuu100706s2009    cau     sb    001 0deng d  aN$TcN$T  a9780804774871 (electronic bk.)  a0804774870 (electronic bk.)  a(OCoLC)646068289  a325239b(N$T) 4aBM526b.F57 2009eb04a296.1/62221 aFishbane, Eitan P.,d1975-10aAs light before dawnh[electronic resource] :bthe inner world of a medieval kabbalist /cEitan P. Fishbane.  aStanford, Calif. :bStanford University Press,cc2009.  a1 online resource (xi, 322 p.)1 aStanford studies in Jewish history and culture  aIncludes bibliographical references  (p. [285]-301) and index.0 apt. 1. Context. Perspectives and new directions : reflections on the state of scholarship -- The wandering kabbalist : historical profile and context. pt. 2. Reception and transmission. Receiving tradition, constructing authority -- Intentions and the recovery of meaning -- Seeing the secret : creative process and the hermeneutics of insight. pt. 3. Contemplative practice, mystical experience. Contemplation, theurgical action, and the presence of God -- Techniques of mystical contemplation : kavvanah and devotional experience -- Asceticism, prophecy, and mystical union.  aDescription based on print version record.00aIsaac ben Samuel,cof Acre. 0aCabalaxHistoryyTo 1500. 0aMysticismxJudaismxHistoryyTo 1500.07aKabbala.2swd 4aElectronic books.08iPrint version:aFishbane, Eitan P., 1975-tAs light before dawn.dStanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2009z9780804759137w(DLC)  2009010151w(OCoLC)294935735 0aStanford studies in Jewish history and culture.403NetLibraryuhttp://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=325239