02185nam a2200421Ia 4500 ocn646068289 OCoLC 20200709055255.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 100706s2009 cau sb 001 0deng d N$T N$T 9780804774871 (electronic bk.) 0804774870 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)646068289 325239 (N$T) BM526 .F57 2009eb 296.1/6 22 N$TA Fishbane, Eitan P., 1975- As light before dawn [electronic resource] : the inner world of a medieval kabbalist / Eitan P. Fishbane. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2009. 1 online resource (xi, 322 p.) Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-301) and index. pt. 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. Description based on print version record. Isaac ben Samuel, of Acre. Cabala History To 1500. Mysticism Judaism History To 1500. Kabbala. swd Electronic books. Print version: Fishbane, Eitan P., 1975- As light before dawn. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2009 9780804759137 (DLC) 2009010151 (OCoLC)294935735 Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture. NetLibrary http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=325239 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 49868 49868