TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fishbane,Eitan P.
TI  - As light before dawn: the inner world of a medieval kabbalist 
T2  - Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture
SN  - 9780804774871 (electronic bk.)
AV  - BM526 .F57 2009eb
U1  - 296.1/6 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Stanford, Calif.
PB  - Stanford University Press
KW  - Isaac ben Samuel,
KW  - Cabala
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Mysticism
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Kabbala
KW  - swd
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Description based on print version record; 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
UR  - http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=325239
ER  -