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020			_a9780804774871 (electronic bk.)
020			_a0804774870 (electronic bk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)646068289
035			_a325239 _b(N$T)
050		4	_aBM526 _b.F57 2009eb
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100	1		_aFishbane, Eitan P., _d1975-
245	1	0	_aAs light before dawn _h[electronic resource] : _bthe inner world of a medieval kabbalist / _cEitan P. Fishbane.
260			_aStanford, Calif. : _bStanford University Press, _cc2009.
300			_a1 online resource (xi, 322 p.)
490	1		_aStanford studies in Jewish history and culture
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [285]-301) and index.
505	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.
500			_aDescription based on print version record.
600	0	0	_aIsaac ben Samuel, _cof Acre.
650		0	_aCabala _xHistory _yTo 1500.
650		0	_aMysticism _xJudaism _xHistory _yTo 1500.
650	0	7	_aKabbala. _2swd
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aFishbane, Eitan P., 1975- _tAs light before dawn. _dStanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2009 _z9780804759137 _w(DLC) 2009010151 _w(OCoLC)294935735
830		0	_aStanford studies in Jewish history and culture.
856	4	0	_3NetLibrary _uhttp://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=325239
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