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Fishbane, Eitan P., 1975-

As light before dawn : the inner world of a medieval kabbalist / Eitan P. Fishbane. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2009. - 1 online resource (xi, 322 pages) - Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture . - Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.

This book explores a prominent medieval kabbalist's approach to prayer, meditative contemplation, and the transmission of mystical wisdom.

ISBN: 9780804774871 0804774870 0804759138 9780804759137

Source: 22573/ctvqrm0vb JSTOR

Subjects--Personal Names:
Isaac ben Samuel, of Acre.
Isaac ben Samuel, of Acre

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Kabbala

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
To 1500

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Cabala--History--To 1500.
Mysticism--Judaism--History--To 1500.
RELIGION--Judaism--Kabbalah & Mysticism.
Cabala
Mysticism--Judaism
Kabbala

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
History

LC Class. No.: BM526 / .F57 2009eb

Dewey Class. No.: 296.1/6