TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fishbane,Eitan P.
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - As light before dawn: the inner world of a medieval kabbalist 
T2  - Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture
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  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10395966
ER  -