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As light before dawn

by Fishbane, Eitan P.,

Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.

Series: Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture Published by : Stanford University Press, (Stanford, Calif. :) Physical details: xi, 322 p.

Subject(s): Isaac ben Samuel, -- of Acre. | Cabala -- History -- To 1500. | Mysticism -- Judaism -- History -- To 1500. | Electronic books.

Year: 2009

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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.

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