TY - BOOK AU - Fishbane,Eitan P. ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - As light before dawn: the inner world of a medieval kabbalist T2 - Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture AV - BM526 .F57 2009 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 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. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries UR - http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/aitie/detail.action?docID=547313 ER -