03134nam 2200625 a 450 991045910480332120200520144314.00-8047-7487-010.1515/9780804774871(CKB)2670000000029590(EBL)547313(OCoLC)646068289(SSID)ssj0000412172(PQKBManifestationID)11913128(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000412172(PQKBWorkID)10357944(PQKB)11471647(StDuBDS)EDZ0000128064(MiAaPQ)EBC547313(DE-B1597)563567(DE-B1597)9780804774871(Au-PeEL)EBL547313(CaPaEBR)ebr10395966(OCoLC)1178769497(EXLCZ)99267000000002959020090312d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAs light before dawn[electronic resource] the inner world of a medieval kabbalist /Eitan P. FishbaneStanford, Calif. Stanford University Pressc20091 online resource (337 p.)Stanford studies in Jewish history and cultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-8047-5913-8 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.As Light Before Dawn explores the mystical thought of Isaac ben Samuel of Akko, a major medieval kabbalist whose work has until now received relatively little attention. Through consideration of an extensive literary corpus, including much that still remains in manuscript, this study examines an array of themes and questions that have great applicability to the comparative study of mysticism and the broader study of religion. These include prayer and the nature of mystical experience; meditative concentration directed to God; and the power of mental intention, authority, creativity, and the transmission of wisdom.Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.CabalaHistoryTo 1500MysticismJudaismHistoryTo 1500Electronic books.CabalaHistoryMysticismJudaismHistory296.1/6Fishbane Eitan P.1975-916055MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459104803321As light before dawn2442916UNINA