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As light before dawn : the inner world of a medieval kabbalist /
This book explores a prominent medieval kabbalist's approach to prayer, meditative contemplation, and the transmission of mystical wisdom.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Stanford, Calif. :
Stanford University Press,
©2009.
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| Colección: | Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.