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The golem and the wondrous deeds of the Maharal of Prague / Yudl Rosenberg ; translated from the Hebrew and edited and with an introduction and notes by Curt Leviant

Rozenberg, Yehudah Yudel,i1859-1935 [Verfasser] ; Leviant, Curt,i1932-

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2007

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (xxxiv, 220 pages) : facsimile

Niflaʼot Maharal.

Includes bibliographical references

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

978-0-300-13472-8 ; 0-300-13472-X ; 978-0-300-12204-6

 

f Anthologie  Englisch  Erzählung  Neuhebräisch  Juden  Löw, Rabbi, 1525-1609 

This collection of inter-related stories about a sixteenth-century Prague rabbi and the golem he created became an immediate bestseller upon its publication in 1909. So widely popular and influential was Yudl Rosenberg's book, it is no exaggeration to claim that the author transformed the centuries-old understanding of the creature of clay and single-handedly created the myth of the golem as protector of the Jewish people during times of persecution. In addition to translating Rosenberg's classic golem story into English for the first time, Curt Leviant also offers an introduction in which he sets Rosenberg's writing in historical context and discusses the golem legend before and after Rosenberg's contributions. Generous annotations are provided for the curious reader. The book is full of adventures, surprises, romance, suspense, mysticism, Jewish pride, and storytelling at its best. The Chief Rabbi of Prague, known as the Maharal, brings the golem Yossele to life to help the Jews fight false accusations of ritual murder - the infamous blood libel. More human, more capable, and more reliable as a protector than any golem imagined before, Rosenberg's Golem irrevocably changed one of the most widely influential icons of Jewish folklore.