num_pages: 253
description: A hero of Czech and Jewish legend, Rabbi Loew is known to posterity as the creator of the Golem, an artificial man endowed with superhuman powers. This book not only analyzes the legends and their influence on modern literature and ethics, but also provides a biography and bibliography of the mystical Rabbi whose life and works have in the past been eclipsed by the legends.
language: English
title: Mystical theology and social dissent: The life and works of Judah Loew of Prague
titlecomplete: Mystical theology and social dissent: The life and works of Judah Loew of Prague (The Littman library of Jewish civilization)
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Associated University Presses