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Author Sherwin, Byron L., author.

Title Mystical theology and social dissent : the life and works of Judah Loew of Prague / Byron L. Sherwin
Edition First digital-on-demand edition
Published Oxford ; Portland Or. : Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2006

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Description 1 online resource
Series The Littman library of Jewish civilization
Littman library of Jewish civilization (Series)
Contents Rabbi Loew in legend -- Judah Loew and modern Jewish scholarship -- The man behind the legends : the life of Judah Loew -- Judah Loew : writings and sources -- Judah Loew and the Jewish mystical tradition : introductory remarks -- The nature of God -- The nature of the Torah -- Jew and Gentile : theoretical considerations -- Jew and Gentile : Halakhic concretizations -- Man and cosmos : the quest for perfection -- Beyond human perfection : "cleaving" to God -- Messianic redemption -- Mystical theology and social reform -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. When was Judah Loew born? -- Appendix 2. In what order did Loew write his works? -- Abbreviations
Summary 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 the mystical Rabbi
Notes Originally published by Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, Rutherford, N.J., 1982
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-247) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Judah Loew ben Bezalel, approximately 1525-1609.
SUBJECT Judah Loew ben Bezalel, approximately 1525-1609 fast
Subject Rabbis -- Czechoslovakia -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
RELIGION -- Judaism -- General.
Rabbis
Czechoslovakia
Genre/Form Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781909821774
1909821772
Other Titles Life and works of Judah Loew of Prague