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This review is from: Golem: Jewish Magical and Mystical Traditions on the Artificial Anthropoid (S U N Y Series in Judaica) (Hardcover)
Moshe Idel isn't a light read, to say the least, but if you are interested in the golem or in Jewish mysticism in general, it is possible for a dedicated reader without much background in the area to get through the book. If you're a scholar, you should have even better luck. Idel's thesis, according to the back of the book, is "that the role of the golem concept in Judaism was to confer an exceptional status to the Jewish elite by bestowing it with the capability of supernatural powers deriving from a profound knowledge of the Hebrew language and its magical and mystical powers." The work surveys golem traditions from ancient to modern, and quite thoroughly.
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Golem: Jewish Magical and Mystical Traditions on the Artificial Anthropoid (S U N Y Series in Judaica) by Moshe Idel (Hardcover - July 1990)
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