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| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Moshe Idel |
| ISBN: | 079140160X 9780791401606 0791401618 9780791401613 |
| OCLC Number: | 19123029 |
| Description: | xxxi, 323 p., [1] leaf of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Part 1: Ancient traditions -- Ancient parallels -- Sefer Yezirah -- Talmud and Midrash -- Part 2: Medieval elaborations --Tempering magic: Geonic and rationalistic attitudes -- Ashkenazi Hasidic views on the Golem -- The northern France discussions -- The Golem in estatic Kabbalah -- R. Joseph ben Shalom Ashkenazi -- Psychological implications of the Golem -- Theosophical interpretations of the Golem -- Part 3: Renaissance period -- Sixteenth and seventeenth century discussions in the West -- R. Moses ben Jacob Cordovero's view -- Part 4: Early-modern and modern reverberations -- R. Eliyahu, the masters of the name, of Helm -- Golem in the Halakhah -- Golem and sex -- Vicissitudes of the Golem techniques -- Golem and Hasidic mysticism -- Modern reverberations -- Golem: imaginaire, Anomian, and Silent -- Summary -- Part 5: Appendixes -- Golem and Zelem -- Golem: some semantic remarks -- Was there a macranthropos named 'Emet? |
| Series Title: | SUNY series in Judaica |
| Responsibility: | Moshe Idel. |
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