Golem by Moshe Idel
Idel's thesis 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 values.This book is the first comprehensive treatment of the whole range of material dealing with creation of the golem beginning with late antiquity and ending with the modern time. The author explores the relationship between these discussions and their historical and intellectual frameworks. Since there was in the medieval period a variety of traditions concerning the golem, it is plausible to assume that the techniques for creating this creature developed much earlier. This presentation focuses on the precise techniques for creating an artificial human, an issue previously neglected in the literature.
A complete survey of the conceptions of the golem in North European and Spanish literature in medieval time allows not only a better understanding of this phenomenon, but also of the history of Jewish magic and mysticism in the Middle Ages. The Jewish and Christian treatments of the golem in the renaissance are explored as part of the renaissance concern for human nature.
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A Rivalry of Genius
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Studies in Ecstatic Kabbalah
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The Footprints of God
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The Mystical Experience in Abraham Abulafia
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An Introduction to the Kabbalah
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Hope for Our Time
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Philosopher and Prophet
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Moses Mendelssohn and the Enlightenment
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Jew and Philosopher
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Tradition and Fantasy in the Tales of Reb Nahman of Bratslav
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The Seductiveness of Jewish Myth
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Esther in Medieval Garb
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Between Worlds
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An Episode of Jewish Romanticism
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The Paradoxical Ascent to God
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From Tradition to Commentary
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Studies in Jewish Myth and Messianism
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The Enlightened Will Shine
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The Hidden and Manifest God
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Hasidism
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Problems and Parables of Law
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Four Approaches to the Book of Psalms
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Holiness in Words
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Studies in Ecstatic Kabbalah
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Messianic Mystics
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The Mystical Experience in Abraham Abulafia
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Kabbalah
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Ben: Sonship and Jewish Mysticism
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Absorbing Perfections
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Saturn's Jews
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Jewish Mystical Leaders and Leadership in the 13th Century
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Mystical Union in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
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Kabbalah in Italy, 1280-1510
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Kabbalah and Eros
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Kaballah
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Vocal Rites and Broken Theologies
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The Privileged Divine Feminine in Kabbalah
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Abraham Abulafia’s Esotericism
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Hasidism
Moshe Idel was Centennial Scholar in Residence at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Currently, he is Professor of Kabbalah in the Department of Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He is the author of The Mystical Experience in Abraham Abulafia; Studies in Ecstatic Kabbalah; and Language, Torah, and Hermeneutics in Abraham Abulafia; all published by SUNY Press.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780791401613 |
| ISBN 10 | 0791401618 |
| Title | Golem |
| Author | Moshe Idel |
| Series | Suny Series In Judaica: Hermeneutics Mysticism And Religion |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | State University of New York Press |
| Year published | 1990-05-29 |
| Number of pages | 357 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |