The day the golem went berserk
David Katz, 10 January 1983
Mystical Theology and Social Dissent: The Life and Works of Judah Loew of Prague
by Byron Sherwin.
Associated University Presses, 253 pp., £12.50, August 1982,0 8386 3028 6 Show More
by Byron Sherwin.
Associated University Presses, 253 pp., £12.50, August 1982,
Judaism on Trial: Jewish-Christian Disputations in the Middle Ages
by Hyam Maccoby.
Associated University Presses, 245 pp., £15, August 1982,0 8386 3053 7 Show More
by Hyam Maccoby.
Associated University Presses, 245 pp., £15, August 1982,
“... of Jewish Civilisation, are both concerned with the history of the Jews in Christian Europe. Byron Sherwin presents us with his view of the life and works of Judah Loew, chief rabbi of Prague in the early 17th century. Rabbi Loew’s name is most often associated with two bizarre events. The first is his meeting in February 1592 with that confused ... ”
