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357 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780791401606
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 01 June 1990
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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 mag...
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357 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780791401606
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 01 June 1990
Description
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 mag...