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Author : Cathy S. Gelbin
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780472117598
Exploring the role of the golem in the formation of modern Jewish culture
Author : Peter Ruggill
Publisher : Henry Holt Books For Young Readers
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1979-01-01
Category : Extraterrestrial beings
ISBN : 0030533317
The Golem, a clay man made by the Rabbi, saves a small village synagogue from some evil creatures from outer space
Author : Howard Schwartz
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2004-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0195358708
The first anthology of Jewish mythology in English, Tree of Souls reveals a mythical tradition as rich and as fascinating as any in the world. Drawing from the Bible, the Pseudepigrapha, the Talmud and Midrash, the kabbalistic literature, medieval folklore, Hasidic texts, and oral lore collected in the modern era, Schwartz has gathered together nearly 700 of the key Jewish myths. The myths themselves are marvelous. We read of Adams diamond and the Land of Eretz (where it is always dark), the fall of Lucifer and the quarrel of the sun and the moon, the Treasury of Souls and the Divine Chariot. We discover new tales about the great figures of the Hebrew Bible, from Adam to Moses; stories about God's Bride, the Shekhinah, and the evil temptress, Lilith; plus many tales about angels and demons, spirits and vampires, giant beasts and the Golem. Equally important, Schwartz provides a wealth of additional information. For each myth, he includes extensive commentary, revealing the source of the myth and explaining how it relates to other Jewish myths as well as to world literature (for instance, comparing Eves release of evil into the world with Pandoras). For ease of use, Schwartz divides the volume into ten books, Myths of God, Myths of Creation, Myths of Heaven, Myths of Hell, Myths of the Holy Word, Myths of the Holy Time, Myths of the Holy People, Myths of the Holy Land, Myths of Exile, and Myths of the Messiah.
Author : David Wisniewski
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2007-11-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780547531793
Retold from traditional sources and accompanied by David Wisniewski's unique cut-paper illustrations, Golem is a dramatic tale of supernatural forces invoked to save an oppressed people. It also offers a thought-provoking look at the consequences of unleashing power beyond human control. The afterword discusses the legend of the golem and its roots in the history of the Jews. A Caldecott Medal Book.
Author : Maya Barzilai
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781479889655
Introduction: The Golem condition -- 1. The face of destruction: Paul Wegener's World War I Golem films -- 2. The Golem cult of 1921 New York: between redemption and expulsion -- 3. Our enemies, ourselves: Israel's monsters of 1948 -- 4. Supergolem: revenge after the Holocaust -- 5. Pacifist computers and Jewish cyborgs: fighting for the future
Author : Nicola Morris
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0820463841
The Golem in Jewish American Literature explores the golem in the fiction of Thane Rosenbaum, Nomi Eve and Steve Stern as well as writers such as Michael Chabon. Nicola Morris sees this clay humanoid, created in Jewish legend for practical and spiritual purposes, as a metaphor for power and powerlessness and for the complexities and responsibilities surrounding the act of creation. Further, she employs the golem figure as a device to examine the problematic Holocaust representation in the second generation, the uncertain boundaries between fiction and historiography, the ethics of intertextuality and the writer's responsibility to literary, folkloric and oral sources. Morris concludes with an impassioned plea for the responsible uses of power, technology and language.
Author : Maya Barzilai
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781479848454
2017 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award in Jewish Literature and Linguistics Honorable Mention, 2016 Baron Book Prize presented by AAJR A monster tour of the Golem narrative across various cultural and historical landscapes In the 1910s and 1920s, a “golem cult” swept across Europe and the U.S., later surfacing in Israel. Why did this story of a powerful clay monster molded and animated by a rabbi to protect his community become so popular and pervasive? The golem has appeared in a remarkable range of popular media: from the Yiddish theater to American comic books, from German silent film to Quentin Tarantino movies. This book showcases how the golem was remolded, throughout the war-torn twentieth century, as a muscular protector, injured combatant, and even murderous avenger. This evolution of the golem narrative is made comprehensible by, and also helps us to better understand, one of the defining aspects of the last one hundred years: mass warfare and its ancillary technologies. In the twentieth century the golem became a figure of war. It represented the chaos of warfare, the automation of war technologies, and the devastation wrought upon soldiers’ bodies and psyches. Golem: Modern Wars and Their Monsters draws on some of the most popular and significant renditions of this story in order to unravel the paradoxical coincidence of wartime destruction and the fantasy of artificial creation. Due to its aggressive and rebellious sides, the golem became a means for reflection about how technological progress has altered human lives, as well as an avenue for experimentation with the media and art forms capable of expressing the monstrosity of war. New Books Network interview with Maya Barzilai on Golem
Author : Elizabeth R. Baer
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780814336274
Traces the history of the golem legend and its appropriations in German texts and film as well as in post-Holocaust Jewish-American fiction, comics, graphic novels, and television.
Author : Maya Barzilai
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Golem (Motion picture : 1920).
ISBN : 9781640140301
Provides an aesthetic and historical overview of and new critical insights into Paul Wegener's great 1920 film, recognized at the time as a breakthrough in German cinema.
Author : Martin Lund
Publisher : Springer
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319429601
In this book, Martin Lund challenges contemporary claims about the original Superman’s supposed Jewishness and offers a critical re-reading of the earliest Superman comics. Engaging in critical dialogue with extant writing on the subject, Lund argues that much of recent popular and scholarly writing on Superman as a Jewish character is a product of the ethnic revival, rather than critical investigations of the past, and as such does not stand up to historical scrutiny. In place of these readings, this book offers a new understanding of the Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in the mid-1930s, presenting him as an authentically Jewish American character in his own time, for good and ill. On the way to this conclusion, this book questions many popular claims about Superman, including that he is a golem, a Moses-figure, or has a Hebrew name. In place of such notions, Lund offers contextual readings of Superman as he first appeared, touching on, among other ideas, Jewish American affinities with the Roosevelt White House, the whitening effects of popular culture, Jewish gender stereotypes, and the struggles faced by Jewish Americans during the historical peak of American anti-Semitism. In this book, Lund makes a call to stem the diffusion of myth into accepted truth, stressing the importance of contextualizing the Jewish heritage of the creators of Superman. By critically taking into account historical understandings of Jewishness and the comics’ creative contexts, this book challenges reigning assumptions about Superman and other superheroes’ cultural roles, not only for the benefit of Jewish studies, but for American, Cultural, and Comics studies as a whole.
Author : Robert E. Zucker
Publisher : BZB Publishing, Inc.
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781939050144
Discover the many lost and forgotten secrets of the Kabbalah through the words of famous rabbis and authors throughout history. Follow a historical time line of Judaic mysticism and learn the basic principles of the Kabbalah. Devise your own Kabbalah Wheel to spin the legendary 231 Holy Gates of combinations and permutations, as described in the ancient book on Jewish mysticism– the Sepher Yetzirah (also known as The Book of Formation or Book of Creation).
Author : Yehudah Yudl Rozenberg
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780300134728
This collection of interrelated stories about a sixteenth-century Prague rabbi and the golem he created became an immediate bestseller upon its publication in 1909. So widely popular and influential was Yudl Rosenberg's book, it is no exaggeration to claim that the author transformed the centuries-old understanding of the creature of clay and single-handedly created the myth of the golem as protector of the Jewish people during times of persecution. In addition to translating Rosenberg's classic golem story into English for the first time, Curt Leviant also offers an introduction in which he sets Rosenberg's writing in historical context and discusses the golem legend before and after Rosenberg's contributions. Generous annotations are provided for the curious reader. The book is full of adventures, surprises, romance, suspense, mysticism, Jewish pride, and storytelling at its best. The Chief Rabbi of Prague, known as the Maharal, brings the golem Yossele to life to help the Jews fight false accusations of ritual murder-the infamous blood libel. More human, more capable, and more reliable as a protector than any golem imagined before, Rosenberg's Golem irrevocably changed one of the most widely influential icons of Jewish folklore.
Author : Kiraku Kishima
Publisher : J-Novel Club
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-25
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781718322707
Dora’s victory has brought some hope for humanity, but the war is far from over. The next step of the demons’ invasion takes place in the Fifth Kingdom, home to Kevin the Unrivaled Gadabout. He’s up against Atlantis the Ultimate Slime—a young shenmo boasting a vast arsenal of skills—and his army of aquatic demons. But those two aren’t the only ones entering a decisive battle. Twenty-five years overdue, Beelzebub has come to the First Kingdom to challenge Alan. The two of them, along with the stubborn Rosetta, leave the city to find a suitable location for the ultimate grudge match. In the battle of experience versus demonic power, which will come out on top?
Author : Ulrike Brunotte,Anna-Dorothea Ludewig,Axel Stähler
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110339109
Originating in the collaboration of the international Research Network “Gender in Antisemitism, Orientalism and Occidentalism” (RENGOO), this collection of essays proposes to intervene in current debates about historical constructions of Jewish identity in relation to colonialism and Orientalism. The network’s collaborative research addresses imaginative and aesthetic rather than sociological questions with particular focus on the function of gender and sexuality in literary, scholarly and artistic transformations of Orientalist images. RENGOO’s first publication explores the ways in which stereotypes of the external and internal Other intertwine. With its interrogation of the roles assumed in this interplay by gender, processes of sexualization, and aesthetic formations, the volume suggests new directions to the interdisciplinary study of gender, antisemitism, and Orientalism.
Author : Roberta Rosenberg,Rachel Rubinstein
Publisher : Modern Language Association
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781603294461
A multilingual, transnational literary tradition, Jewish American writing has long explored questions of personal identity and national boundaries. These questions can engage students in literature, writing, or religion; at Jewish, Christian, or secular schools; and in or outside the United States. This volume takes an expansive view of Jewish American literature, beginning with writing from the earliest colonies in the Americas and continuing to contemporary Soviet-born authors in the United States, including works that engage deeply with religious concepts and others that embrace assimilation. It invites readers to rethink the nature of American multiculturalism, suggests pairings of Jewish American texts with other ethnic American literatures, and examines the workings of whiteness and privilege. Contributors offer varied perspectives on classic texts such as Yekl, Bread Givers, and "Goodbye, Columbus," along with approaches to interdisciplinary topics including humor, graphic novels, and musical theater. The volume concludes with an extensive resources section.