Golem: Modern Wars and Their Monsters

by Maya Barzilai

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147984845X
• ISBN13: 9781479848454
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.7"