The Golem: A Jewish Legend

by Beverly Brodsky McDermott

Book Overview

A retelling of the Jewish legend of the golem created by Rabbi Lev to protect the Jews of Prague from the angry mob. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0397316747
• ISBN13: 9780397316748
• Release Date: January 1976
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Length: 44 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Loved this book as a child...still love it

I was raised in a fairly devout Jewish household. When I was in elementary school, I would constantly peruse my synagogue's library. In it, I found this remarkable, vivid, haunting version of the ancient Jewish legend of The Golem. I never forgot Brodsky's intense imagery and the simple power of the words of Isaac Bashevis Singer. Even today, at 23 years old, I still return to the library asking for the same book, hoping to recapture the awe and fascination of this exciting tale. I hope, and I'm sure, that forthcoming generations will cherish this book as much as I did and still do.