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The Golem: A legend of old Prague

by Rudolf Lothar

Rabbi Loeb creates a clay man to house a perfect soul that he hopes will not be blighted by human prejudices. The plan does not go as he hoped... This is one of many stories about the golem, all of which involve Rabbi Loeb (Judah Loew ben Bezalel), a 16th-century talmudic scholar known as The Maharal.

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English

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English

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1896

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Rudolf Lothar was a Hungarian-born Austrian writer, playwright, critic and essayist. He was born and died in Budapest.

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