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Golem!: Danger, Deliverance and Art Paperback - 1988

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This book is, quite frankly, a catalogue--a catalogue to document an exhibit at The Jewish Museum. It is also a presentation of recent scholarship on the golem including an in-depth examination of the golem in Jewish mysticism. Isaac Bashevis Singer has written the Introduction and there are essays by Moshe Idel, Elfi Ledig, and Emily Bilski. An extensive bibliography of primary and secondary sources on all aspects of its golem is also included.

Isaac Bashevis Singer's introduction explores the appeal of the golem legend over the centuries and its particular relevance in our own day. Singer also discusses his personal interest in the golem as subject for his writing.

Moshe Idel's essay surveys the idea of the golem and its development within the Jewish mystical tradition, in Talmudic and Midrashic sources, in Ashkenazi and Sephardi mystical circles in the medieval period, and its emergence as a popular legend of the golem myth in Jewish culture. Dr. Idel has discovered many previously unpublished manuscripts. His essay synthesizes this important new research and presents it in an interpretive manner.

Elfi Ledig's essay examines Paul Wegener's golem films and writings on the subject, and their relationship to golem literature. She looks at the technical aspects of the golem intertitles and tinting techniques and discusses its merit as cinematic art. Ms. Ledig also traces the development of the theme through the three films Wegener made about the golem, using scripts treatments for the two films that no longer exist. Lastly, she discusses the interrelationship of the film and the legend's appearance in contemporary novels, stories, plays, and fantastic literature.

Emily Bilski's essay focuses on the golem as a subject for the visual arts and the different ideas and perspectives inherent in the subject that have attracted artists. Five major themes emerge from a study of the artistic material: mysticism, creativity and the power of creation, redemption and deliverance, the golem as doppelgaenger or double, and fantasy and popular culture or the more whimsical aspects of the golem. These themes developed over time and often reflect historical, political and broader cultural developments.

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  • Title Golem!: Danger, Deliverance and Art
  • Author Emily Bilski (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Pages 128
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher State University of New York Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 1988
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780873340496 / 0873340493
  • Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 1 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.54 cm)
  • Category History - General History
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 88013690
  • Dewey Decimal Code 398.450

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New York, NY: Jewish Museum, 1988. Softcover. VG. Black wraps with monochrome illustration, white text. (3) 4-128 pp. Features many bw illustrations. "The golem legend has provided The Jewish Museum with an enormously rich subject for an exhibition and publication. In a variety of media employed by artists over several centuries, the golem has emerged as a metaphor embracing concepts of good and evil, reflecting aspects of the historical experience of the Jewish people, and commenting upon man's relationship to God. Because the golem story is about the process of using personal vision and knowledge to give life to inanimate material, the golem has also become a powerful symbol for art and the process of creation."
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