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Cover of Candle, Feather, Wooden Spoon: New Jewish Stories

Candle, Feather, Wooden Spoon: New Jewish Stories

Cover of The Kabbalah of Light: Ancient Practices to Ignite the Imagination and Illuminate the Soul

The Kabbalah of Light: Ancient Practices to Ignite the Imagination and Illuminate the Soul

Catherine Shainberg

Cover of Seekers of the Face: Secrets of the Idra Rabba (The Great Assembly) of the Zohar

Seekers of the Face: Secrets of the Idra Rabba (The Great Assembly) of the Zohar

Melila Hellner-Eshed

Cover of Nahmanides: Law and Mysticism

Nahmanides: Law and Mysticism

Moshe Halbertal, Daniel Tabak (trans.)

Cover of Demons, Angels, and Writing in Ancient Judaism

Demons, Angels, and Writing in Ancient Judaism

Annette Yoshiko Reed

Cover of Elisha Davidson and the Shamir

Elisha Davidson and the Shamir

Cover of A Remembrance of His Wonders: Nature and the Supernatural in Medieval Ashkenaz

A Remembrance of His Wonders: Nature and the Supernatural in Medieval Ashkenaz

David I. Shyovitz

Cover of Where the Heavens Kiss the Earth

Where the Heavens Kiss the Earth

Rabbi Karmi David Ingber

Cover of The Golem On Fire Mountain

The Golem On Fire Mountain

Charlayne A. Crawford

Cover of Einstein and the Rabbi: Searching for the Soul

Einstein and the Rabbi: Searching for the Soul

Cover of The Zohar: Reception and Impact

The Zohar: Reception and Impact

Cover of Jewish Magic before the Rise of Kabbalah

Jewish Magic before the Rise of Kabbalah

Cover of Anselm Kiefer: A Monograph

Anselm Kiefer: A Monograph

Dominique Baque

Cover of Elisha Davidson and the Letters of Fire

Elisha Davidson and the Letters of Fire

Cover of The Rose Temple

The Rose Temple

Mitchell Weitzman and Lucia Weitzman

Essay

Golem Stories, from Mysticism to Fiction to the Realm of Plausibility

Earlier this week, Matthew Kressel explored the Jewish sources underlying Leonard Nimoy’s Vulcan salute and fantasy literature’s greatest time-traveling epics. He is…

Matthew Kressel

April 1, 2016