Historical Fiction

Golem: A legend of old Prague

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  • 1896 first published
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Golem: A legend of old Prague is an 1896 historical fiction novel by Rudolf Lothar.

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About Golem: A legend of old Prague

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. Rodolf Lother (Rudolf Lothar Spitzer) was an Austrian writer. This story was published in the B'nai Brith journal The Menorah in 1896 and subsequently included in the author's German language book Der Golem: Phantasien und Historien (1904). - Summary by Adrian Praetzellis
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Who wrote Golem: A legend of old Prague?

Golem: A legend of old Prague was written by Rudolf Lothar and first published in 1896.

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It is usually shelved as Historical Fiction.

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