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Item Number: 104262
Title: Path of Life : Rabbi Judah Loew Ben Bezalel, ca. 1525-1609
Author: Putik, Alexandr (ed)
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9788020017758
Description: Prague: The Jewish Museum in Prague, 2009. 30cm., hardcover, 513pp., prof. illus., most in color. English text. Exhibition catalogue. Summary: The idea of Rabbi Loew as the personification of the mystery of the ghetto, a miracle worker, mathematician and creator of an artificial being may not be historically grounded but it has provided immense inspiration for literature, drama and art. “The historical and the imaginary Rabbi Loew both have a right to exist, but there is a cavernous divide between the historical image of this figure and the way he is mainly seen today,” says the exhibition curator Alexandr Putík, a researcher at the Jewish Museum. “This fact is of such importance that it serves as the basic concept for the whole exhibition, which comprises two parts. The first part focuses on the historical Rabbi Loew and the authentic traditions connected with him, while the second part looks at the Rabbi Loew’s legacy and the origin of the legends that are linked to his name.” Named for one of the Rabbi Loew’s works (Derekh Hayyim), the exhibition Path of Life features as many as 200 unique artefacts, books and archival materials from the collections of the Jewish Museum in Prague, including seven items from the collections of Prague Castle Administration and a further 69 rare objects on loan from ten Czech institutions. Thirteen no less unique exhibits are on loan from seven foreign institutions. Among the most important items on display are the writings of Rabbi Loew together with official registers and records associated with him. One of the unique items is a document from the State Archives in Vienna dating from 1597 that was signed by this Jewish scholar, whose fame spread following his meeting with Emperor Rudolf II at Prague Castle. Another rare exhibit is a table bell that was made from an alloy of seven metals on the basis of kabbalistic instructions and belonged to Rudolf II; this is on loan from the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna...
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