El Golem
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"El Golem" is a poem by Jorge Luis Borges
, part of the 1964 book El otro, el mismo (The other, the self). The poem tells the story of Judah Loew (Judá León) and his giving birth to the Golem
. In that poem, Borges quotes the works of German Jewish philosopher Gershom Scholem
.
Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo , known as Jorge Luis Borges , was an Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator born in Buenos Aires. In 1914 his family moved to Switzerland where he attended school, receiving his baccalauréat from the Collège de Genève in 1918. The family...
, part of the 1964 book El otro, el mismo (The other, the self). The poem tells the story of Judah Loew (Judá León) and his giving birth to the Golem
Golem
In Jewish folklore, a golem is an animated anthropomorphic being, created entirely from inanimate matter. The word was used to mean an amorphous, unformed material in Psalms and medieval writing....
. In that poem, Borges quotes the works of German Jewish philosopher Gershom Scholem
Gershom Scholem
Gerhard Scholem who, after his immigration from Germany to Palestine, changed his name to Gershom Scholem , was a German-born Israeli Jewish philosopher and historian, born and raised in Germany...
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