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Translated from the Hebrew and Edited and with an Introduction and Notes by Curt Leviant

Yale University Press New Haven and London This work was supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, whose assistance is gratefully acknowledged. Published with assistance from the Mary Cady Tew Memorial Fund. page : Hebrew title page of the first edition of Yudl Rosenberg’s Niflo’es Maharal (The Golem and the Wondrous Deeds of the Maharal). Published in Piotrkow,, . Copyright ©  by Curt Leviant. All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections  and  of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publishers. Designed by Sonia L. Shannon. Set in Bulmer type by Integrated Publishing Solutions. Printed in the of America. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rozenberg, Yehudah Yudl, ‒. [Nifla’ot Maharal. English.] The golem and the wondrous deeds of the Maharal of Prague / Yudl Rosenberg ; translated from the Hebrew and edited and with an introduction and notes by Curt Leviant. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN: ---- (cloth : alk. paper) . Golem. . Judah Loew ben Bezalel, ca. –—Legends. . Blood accusation—Legends. . Legends, Jewish. I. Leviant, Curt. II. Title. BM.R  .—dc  A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources.  For and Sol Gittleman with affection and esteem