☕ An understudied giant, the Maharal of Prague single-handedly created a unique brand of Jewish philosophy—as well as, reputedly, a golem, a tale which entered European lore via the Brothers Grimm.
Thank you for the Whitehead quip about סעדיה גאון, which I can appreciate as such, notwithstanding that I am rather clueless about philosophy (in general, and about Jewish philosophy just slightly less so). // Thanks also especially for making your footnote links bidirectional. (That too evinces a certain philosophy, of which kind I find myself on decidely firmer ground. ;-)
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Thank you for the Whitehead quip about סעדיה גאון, which I can appreciate as such, notwithstanding that I am rather clueless about philosophy (in general, and about Jewish philosophy just slightly less so). // Thanks also especially for making your footnote links bidirectional. (That too evinces a certain philosophy, of which kind I find myself on decidely firmer ground. ;-)
Great article as always. Curious why you quote R' Eliezer of Worms as the earliest source of a Golem and not the Talmud in Sanhedrin here: https://www.sefaria.org/Sanhedrin.65b.17?lang=en&with=all&lang2=en ?