Golem

The Golem

The Golem's Eye

The Golem’s Eye is the second title in the New York Times bestselling Bartimaeus series by Jonathan Stroud. **Note: There is a chance the book cover you receive may differ from the cover displayed here.** Two years have passed since the events surrounding the Amulet of Samarkand, and the young magician Nathaniel is rising fast through the ranks of London’s elite magical government. But his career is suddenly threatened by a dangerous golem making random attacks on London, and Nathaniel is forced on a perilous quest to save his reputation and the city. When he finds his life in danger he has no choice but to call upon the troublesome 5,000 year old djinni, Bartimaeus, to do his magical bidding once more . . . Set in an alternate London controlled by magicians, this hilarious and electrifying series will enthral readers of all ages. Fresh, witty and wise, this novel is a worthy sequel to The Amulet of Samarkand – Times Educational Supplement Readers can rest easy: this sequel is no pale imitation of its predecessor. Fast paced, frightening and funny, and you don't want it to end – The Bookseller

Abraham Among Golems

In this insightful book, Andrei A. Orlov examines the symbolism of the "image of God" found in early Jewish pseudepigraphical accounts, paying special attention to the cultic traditions in the Apocalypse of Abraham . The study demonstrates that the Jewish pseudepigrapha transform various biblical characters - including Enoch, Abraham, Jacob, Moses, and Aseneth - into eschatological embodiments of the imago Dei . The book argues that these cultic metamorphoses preserve memories of ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian rituals involving the vivification of cultic statues. The Apocalypse of Abraham and other early Jewish pseudepigraphical accounts attempt to polemically refashion the concept of cultic statues by envisioning their protagonists as divine representations in the form of the eschatological image of God.