Judah Loew ben Bezalel (bahasa Ibrani:יהודה ליווא בן בצלאלcode: he is deprecated ; antara 1512 dan 1526 – 17 September 1609), juga disingkat menjadi Rabi Loew (alternatif: Löw, Loewe, Löwe atau Levai), Maharal dari Praha (bahasa Ibrani:מהר״ל מפראגcode: he is deprecated ), atau Maharal (akronim Ibrani dari "Moreinu ha-Rav Loew", 'Guru Kami, Rabi Loew'), adalah seorang cendekiawan Talmud, mistikus Yahudi, dan filsuf. Pada sebagian besar masa hidupnya, ia menjabat sebagai rabi utama di kota-kota Mikulov, Moravia dan Praha, Bohemia.
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Bacaan tambahan
Byron L. Sherwin, Mystical Theology and Social Dissent: The Life and Works of Judah Loew of Prague (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1982)
Rivka Schatz Uffenheimer, "Maharal's Conception of Law- Antithesis to Natural Law" Jewish Law Annual Vol. VI.
Rivka Schatz Uffenheimer, "Existence and Eschatology in the Teachings of the Maharal" Immanuel 14 (Spring 1982) 66–97; Immanuel 15 (Winter 1982-3) 62–72.
Moshe Zuriel "Numbers: Their meaning and Symbolism According to Maharal" [Hebrew] HaMaayan 18:3 (1978) 14–23; 18:4 (1978) 30–41, reprinted in Sefer Ozrot Gedolei Yisroel (Jerusalem:2000) volume 1, pp.204–228.
Martin Buber, "The Beginning of the National Idea" On Zion: The History of an Idea. (New York, Schocken Books, 1973).
Otto Dov Kulka, "The Historical Background of the National and Educational Teachings of the Maharal of Prague" [Hebrew] Zion 50 (1985) 277–320.
Benjamin Gross, Netzah Yisrael (Tel Aviv: Devir, 1974)
Mordechai Breuer, "The Maharal of Prague's Disputation with Christians: A Reappraisal of Be'er Ha-Golah" in Tarbiẕ (1986) 253-260
Adlerstein Y. Be'er Hagolah: The Classic Defense of Rabbinic Judaism Through the Profundity of the Aggadah. New York, NY: Mesorah Publications, 2000. ISBN1-57819-463-6.
Aharon Kleinberger, The Educational Theory of the Maharal of Prague [Hebrew] (Magnes: 1962).
Andre Neher, Jewish Thought and the Scientific Revolution: David Gans (1541–1613) and his times (Oxford-New York: Littman Library, 1986)
Neher, Faust et le Maharal de Prague: le Mythe et le Reel (Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1987);
Neher, Le Puits de l'Exil: la Theologie Dialectique du Maharal de Prague (Paris: A. Michel, 1996)
