{"product_id":"9780692915295","title":"The Master of the Name","description":"\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Master of the Name\u003c\/em\u003e guides the reader through the labyrinth of medieval manuscripts in Eco’s \u003cem\u003eThe Name of the Rose\u003c\/em\u003e, exposes him to secret scriptures like Caldwell’s \u003cem\u003eThe Fifth Gospel\u003c\/em\u003e, confronts him with his own \u003cem\u003eAngels and Demons, \u003c\/em\u003eand brings him back from the book paradise to the present, as wise and peaceful as Kazinski’s \u003cem\u003eThe Last Good Man\u003c\/em\u003e.” (\u003cem\u003eThe Bibliopad)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYHWH—the holiest Name of God, revealed to Moses on Mount Horeb, the most powerful Name in this world and in The World to Come, the Name that gives both life and death. Its true pronunciation was lost with the destruction of the Second Temple, yet some Jewish tales say that even today there are a few chosen ones, known as \u003cem\u003eBaalei Shem\u003c\/em\u003e or Masters of the Name, who are able to utter the Ineffable Name and thereby perform miracles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen one such \u003cem\u003eBaal Shem\u003c\/em\u003e, an Hasidic Rabbi, is found dead at his mansion in Tiburon, CA, with a cryptic bloody message inscribed on his forehead, Detective Gray prime suspect is Tobias Serebrennikoff, a professor of literature at UC Berkeley and a J.D. Salinger’s epigone, who becomes a fugitive with the help of a loyal student, Maggy Vetrini. Tobias’s flight from the law turns into a pilgrimage in an effort to reconnect with his Russian Orthodox roots and to prove his innocence before the police find him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDetective Gray makes use of the expertise of a renowned Jewish scholar, who unveils the link between the murderer’s codified messages and a strange piece of evidence, a medieval manuscript–-\u003cem\u003eSefer ha-Shem (The Book of the Name)\u003c\/em\u003e––by Rabbi Eleazar of Worms, a famous medieval Cabalist, wonder-worker and golem-maker. Following every available clue, Gray comes to believe that Tobias is just a scapegoat for the real killer, who devised an arcane murder to cover more mundane reasons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Octavian Florescu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50032171385072,"sku":"9780692915295","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780692915295_p0.jpg?v=1784237892","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780692915295","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}