Wolf, Marvin J., (The Tattooed Rabbi: A Rabbi Ben Mystery [pb, CreateSpace Independent, 2012] 978-1470058692 [This was subsequently updated and renamed, “For Whom the Shofar Blows”]
United States · Fiction author
Marvin J. Wolf
Marvin J. Wolf (born 1941, Chicago) - a prolific American author, photojournalist, and former U.S. Army officer. His protagonist, Rabbi Ben Maimon, is a “Jewish paladin” who combines spiritual leadership with investigative grit. He is a master of the Torah and Talmud but also holds a degree from MIT and a black belt in Taekwondo, using “Talmudic logic” and pilpul (intricate dialectic reasoning) to solve crimes. Wolf explores diverse Jewish subcultures, including the “superstitious and almost medieval society” of Syrian Jewish immigrants in Brooklyn and the daily life of Ashkenazi households. [Google/AI]
Wolf, Marvin J., [Rabbi Ben #1] (For Whom the Shofar Blows [pb, Rambam Press, 2013]) 978-0989960007
Wolf, Marvin J., [Rabbi Ben #2] (A Scribe Dies In Brooklyn [pb, Rambam Press, 2017]) 978-0989960021
Wolf, Marvin J., [Rabbi Ben #3] (A Tale of Two Rabbis [pb, CreateSpace, 2017]) 978-1974306008
Wolf, Marvin J., [Rabbi Ben #4] (Bride of Finkelstein [pb, independently published, 2020]) 979-8608796326