Encyclopedia of Jewish Folklore and Traditions

Raphael Patai

• Boek
• This multicultural reference work on Jewish folklore, legends, customs, and other elements of folklife is the first of its kind. Lees meer

The Kingdom of Jordan

Raphael Patai

• Paperback | Engels | Princeton Legacy Library | nr. 2241
• The Kingdom of Jordan stands strategically amidst the countries of the Near East, bordered by Israel, Syria, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. A small country, ... Lees meer

Hebrew Myths

Robert Graves, Raphael Patai

• Paperback | Engels
• A scholarly approach to sixty-one stories from the book of Genesis, following in the lucid format of Graves' canonical The Greek Myths. With a new int... Lees meer

The Jewish Alchemists

Raphael Patai

• Hardcover | Engels | Princeton Legacy Library | nr. 236
• In this monumental work, Raphael Patai opens up an entirely new field of cultural history by tracing Jewish alchemy from antiquity to the nineteenth c... Lees meer

On Jewish Folklore

Raphael Patai

• Paperback | Engels
• On Jewish Folklore spans a half-century of scholarly inquiry by the noted anthropologist and biblical scholar Raphael Patai. He essays collected in th... Lees meer

Arab Folktales from Palestine and Israel

• Paperback | Engels | Raphael Patai Jewish Folklore and Anthropology
• Raphael Patai' s (1910-1996) lifelong fascination with Arab folktales began on a Ramadan night in 1933, at a cafe in Jerusalem where, for the first ti... Lees meer

The Jews of Hungary

Raphael Patai

• Hardcover | Engels
• The Jews of Hungary is the first comprehensive history in any language of the unique Jewish community that has lived in the Carpathian Basin for eight... Lees meer

The Jewish Alchemists

Raphael Patai

• Paperback | Engels | Princeton Legacy Library | nr. 236
• In this monumental work, Raphael Patai opens up an entirely new field of cultural history by tracing Jewish alchemy from antiquity to the nineteenth c... Lees meer

The Children of Noah

Raphael Patai

• Paperback | Engels
• Here the late Raphael Patai (1910-1996) recreates the fascinating world of Jewish seafaring from Noah's voyage through the Diaspora of late antiquity.... Lees meer

Messiah Texts

Raphael Patai

• Paperback | Engels
• Following a detailed introduction to the world of messianic ideology and its significance in Jewish history, The Messiah Texts traces the progress of ... Lees meer

Les Mythes hébreux

Robert Graves, Raphael Patai

• Paperback | Frans
• Après le formidable succès des Mythes grecs, Robert Graves décidait de s'associer à Raphael Patai pour raconter les mythes hébreux : ceux du livre de ... Lees meer

Los Mitos Hebreos

Robert Graves, Raphael Patai

• Paperback | Spaans
• Si bien es cierto que la mayor parte de los textos que forman la Biblia contienen sólo referencias indirectas a la riqueza mitológica perdida, el Géne... Lees meer

Los mitos hebreos

Robert Graves, Raphael Patai

• Paperback | Spaans
• Si bien es cierto que la mayor parte de los textos que forman la Biblia contienen sólo referencias indirectas a la riqueza mitológica perdida, el Géne... Lees meer

The Kingdom of Jordan

Raphael Patai

• Hardcover | Engels | Princeton Legacy Library | nr. 2241
• The Kingdom of Jordan stands strategically amidst the countries of the Near East, bordered by Israel, Syria, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. A small country, ... Lees meer

Hebrew Goddess

Raphael Patai

• Paperback | Engels | Raphael Patai Jewish Folklore and Anthropology
• The Hebrew Goddess demonstrates that the Jewish religion, far from being pure monotheism, contained from earliest times strong polytheistic elements, ... Lees meer

Jadid al-Islam

Raphael Patai

• Paperback | Engels | Raphael Patai Jewish Folklore and Anthropology
• In 1839, Muslims attacked the Jews of Meshhed, murdering 36 of them, and forcing the conversion of the rest. While some managed to escape across the A... Lees meer

Golden River to Golden Road

Raphael Patai

• Hardcover | Engels | Anniversary Collection
• This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased... Lees meer

Nahum Goldmann

Raphael Patai

• Paperback | Engels | Judaic Studies
• The first exploration of Nahum Goldmann and his extraordinary life Nahum Goldmann (1895-1982) was a major Zionist figure for the last half-century and... Lees meer

The Hebrew Myths

Robert Graves, Raphael Patai

• Hardcover
• A collection of traditional Hebrew myths that amplify and sometimes subtly change stories found in the "Book of Genesis". The authors go beyond the Ch... Lees meer

Between Budapest and Jerusalem

Raphael Patai

• Paperback
• The tribulations experienced by the five Patais come to life in these letters. The book offers an insight into the life of one of the first families o... Lees meer

Apprentice in Budapest

Raphael Patai

• Paperback
• This autobiography covers the first 22 years of the life of Raphael Patai, famous anthropologist and biblical scholar. Patai shares researched genealo... Lees meer

Journeyman in Jerusalem

Raphael Patai

• Paperback
• Picking up from "Apprentice in Budapest", the first part of Raphael Patai's biography, this volume presents the journey of a young scholar struggling ... Lees meer