Background
Mr. Patai was born on November 22, 1910, in Budapest, Hungary. He was a son of Joseph and Edith (Ehrenfeld) Patai.
(The Jews of Hungary is the first comprehensive history in...)
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 eighteen centuries, from Roman times to the present. Noted historian and anthropologist Raphael Patai, himself a native of Hungary, tells in this pioneering study the fascinating story of the struggles, achievements, and setbacks that marked the flow of history for the Hungarian Jews. He traces their seminal role in Hungarian politics, finance, industry, science, medicine, arts, and literature, and their surprisingly rich contributions to Jewish scholarship and religious leadership both inside Hungary and in the Western world.
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1995
(Following a detailed introduction to the world of messian...)
Following a detailed introduction to the world of messianic ideology and its significance in Jewish history, The Messiah Texts traces the progress of the messianic legend from its biblical beginnings to contemporary expressions.
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(In this monumental work, Raphael Patai opens up an entire...)
In this monumental work, Raphael Patai opens up an entirely new field of cultural history by tracing Jewish alchemy from antiquity to the nineteenth century. Until now there has been little attention given to the significant role that Jews played in the field of alchemy.
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(In this carefully researched analysis, Raphael and Jennif...)
In this carefully researched analysis, Raphael and Jennifer Patai begin by defining race. They then develop the idea of the existence of "races" through history. In rich and fascinating detail, the authors consider the effects of intermarriage, interbreeding, proselytism, slavery, and concubinage on the Jewish population from Biblical times to the present. New material explores the psychological aspects of the Jewish race issue, the Jewish psyche, and the consequences of the 1975 United Nations resolution equating Zionism with racism.
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(First published in 1977, The Jewish Mind is a sweeping in...)
First published in 1977, The Jewish Mind is a sweeping intellectual history of the Jews. Raphael Patai takes readers on an insightful journey through three millennia; examines six great historical encounters between the Jews and other cultures; and analyzes the manner in which each of them left its mark on the Jewish mind.
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(Here the late Raphael Patai (1910-1996) recreates the fas...)
Here the late Raphael Patai (1910-1996) recreates the fascinating world of Jewish seafaring from Noah's voyage through the Diaspora of late antiquity. In a work of pioneering scholarship, Patai weaves together Biblical stories, Talmudic lore, and Midrash literature to bring alive the world of these ancient mariners. As he did in his highly acclaimed book The Jewish Alchemists, Patai explores a subject that has never before been investigated by scholars.
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(This frank autobiography covers the first twenty-two year...)
This frank autobiography covers the first twenty-two years of the life of Raphael Patai, famous anthropologist and biblical scholar. Patai shares meticulously researched genealogical narratives and historical and sociological observations, mixed freely--and with engaging frankness--with portions of an intensely personal and intimate nature. He paints a critical yet affectionate picture of Hungarian Jewry in the years preceding 1933--a world that is no more.
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(On Jewish Folklore spans a half-century of scholarly inqu...)
On Jewish Folklore spans a half-century of scholarly inquiry by the noted anthropologist and biblical scholar Raphael Patai. He essays collected in this volume, some of which are presented for the first time in English translation, provide a rich harvest of Jewish customs and traditional beliefs, gathered from all over the world and from ancient to modern times.
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(The tribulations experienced by the five Patais (Raphael,...)
The tribulations experienced by the five Patais (Raphael, his father, mother, brother, and sister), as well as their interactions with many well-known Jewish leaders, authors, and scholars of the 1930s both in Hungary and Palestine, spring to life in fascinating detail in the letters presented in Between Budapest and Jerusalem.
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Mr. Patai was born on November 22, 1910, in Budapest, Hungary. He was a son of Joseph and Edith (Ehrenfeld) Patai.
Raphael Patai studied at rabbinical seminaries in and at the University of Budapest and the University of Breslau (University of Wrocław), from which he received a doctorate in Semitic languages and Oriental history. He moved to Palestine in 1933, where his parents joined him in 1939, after he received the first doctorate awarded by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in 1936. He returned briefly to Budapest where he completed his ordination at the Budapest Rabbinical Seminary.
Mr. Patai came to the United States in 1947, after the founding of the state of Israel, and taught at the Herzl Institute, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Columbia University, and Princeton University before retiring in 1976. Raphael Patai was the author of more than thirty-two books on the history and culture of the ancient Hebrews and the modern Israeli state and its neighbors, including Man and Temple in Ancient Jewish Myth and Ritual (1947), Israel between East and West: A Study in Human Relations (1953), Family, Love and the Bible (1960), The Tents of Jacob: The Diaspora Yesterday and Today (1971), and The Seed of Abraham: Jews and Arabs in Contact and Conflict (1986).
(The tribulations experienced by the five Patais (Raphael,...)
(Following a detailed introduction to the world of messian...)
(The Jews of Hungary is the first comprehensive history in...)
1995(An introduction to the rich heritage supporting Jewish cu...)
(In this monumental work, Raphael Patai opens up an entire...)
(Here the late Raphael Patai (1910-1996) recreates the fas...)
(This frank autobiography covers the first twenty-two year...)
(On Jewish Folklore spans a half-century of scholarly inqu...)
(In this carefully researched analysis, Raphael and Jennif...)
(First published in 1977, The Jewish Mind is a sweeping in...)
Mr. Patai married Naomi Tolkowsky, whose family had moved to what was then Palestine in the early twentieth century. They had two daughters, Jennifer (born 1942) and Daphne (born 1943).