Hebrew Myths: The Book of Genesis (Arena Books)

by Robert Graves and Raphael Patai

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For thirty years Robert Graves and Raphael Patai, one raised a strict Protestant, the other a strict Jew, were close friends and collaborators. That collaboration culminating in the book "Hebrew Myths: The Book of Genesis"; 'we never disagreed on any question of fact or historical assessment'. They collected traditional Hebrew myths that amplify (and sometimes subtly change) stories found in the "Book of Genesis". They go beyond the Christian biblical and Judaic versions of Hebrew myth, and use midrashim, folk-tales, apocryphal texts and other sources to nuance, extend and complete the stories. 'Myths are dramatic stories that form a...Read more
  • ISBN10 009956310X
  • ISBN13 9780099563105
  • Publish Date 2 February 1989 (first published December 1964)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 12 February 1993
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Arrow Books (A Division of Random House Group)
  • Imprint Arena Arrow
  • Edition New edition
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 336
  • Language English