Jadid al-Islam

344 Pages·1997·15.075 MB·English

by  Raphael Patai

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Shire Yisrae! Berekhya Fontanella (In Hebrew: The Poems Y.B.F.)
HaMayim (In Hebrew: Water: A Study in Palestinology and Palestinian Folklore)
HaSappanut ha1vrith bime Qedem (In Hebrew: Ancient Jewish Seafaring)
Adam wa'Adama (In Hebrew: Man and Earth in Hebrew Custom, Belief, and Legend)
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Mada' ha'Adam (In Hebrew: The Science Man: An Introduction to Anthropology)
Man and Temple in Ancient Jewish Myth and Ritual
On Culture Contact and Its Working in Modern Palestine
Israel between East and West
Annotated Bibliography of Syria, Lebanon and Jordan
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The Kingdom Jordan
Current Jewish Social Research
Cultures in Conflict
Sex and Family in the Bible and the Middle East
Golden River to Golden Road: Society, Culture and Change in the Middle East
Hebrew Myths (with Robert Graves)
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Tents Jacob: The Diaspora Yesterday and Today
Myth and Modern Man
The Arab Mind
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The Myth the Jewish Race (with Jennifer Patai)
The Messiah Texts
Gates to the Old City
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The Vanished Worlds Jewry
The Jewish Mind
Robert Graves and the Hebrew Myths
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The Seed Abraham
Ignaz Goldziher and His Oriental Diary
Nahum Goldmann: His Missions to the Gentiles
Apprentice in Budapest
The Hebrew Goddess, third enlarged edition
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The fews Kurdistan (with Erich Brauer)
Between Budapest and Jerusalem
Journeyman inferusalem
The Jewish Alchemists: A History and Source Book
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The Jews Hungary: History, Culture, Psychology
A listing of the books edited by Raphael Patai can be found at the back of this
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CONTENTS
Illustrations 9
Introduction 11
IH.IS TORY AND TRADITIONS
1. Early Times 25
2. Before the Allahdad 29
3. The $Mi Lure 41
4. Allahdad! 51
5. After the Allah dad 65
6. Conversions to theB ahai faith 76
7. A Decade ofBlood Libels and Other Incidents, 1892-1902 79
8. Zionism and Early 'Aliya 86
9. Disturbances in the 1940s 92
10. A Picture ofJ ewish Life 101
11. Emigration, 'Aliya, Dispersion 108
12. A MeshhedJ ewish Family: Aqa Farajullah's Memoirs 112
IITA.LES AND LEGENDS
Introductory Note 151
13. A Popular "Life of Nadir" 154
14. Three Tales about Mullah Siman-Tov 168
15. Two Stories about theJ ews of Kalat 173
16. How the HeratJews Were Saved 178
17. The Story of the Woman Gohar 182
18. The Death of I:Iajj I:Iasan E��aq 189
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III. CUSTOMS AND INSTITUTIONS
Introductory Note 195
19. Birth Customs 198
20. Jewish Names and Origins 202
21. The Secret School (Hebrew Education) 205
22. Girls' Games 222
23. Ritual Observances 228
24. Marriage 231
25. Burial Customs 265
Conclusion 273
Notes 279
Judeo-Persian Vocabulary 299
Bibliography 311
Index 317