Raphael Patai
Raphael Patai (born November 22, 1910 in Budapest , Austria-Hungary ; died July 20, 1996 in Tucson ) was an American orientalist and anthropologist of Hungarian-Jewish origin.
Life
Patai was born in Budapest in 1910 as the son of the Hungarian-Jewish writer József Patai (1882–1953). He studied Semitic Languages and Oriental Studies at the University of Wroclaw and the University of Budapest , where he was awarded a Dr. phil. received his doctorate .
In 1933 he moved to Palestine . He received another doctorate from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1936 and was ordained at the Rabbinical Seminary in Budapest. He then taught at Jerusalem University and founded the Palestine Institute of Folklore and Ethnology in 1944 .
In 1947 he moved to the United States, where he received citizenship in 1952. He became visiting professor at Princeton University , Columbia University , the University of Pennsylvania , New York University, and Ohio State University . From 1948 to 1957 he was Professor of Anthropology at Dropsie College and later at Fairleigh Dickinson University . In 1952 he directed a research project in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan.
He was married and had two daughters, including the literary scholar Daphne Patai .
Awards
- 1936: Bialik Prize (with Moshe Zvi Segal )
Fonts (selection)
- Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. An annotated bibliography . HRAF Press, New Haven 1957.
- ed .: The Complete Diaries of Theodor Herzl . 5th volumes, Herzl Press, New York 1961.
- Customs and clans in the Bible and the Orient . Ner-Tamid-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1962.
- ed .: Encyclopedia of Zionism and Israel . 2 volumes, MacGraw-Hill, New York 1971.
- with Robert Graves : Hebrew Mythology. About the creation story and other myths from the Old Testament . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1986, ISBN 3-498-05708-1 .
- Nahum Goldmann. His missions to the Gentiles . University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa 2004, ISBN 0-8173-5095-0 .
literature
- Encyclopaedia Judaica , 1971, Volume 13, Col. 178
Web links
- Raphael Patai papers ( New York Public Library )
- About Raphael Patai (The Arizona Center for Judaic Studies)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Robert McG. Thomas, Jr .: Raphael Patai, 85, a Scholar of Jewish and Arab Cultures . In: The New York Times , July 25, 1996.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Patai, Raphael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American orientalist and anthropologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 22, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 20, 1996 |
| Place of death | Tucson , Arizona |