Reviews
An artful weaving together of biblical tales, Talmudic legends, and Midrash literature, The Children of Noah: Jewish Seafaring in Ancient Times chronicles the amphibious adventures of the ancient Israelites., Patai takes the bare bones of what there is in the Bible and, through scholarship and intellect, builds up a lively picture of life at sea.... This book will stand as a final and fitting monument to Patai's lifetime of scholarship and research into ancient Jewish history and culture., An artful weaving together of biblical tales, Talmudic legends, and Midrash literature,The Children of Noah: Jewish Seafaring in Ancient Timeschronicles the amphibious adventures of the ancient Israelites. -- Publishers Weekly, "Patai takes the bare bones of what there is in the Bible and, through scholarship and intellect, builds up a lively picture of life at sea.... This book will stand as a final and fitting monument to Patai's lifetime of scholarship and research into ancient Jewish history and culture."-- David Brauner, Jerusalem Post, Patai takes the bare bones of what there is in the Bible and, through scholarship and intellect, builds up a lively picture of life at sea.... This book will stand as a final and fitting monument to Patai's lifetime of scholarship and research into ancient Jewish history and culture. -- David Brauner, Jerusalem Post, It's not everyone who can spend a lifetime with the kinds of questions Patai asks.... But almost everyone will find fascinating the answers Patai provides.... Practical rather than theoretical, empirical rather than imperious, durable rather than glamorous ... a vessel with spirit, a freighter of mysteries., It's not everyone who can spend a lifetime with the kinds of questions Patai asks.... But almost everyone will find fascinating the answers Patai provides.... Practical rather than theoretical, empirical rather than imperious, durable rather than glamorous ... a vessel with spirit, a freighter of mysteries. -- Laurance Wieder, The Weekly Standard, An artful weaving together of biblical tales, Talmudic legends, and Midrash literature,The Children of Noah: Jewish Seafaring in Ancient Timeschronicles the amphibious adventures of the ancient Israelites., A lively and fascinating narrative that makes a full exposition of the subject available to students and advanced readers for the first time., "It's not everyone who can spend a lifetime with the kinds of questions Patai asks.... But almost everyone will find fascinating the answers Patai provides.... Practical rather than theoretical, empirical rather than imperious, durable rather than glamorous ... a vessel with spirit, a freighter of mysteries." --Laurance Wieder, The Weekly Standard, An artful weaving together of biblical tales, Talmudic legends, and Midrash literature, The Children of Noah: Jewish Seafaring in Ancient Times chronicles the amphibious adventures of the ancient Israelites. -- Publishers Weekly, "A useful source book. . . . [I]f you're Jewish and love the sea . . . It's not an account you would want to miss." --Hillel Halkin, Forward, "An artful weaving together of biblical tales, Talmudic legends, and Midrash literature, The Children of Noah: Jewish Seafaring in Ancient Times chronicles the amphibious adventures of the ancient Israelites."-- Publishers Weekly, "It's not everyone who can spend a lifetime with the kinds of questions Patai asks.... But almost everyone will find fascinating the answers Patai provides.... Practical rather than theoretical, empirical rather than imperious, durable rather than glamorous ... a vessel with spirit, a freighter of mysteries."-- Laurance Wieder, The Weekly Standard, "Patai takes the bare bones of what there is in the Bible and, through scholarship and intellect, builds up a lively picture of life at sea.... This book will stand as a final and fitting monument to Patai's lifetime of scholarship and research into ancient Jewish history and culture." --David Brauner, Jerusalem Post, "A useful source book. . . . [I]f you're Jewish and love the sea . . . It's not an account you would want to miss."-- Hillel Halkin, Forward, "A lively and fascinating narrative that makes a full exposition of the subject available to students and advanced readers for the first time." -- Library Journal, "A lively and fascinating narrative that makes a full exposition of the subject available to students and advanced readers for the first time."-- Library Journal, "An artful weaving together of biblical tales, Talmudic legends, and Midrash literature, The Children of Noah: Jewish Seafaring in Ancient Times chronicles the amphibious adventures of the ancient Israelites." -- Publishers Weekly, A useful source book. . . . [I]f you're Jewish and love the sea . . . It's not an account you would want to miss., A useful source book. . . . [I]f you're Jewish and love the sea . . . It's not an account you would want to miss. -- Hillel Halkin, Forward, A lively and fascinating narrative that makes a full exposition of the subject available to students and advanced readers for the first time. -- Library Journal