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The Jews of Hungary: History, Culture, Psychology
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The Jews of Hungary: History, Culture, Psychology Hardcover - 1996

by Raphael Patai


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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. Patai's main focus within the overall history of the Hungarian Jews is their culture and their psychology. Convinced that what is most characteristic of a people is the culture which endows its existence with specific coloration, he devotes special attention to the manifestations of Hungarian Jewish talent in the various cultural fields, most significantly literature, the arts, and scholarship.

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  • Title The Jews of Hungary: History, Culture, Psychology
  • Author Raphael Patai
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 736
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wayne State University Press, U.S.A
  • Date 1996-05-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780814325612 / 0814325610
  • Weight 2.5 lbs (1.13 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.8 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 4.57 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Hungary - Ethnic relations, Jews - Hungary - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 95-21756
  • Dewey Decimal Code 943

About the author

Raphael Patai (1911-1996) was a prominent cultural anthropologist, historian, and biblical scholar of international reputation. He was the author of more than three dozen books on Jewish and Arab culture, history, politics, psychology, and folklore.

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