TY - BOOK AU - Patai,Raphael AU - Lundquist,John M. AU - Sachar,Howard M. TI - The Children of Noah: Jewish Seafaring in Ancient Times SN - 9780691225296 PY - 2021///] CY - Princeton, NJ : PB - Princeton University Press, KW - HISTORY / Middle East / Israel & Palestine KW - bisacsh KW - Abba, Rabbi KW - Abbaye (Babylonian amora) KW - Abraham (patriarch) KW - Adramyttium KW - Akhzibh KW - Amarantus Navicularius KW - Babylonian Exile KW - Beth Jibrin KW - Book of Mormon KW - Cappadocia KW - Dalmatian wool KW - Deluge Boats KW - Diodorus Siculus KW - Dome of the Rock KW - Edomites KW - Egyptian art KW - Elath KW - Euphrates River KW - Execration Texts KW - Feast of Tabernacles KW - Gabinius, Aulus KW - Gilbert Islands KW - Greek inscriptions KW - Hamilcar Barca KW - Hebrew liturgical poetry KW - Heyerdahl, Thor KW - Iberian Peninsula KW - Indian Ocean KW - Indian coasting vessels KW - John Hyrcanus II KW - Judas Maccabeus KW - Kapharnaoum (Capernaum) KW - Maccabees KW - Malayan peninsula KW - Pacific Ocean KW - ballast KW - basket boats KW - cables KW - camel drivers KW - cargo transfers KW - cisseros blossoms KW - deformities KW - fasting KW - felt shoes KW - fish products KW - flood stories KW - garment trade KW - ladders KW - landing bridges KW - lifeboats KW - lookout posts KW - maritime laws KW - mathematics N1 - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS --; FOREWORD --; PREFACE: HOW THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN --; INTRODUCTION --; Chapter 1 THE ARK OF NOAH --; Chapter 2 SHIPS AND SEAFARING IN THE BIBLE --; Chapter 3 CONSTRUCTION AND PARTS --; Chapter 4 TYPES OF SHIPS --; Chapter 5 THE CREW --; Chapter 6 MARITIME TRADE --; Chapter 7 IN THE HARBOR --; Chapter 8 ON THE HIGH SEAS --; Chapter 9 NAVAL WARFARE --; Chapter 10 LAWS OF THE SEA AND THE RIVER --; Chapter 11 SIMILES AND PARABLES --; Chapter 12 SEA LEGENDS AND SAILORS' TALES --; Chapter 13 PORTS AND PORT CITIES --; Chapter 14 LAKE KINNERET --; Appendix BIBLICAL SEAFARING AND THE BOOK OF MORMON --; ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE NOTES --; NOTES --; INDEX; restricted access N2 - Here the late Raphael Patai (1910-1996) recreates the fascinating world of Jewish seafaring from Noah's voyage through the Diaspora of late antiquity. In a work of pioneering scholarship, Patai weaves together Biblical stories, Talmudic lore, and Midrash literature to bring alive the world of these ancient mariners. As he did in his highly acclaimed book The Jewish Alchemists, Patai explores a subject that has never before been investigated by scholars. Based on nearly sixty years of research, beginning with study he undertook for his doctoral dissertation, The Children of Noah is literally Patai's first book and his last. It is a work of unsurpassed scholarship, but it is accessible to general readers as well as scholars. An abundance of evidence demonstrates the importance of the sea in the lives of Jews throughout early recorded history. Jews built ships, sailed them, fought wars in them, battled storms in them, and lost their lives to the sea. Patai begins with the story of the deluge that is found in Genesis and profiles Noah, the father of all shipbuilders and seafarers. The sea, according to Patai's interpretation, can be seen as an image of the manifestation of God's power, and he reflects on its role in legends and tales of early times. The practical importance of the sea also led to the development of practical institutions, and Patai shows how Jewish seafaring had its own culture and how it influenced the cultures of Mediterranean life as well. Of course, Jewish sailors were subject to the same rabbinical laws as Jews who never set sail, and Patai describes how they went to extreme lengths to remain in adherence, even getting special emendations of laws to allow them to tie knots and adjust rigging on the Sabbath. The Children of Noah is a capstone to an extraordinary career. Patai was both a careful scholar and a gifted storyteller, and this work is at once a vivid history of a neglected aspect of Jewish culture and a treasure trove of sources for further study. It is a stimulating and delightful book UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691225296?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691225296 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780691225296/original ER -