Hebrew Myths: The Book of Genesis.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1964. First US Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 312pp. Grey cloth boards, with blue panels and gilt titling. Stated first edition. "Sixty-one stories of cosmic forces, deities, angels and demons, giants and heroes, distilled from the Bible and other ancient Aramaic and Hebrew sources and analyzed in the light of modern anthropology and mythology." Graves, the eminient British poet, novelist, classicist and mythographer, joined force with Jewish anthropologist and Biblical scholar, Raphael Patai for this detailed study of 61 stories found in Genesis. Lightly bruised at head and tail of spine, top edge dusty, one tiny scrape to fore-edge, owner's name on front free endpaper, otherwise a very nice, tight, clean VG+ copy in VG dust jacket (the dust jacket is a little toned, one short tear and some creasing to head of spine, a little minor chafing to the edges. Price-clipped. Item #67309
ISBN: 0517413663
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