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Israel between East and WestBook 1953 • Patai, Raphael
Israelis • Middle East > Middle East
This is a study of human relations in Israel, particularly in terms of assimilation processes, between elements of the Middle Eastern culture represented by Oriental Jews, and Western culture represented by European Jewish immigrants. Patai claims th...Sex and family in the Bible and the Middle EastBook 1959 • Patai, Raphael
Israelites • Middle East > Middle East
This study draws heavily on the nineteenth and twentieth century ethnography of the Middle East to understand gender roles and relations in Ancient Israel, a direct historical approached deemed valid because biblical and late modern families in the r...The Arabs of PalestineBook 1947 • Shimoni, Yaacov et al.
Palestinians • Middle East > Middle East
This is a description of the Arab community in the former Palestine just before the partition. In this translation, the following subjects are discussed: origins, Muslim customs and sanctuaries, Muslim organization, Arab minorities, Christians, Bedou...