Quote of the day
But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of Bravery, in the infamy of his nature. Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible Sun within us.
Raphael Patai

Born: November 22, 1910
Died: July 20, 1996 (aged 85)
Bio: Raphael Patai , born Ervin György Patai, was a Hungarian-Jewish ethnographer, historian, Orientalist and anthropologist.
Known for:
- The Arab Mind (1973)
- The Hebrew Goddess (1967)
- The Jewish Mind (1977)
- The Jewish Alchemists (1994)
- Messiah Texts (1979)