The NIV is the world's best-selling modern translation, with over 150 million copies in print since its first full publication in 1978. This highly accurate and smooth-reading version of the Bible in modern English has the largest library of printed and electronic support material of any modern translation.

This Festschrift celebrates the multifaceted career of Raphael Patai, presenting twenty-two articles on Jewish folklore and mythology, Jewish and Middle Eastern ethnology and anthropology, the social psychology of Arabs and Jews, Jewish cultural history, and Zionism. All of these are fields in which Raphael Patai has made major contributions.

“Even though I have no eyes to see, the world around me is as vivid and treacherous as ever. The scent of the cherry blossoms, the murmur of the river, and the whispers of those plotting in the shadows—these things I perceive with a clarity sharper than sight itself. The world of the blind is one of heightened senses, where darkness magnifies the essence of all things, and revenge, like a coiled serpent, is ever ready to strike.”