Raphael Patai is an anthropologist and author of several books, including The Hebrew Goddess, The Jewish Mind, and The Seed of Abraham: Jews and Arabs in Contact and Conflict.

Nahum Goldmann, Zionist leader, diplomat, the founder of the World Jewish Congress and its president for many years, enjoyed one of the most disputed reputations in Zionist circles.... [in this book], Goldmann emerges as an interesting personality, a bon-vivant, a brilliant conversationalist, and a most gifted diplomat. - Jewish Quarterly Review; ""Recommended to all who are interested in exploring the life of one of the most interesting Jews of the century."" - Choice