This book tells the story of the thirty-year friendship between Robert Graves and Raphael Patai, and in particular, the story of the literary collaboration that culminated in their joint authorship of the Hebrew Myths: The Book of Genesis . The friendship between Graves and Patai began in 1947 when Graves, having read Patai's book Man and Temple , wrote him a "fan letter" full of remarkable scholarly comments and reflections. It was the beginning...