The Religion of Israel / / George A. Barton.

An historical approach to the Old Testament, emphasizing the spiritual and social forces that influenced the period, the great creative personalities, and the changes in organization and ethical practice.

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Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2017]
©1928
Year of Publication:2017
Edition:Reprint 2016
Language:English
Series:Anniversary Collection
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Physical Description:1 online resource (290 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • PREFACE
  • PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION
  • CONTENTS
  • CHAPTER I. THE SEMITIC BACKGROUND
  • CHAPTER II. THE VALUE OF THE EARLY BIBLICAL NARRATIVES
  • CHAPTER III. THE ORIGIN OF THE ISRAELITISH NATION
  • CHAPTER IV. MOSES AND THE COVENANT WITH YAHWEH
  • CHAPTER V. PRE-PROPHETIC PERIOD IN CANAAN
  • CHAPTER VI. THE PROPHETS OF THE EIGHTH CENTURY
  • CHAPTER VII. DEUTERONOMY AND JEREMIAH
  • CHAPTER VIII. THE EXILE AND THE REORGANIZED JEWISH STATE
  • CHAPTER IX. LEGALISM
  • CHAPTER X. DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRIESTHOOD AND RITUAL
  • CHAPTER XI. ANGELS AND DEMONS
  • CHAPTER XII. THE RELIGION OF THE PSALMISTS
  • CHAPTER XIII. THE RELIGION OF THE SAGES
  • CHAPTER XIV. FIVE RELIGIOUS TRACTS
  • CHAPTER XV. THE HOPES OF THE APOCALYPTISTS
  • CHAPTER XVI. THE JEWISH DISPERSION
  • INDEX