Oesterley, W. O. E. (William Oscar Emil) 1866-1950 creator Robinson, Theodore H. (Theodore Henry) 1881-1964 joint author. text nyu London SPCK [1937] 1937 2d, rev. and enl., ed. monographic eng

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xiii, 448 p. 22 cm. Contents: The earliest stages of religious belief -- Remnants of animism in Hebrew religion: sacred trees -- Remnants of animism in Hebrew religion: sacred waters -- Remnants of animism in Hebrew religion: sacred stones, etc. -- Remnants of totemism, taboo, and ancestor-worship in Hebrew religion -- Some further elements in the religious background: demonology -- Some further elements in the religious background: necromancy -- Some further elements in the religious background: magic -- Nomadic religion -- Nomadic religion: the beginning of the worship of Yahweh -- "'Elim" and "Ba'alim" (polytheism) -- Preliminary -- Mosaism, the religion of Israel in the wilderness -- The religion of Canaan -- The early religion of the settlement: apostasy -- The religion of Israel in the early monarchy -- The Yahwist revival -- The religion of Israel after Jehu -- The canonical prophets -- The eighth century prophets -- The reforms of Josiah -- The seventh century prophets -- Babylonian influence on the Jews -- The early years of the exile -- The Jewish community in exile -- Religious teachers: the priest-prophet Ezekiel -- Religious teachers: deutero-Isaiah -- Persian influence on Jewish belief -- The return from exile -- The law -- Wisdom -- God and the soul : worship : pietism -- The influence of Hellenism on the Jews -- The problem of suffering -- The doctrine of immortality -- Wisdom and its developments -- Eschatology and apocalyptic -- The law and its developments. Judaism History BM 155 .O3 1930 37019303 DLC 820909 20151116111613.0 9709714