Hebrew religion, its origin and development,

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: London, SPCK [1937]Edition: 2d, rev. and enl., edDescription: xiii, 448 p. 22 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • BM 155 .O3 1930
Contents:
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.
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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.