Israel before Christ - an Account of Social and Religious Development in the Old Testament

Summary: Originally published in 1924. Extensively illustrated with black and white period photographs. Contents include - The Period from Abraham to Joshua - The Patriarchal Life - The Canaanite Background - The Hebrews - The Settlement of Israel in Canaan - Israel and the Canaanites - Social Conditions in Israel - The Archievment of Unity - The Period of the Monarchy - Kingship in Israel - Popular Religion under the Monarch...y - The Prophetic Movement - The Exile - The Returned Jews - The Preiistly State - Hellenism - The Religious Tendencies in Judaism [read more]