The Bible is HumanColumbia University Press, 1942 - 330 pages Presents as its theme the importance of God as revealed in the secular history of Israel. Features a scientific approach and the significance of Bible history. |
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... worship It is well known that the Bible describes the Hebrew people during their term of residence in Palestine as wedded to social in- justice and Baal worship . The two things as we shall see , were iden- tical . Baalism symbolized ...
... worship It is well known that the Bible describes the Hebrew people during their term of residence in Palestine as wedded to social in- justice and Baal worship . The two things as we shall see , were iden- tical . Baalism symbolized ...
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... worship their ancient Baalim and to follow the baalistic laws of landholding . The social , economic , and religi- ous outlook of these alien cities on the plain became increasingly at- tractive to the ruling classes in Ephraim as the ...
... worship their ancient Baalim and to follow the baalistic laws of landholding . The social , economic , and religi- ous outlook of these alien cities on the plain became increasingly at- tractive to the ruling classes in Ephraim as the ...
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... worship Yahweh as the source of these material bless- ings , but they have corrupted his worship with so much that pertains in reality to the cultus of the Baalim , that they might as well be worship- ping the latter . " Hosea is here ...
... worship Yahweh as the source of these material bless- ings , but they have corrupted his worship with so much that pertains in reality to the cultus of the Baalim , that they might as well be worship- ping the latter . " Hosea is here ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 3 |
THE SCIENTIFIC APPROACH | 17 |
THE JOSEPHITE ENCLAVE | 35 |
Copyright | |
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