This book, first published in 1925, aims to demonstrate the ultimate roots of the many religious ideas of the Hebrews in Canaanite thought. This book will be of interest to students of theology and religious studies.
Translator’s Foreword; Author’s Preface; 1. The Canaanite Background – The Indigenous Religion 2. The God of the Patriarchs – Moses 3. Settling in the Country – Yahweh and Baal 4. The Faith and Thought of Ancient Israel 5. Prophecy and the Great Prophets of the Assyrian Period 6. The Great Prophets of the Babylonian Period – The Exile 7. The Persian Period 8. The Greek Period – from the Old Order to the New; Index
