The Religion of the People of Israel

by Rudolf Kittel

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138912366
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/09/2015
Series:	Routledge Revivals
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	5.06(w) x 7.81(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr. Rudolf Kittel taught at the University of Leipzig, Germany, and edited the Biblia Hebraica, perhaps the best-known Hebrew Old Testament of the twentieth century.

Table of Contents

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