Development of Western Civilization: Ancient Israel (Paperback)

Harry M Orlinsky
Cornell University Press
 9780801498497
0-8014-9849-X

This revised edition, published in 1960, brings up to date a book first published in 1954--a concisely organized, simply written account of the society that produced the Bible. As the author traces the.

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fluctuating fortunes of the Hebrews and Israelites between about 2000 and 300 B.C.E., the reader can see how Jewish religious concepts developed in the context of actual historical situations.