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Oesterley, W. O. E. 1866-1950.

Hebrew religion, its origin and development, - 2d, rev. and enl., ed. - London, SPCK [1937] - xiii, 448 p. 22 cm.

Contents: The earliest stages of religious belief --
Remnants of animism in Hebrew religion: sacred trees --
Remnants of animism in Hebrew religion: sacred waters --
Remnants of animism in Hebrew religion: sacred stones, etc. --
Remnants of totemism, taboo, and ancestor-worship in Hebrew religion --
Some further elements in the religious background: demonology --
Some further elements in the religious background: necromancy --
Some further elements in the religious background: magic --
Nomadic religion --
Nomadic religion: the beginning of the worship of Yahweh --
"'Elim" and "Ba'alim" (polytheism) --
Preliminary --
Mosaism, the religion of Israel in the wilderness --
The religion of Canaan --
The early religion of the settlement: apostasy --
The religion of Israel in the early monarchy --
The Yahwist revival --
The religion of Israel after Jehu --
The canonical prophets --
The eighth century prophets --
The reforms of Josiah --
The seventh century prophets --
Babylonian influence on the Jews --
The early years of the exile --
The Jewish community in exile --
Religious teachers: the priest-prophet Ezekiel --
Religious teachers: deutero-Isaiah --
Persian influence on Jewish belief --
The return from exile --
The law --
Wisdom --
God and the soul : worship : pietism --
The influence of Hellenism on the Jews --
The problem of suffering --
The doctrine of immortality --
Wisdom and its developments --
Eschatology and apocalyptic --
The law and its developments.

LCCN: 37019303

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Judaism--History.

LC Class. No.: BM 155 / .O3 1930