Ancient Israelite Religion

By Susan Niditch

Book Overview

Revised

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195091280
• ISBN13: 9780195091281
• Release Date: August 1970
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Ancient Israelite Religion

This is readable, and a useful tool for becoming familiar with the ancient Israelite religion written by a well-known biblical scholar.

Toward an Understanding of Religion in Ancient Israel

This is an excellent, gentle introduction to an ancient religion. Some of the more controversial themes, for example child sacrifice, are touched on but not fully discussed. Niditch maintains throughout the book a non-pedantic style allowing the reader to gain an overall appreciation of the insights offered by modern scholarship (Ugarit texts, etc.) without getting lost in an endless sea of footnotes and references.