The Religion of Israel: A Short History

By William J. Doorly

Book Overview

Using the Hebrew Bible as a primary source, this work assists readers in distinguishing between the historical Israel that produced the Bible and the idealized Israel presented in the Bible. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809137054
• ISBN13: 9780809137053
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Paulist Pr
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Eye-opening!

The information in this book is remarkable. It has given me a much deeper and more thorough understanding of the "old testament". I knew before reading that it wasn't history in the sense we have it today, that it was handed down orally, and not written until around the middle of the 1st century BC. I failed to appreciate that it was "religious history", composed for the purpose of justifying not only a certain viewpoint but certain regimes. An excellent, easy read!