289 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (237-267)
1. The Canaanite background -- Canaanites and Amorites -- Deities -- Sacred places and persons -- Festivals -- Sacrifice -- The Adonis cult -- 2. The religion of the Hebrew fathers -- The Habiru and the Hebrews -- The cycles of the Hebrew fathers (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob) -- The Habiru in the Tell el-Amarna Tablets -- The earliest appearances of "Israel" -- The trek of Semitic nomads to Egypt -- Late Aramaean religion and the religion of the Hebrew fathers -- The gods of the Hebrew fathers and the God of Moses -- 3. The religion of Moses -- The most creative personality in the Old Testament religion -- The date of Moses and the Exodus -- Moses' creative experience of Yahweh -- The Kenite influence upon Moses' religion -- Yahweh and His worship in the Mosaic Era -- Sinai, a volcanic mountain, and its location -- The relation of Moses to Israelite law -- The conception of the Covenant -- Moses' divine intensity -- 4. Clash and transition -- From the invasion and conquest of Canaan to the Davidic empire -- When Israelite meets Canaanite -- Antagonism between nomads and agriculturalists -- Transition to agriculture and merging with Canaanites -- The Philistine stimulus -- Samuel and ecstatic group prophecy -- Coalescence of Israelite and Canaanite culture under David -- 5. Yahweh of Baal -- From the reign of Solomon to the eighth century BC -- The influence of Solomon -- The prophetic protest -- The influence of the dynasty of Omri -- The prophetic revolution -- The Canaanizing of the Israelite cult -- 6. The prophetic clarification -- The creative contribution of the eighth century prophets -- The historical background -- Amos: Religion as righteousness -- Hosea: Religion as ethical union with God -- Isaiah: Religion as trust in the sovereign God -- Micah: The quintessence of prophetic religion -- 7. The final synthesis -- The seventh and sixth centuries BC -- The historical framework of the period -- Zephaniah: The summons to righteousness and meekness -- Nahum: The divine nemesis -- Habakkuk: Religion as faithfulness -- Jeremiah: Religion as inner experience -- Ezekiel: The announcement of restoration and reanimation -- Deutero-Isaiah: The union of righteousness and redemption

Leslie, Elmer A. (Elmer Archibald), 1888-

New York ; Cincinnati: Abingdon Press

Bibliography: 237-267.

2023-06-28