TY - BOOK AU - Oesterley,W.O.E. AU - Robinson,Theodore H. TI - Hebrew religion, its origin and development AV - BM155 .O3 1930a U1 - 296 PY - 1930///] CY - New York PB - The Macmillan Co. KW - Judaism KW - History N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; 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 ER -