1st Edition

The Prophets of Israel and their Place in History

By William Smith Copyright 2002
568 Pages
by Routledge

568 Pages
by Routledge

446 Pages
by Routledge

In the history of nineteenth-century religious thought, William Robertson Smith occupies an ambiguous position. More than any other writer, he stimulated the theories of religion later advanced by Frazer, Durkheim, and Freud. Smith himself was not an original scholar, but was rather "clever at presenting other men's theories" within new and sometimes hostile contexts. Smith was an important... Read more
Introduction; Lecture I: Israel And Jehovah.; Lecture II: Jehovah and the Gods of the Nations.; Lecture III: Amos and the House of Jehu.; Lecture IV: Hosea And The Fall Of Ephraim.; Lecture V: The Kingdom Of Judah And The Beginnings Of Isaiah’s Work. 1; Lecture VI: The Earlier Prophecies Of Isaiah.; Lecture VII: Isaiah And Mioah In The Reign Of Hezekiah. 1; Lecture VIII: The Deliverance From Assyria, 1

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