Albright, William Foxwell (1891-1971)

Yahweh and the Gods of Canaan A historical analysis of two contrasting faiths William Foxwell Albright - Indiana, U.S.A Eisenbrauns 1994 - 294tr. hardcover 22cm

Professor Albright speaks to a new generation of scholars through this reprint of his classic work contrasting Israelite and Canaanite religions. The five chapters were originally presented as seven lectures and discuss Poetry and Prose, the Patriarchal Background, Canaanite Religion in the Early Bronze Age, the Struggle between Yahweh and the Gods of Canaan, and the Religious Cultures of Israel and Phoenicia.

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Verse and prose in early Israelite

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