bequeathed to us, would still leave them the leaders of the race. It is true there was change and progress in the course of their religious development, and this makes that history the more glorious. Not to them any more than to us did the oracles of God speak to unwilling hearts and minds. The search after God was a noble and difficult quest not because He would escape them, but because only as they developed by struggle were they able to perceive Him or understand His voice. The Hebrew history is a part of the final civilization of the world. To the men of vision the world has always owed its debt. More than the marvels of Greece or the more hoary antiquities of Egypt, more than the accuracies of modern science or the inventions of modern industry, are these messages out of the Hebrew centuries to every man and woman who wishes to think truly and to live nobly. BIBLIOGRAPHY It would be quite impossible to give a full list of the works bearing upon the problems which have been discussed, but I name the following as among those which have been useful to me in Politics Philosophie der Geschichte als So ciologie The Basis of Social Relations Introduction to the Philosophy of The Origin and Religious Content of the Psalter Introduction à la Sociologie An Introduction to the Literature of the Old Testament. De la Division du Travail Social Les Règles de la Méthode Sociologique my studies: Aristotle Barth, Paul Brinton, Daniel G. Caird, Edward Caird, John Cheyne, T. K. Driver, S. R. Durkeim, Emile Durkeim, Emile General Sociology Gedanken uber den Social Wissen schaft der Zukunft Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion Introduction to Social Philosophy Lectures on the Science of Religion Sacred Books of the East Philosophy and Development of Religion Cultes, Mythes et Religions History of the People of Israel Conception of God 245 Lilienfeld, P. von Pfleiderer, Otto Reinach, S. Renan, Ernest Bau und Leben des Socialen Körpers Schäffle, A. Historical Geography in the Holy Ross, Edward A. Royce, Josiah Small, Albion W. INDEX Aaron, priesthood of, p. 100 Abram, appearance of the Lord to, p. 68 Altar at Bethel, p. 115, 120 Altar not Hebrew alone, p. 141 Altars erected in any place of significance, p. 116 p. 120 Amulets, wearing of, p. 196 presence, p. 183 Ark a leader in battle, p. Ark, contents of, p. 186 Art, history of, p. 60 Ashera, or sacred post, p. Baal the god of the culti- Babel, the story of, p. 67 P. 33 Bible, historical study of, Bible, material of, p. 48 Brazen serpent one of the Canaan, language of, p. 50 Church and state, p. 29 |