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Excerpt from Departed Gods: The Gods of Our Fathers
And yet with a fair degree of thoroughness, the great religions of the world, both living and ex tinct. Living Religions possesses peculiar interest in that it discusses the faiths of the present heathen world in fields now mapped out and occupied for Christian missionary conquest. Fire from Strange Altars is not less im portant in that it attempts to place in systematic array many of the ascertained facts concerning the archaic literatures and old cults of Israel''s neighbors, from the earliest period which history has reached to that when these mighty empires, which shook the world while it was yet but young, dropped in pieces with the advent of more advanced political and religious ideas, more efficient engines-of war, and wiser military organizations and plans for defense or conquest. The present volume, it is believed, will command an equally generous welcome, both because of its.
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And yet with a fair degree of thoroughness, the great religions of the world, both living and ex tinct. Living Religions possesses peculiar interest in that it discusses the faiths of the present heathen world in fields now mapped out and occupied for Christian missionary conquest. Fire from Strange Altars is not less im portant in that it attempts to place in systematic array many of the ascertained facts concerning the archaic literatures and old cults of Israel''s neighbors, from the earliest period which history has reached to that when these mighty empires, which shook the world while it was yet but young, dropped in pieces with the advent of more advanced political and religious ideas, more efficient engines-of war, and wiser military organizations and plans for defense or conquest. The present volume, it is believed, will command an equally generous welcome, both because of its.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
J. N. Fradenburgh
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780260016041
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
Page Count - 468
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Contributors
Author
J. N. Fradenburgh
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781330379912
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
Page Count - 470
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