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The first part of David Hinson’s three-part introduction to the Old Testament gives a fascinating account of the history of Jews and their emerging consciousness as the People of God. Topics covered include: the Patriarchs and the beginnings of history; the Exodus; the Twelve Tribes; the first Kings; the two kingdoms of Israel and Judah; and chapters on the Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian, Greek...

care. People believed that victory over an enemy showed that the god of the victorious city or tribe was extending his power over the defeated nation or tribe and its territory. They also believed that it showed the failing power of the god of the defeated people, or that the people had lost the favour of their own god. Thus we see clearly that Abraham was not the first civilized person, and that his adventures were not the beginning of human history. In fact there had been early forms of civilization,
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