The Children of Noah
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: November 15, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780691009681
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: BCE to c 500 CE; Geographical discovery & exploration; Jewish studies; Maritime History; World history: BCE to c 500 CE; BCE to c 500 CE; Ships & Shipbuilding - History; Jewish - Ancient; History; History - General History; History: World; Ancient World; Israel; Archaeology and Ancient History; History / Israel; Mind, Body, Spirit; Religion; Middle East - Israel
First sentence: THE BIBLE, that unique literary masterpiece, opens with an account of the mythical beginnings of the history of the world, of mankind, and of the people of Israel, proceeds with an admixture of myth and history in which the former gradually diminishes as the latter gains ground, and then continues with a theocentric historical account of developments in the united, and subsequently divided, Hebrew monarchy, and of what happened to the Jews after their return from the Babylonian exile.