Peoples of an Almighty God
Subtitle: Competing Religions in the Ancient World (Anchor Bible Reference Library)
Publisher: Anchor Bible
Published: February 19, 2002
Language: eng
Number of pages: 592
ISBN-13: 9780385423472
First sentence: THE ANONYMOUS PROPHET whom we now call Deutero-Isaiah"" or ""the Second Isaiah"" wrote the words on the facing page after Cyrus, king of Persia, took Babylon in 539 B.C.E. Long before he wrote, the Israelites (or Jews) considered themselves to be the chosen "