The Old Testament: Keystone of Human Culture

accepted Amos ancient world apparent Assyria attained Babylonia basic belief Bible biblical Book Book of Amos Book of Deuteronomy Book of Job Book of Judges Book of Proverbs brew centuries claim commonly concept conduct conviction cosmic covenant culture Deut Deuteronomy devout divine earth Ecclesiastes Egypt ethical evidence experience expression fact faith gods heart heavens Hebrew thinkers Hebrew thought Holy hope human idea imply Isaiah Israel's thinkers Israel's thought Jeremiah Jerusalem Jewish Jews Judges king land later less literature Lord man's matter meaning ment modern monarch monotheism mood Moses nation natural law nature-god Nonetheless notable Old Testament Orient Palestine passage political possessed priests problem prophets Psalm question reality realized recognized Rehoboam relation relevance religion religious revealed righteousness ritual rule sense slave social sort spirit story Sumer thee things thinking thou shalt tion transcendent ture voice wisdom words writer Yahweh