Ernes Renan
Published: 2017-10-19
Total Pages: 450
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Excerpt from History of the People of Israel, Vol. 3: From the Time of Hezekiah Till the Return From Babylon This volume Will show how the work of the monotheistic prophets acquired such solidity that the terrible blow Which Nebuchadnezzar dealt to Jerusalem failed to destroy it. By a miracle of faith and hope unparalleled in history, the Iahveists of the prophetic reformation disseminated along the banks of the Euphrates Will bring about the return to Judea, the re-establishment of holy Wor Ship, the rebuilding of Jerusalem. I hope that I may be given the strength to delineate, in a fourth volume, the train of J ewish ideas up to the appear ance of Christianity, and thus to complete the cycle of religious history Which I have taken as my task. It is a hope Which I scarcely ventured to nourish a few years ago. I now think that I may Without presumption look forward to the completing of the Work Which has been the principal aim of my life. 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.