The Hebrew People Volume 2 reprint z 1850 r.

The Hebrew People Volume 2 reprint z 1850 r. - George Smith

The second part of the sacred annals, which is now presented to the public, comprises the History and Religion of the Hebrew People, from the Origin of the Nation to the Time of Christ. In the prepara tion of this portion of the work, the Author has steadily kept in view the purpose which he announced in the Preface to the preceding volume; namely, to present a complete view of the history and religion of this nation in a decidedly religious manner. In the prose cution of this attempt he has encountered great, and, in some respects, unexpected, dificulty. To arrange and condense into a limited compass the Civil and religious history of a great people during seventeen centuries, would, under any circumstances, be a work sufl'iciently onerous; but this has been greatly increased by nume rous collateral subjects, of the most embarrassing charac ter, with which the history of the Jews is involved.