Jews (ancient Hebrews)
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- Jews (ancient Hebrews). See also Babylonian captivity; Jews
- Abraham’s offspring formed nucleus of (96:2.3)
- adoption ceremony (70:3.8)
- beliefs and attitudes
- carried back many taboos regarding Sabbath from Mesopotamia (95:1.2) (95:3.1)
- different code of ethics for dealing with gentiles (69:4.3) (70:11.2)
- distrustful of women (84:5.6)
- evil eye (87:5.5)
- evolution of God concept (Paper 97)
- first to put premium on labor (69:2.5)
- “God of battles” (70:1.15)
- God spoke in dreams (86:5.11)
- looked for return of Adam (92:5.6)
- matured concept of Yahweh as Father of their race (97:0.1)
- phantom replica of individual went down to Sheol (86:4.8)
- physical humiliation (89:3.4)
- rainbow was bow of promise (85:4.2)
- snake worshiped as mouthpiece of evil spirits (85:3.3) (88:1.5)
- spirit of God dwelt in stone altars (88:2.3)
- taboo on pork (89:1.5)
- treated adopted aliens kindly (70:3.8)
- viewed everything as indwelt by a spirit (85:4.2) (96:1.1)
- brutal and effective raid upon Og (69:8.3)
- characteristic facial appearance somewhat Andonite (80:8.2)
- crude but far above surrounding tribes (69:8.4)
- Egyptian influence (95:2.10)
- group of Levantine Bedouins (92:5.11)
- idea of creation came from Babylonians; concept of Providence came from Egyptians (95:2.1)
- Moses emancipated submerged remnant of violet race (45:4.14)
- nation divided into two kingdoms ca. 1000 B.C. (97:2.1)
- nation was union of Israelites and Canaanites (97:9.1)
- national ego depressed by Babylonian captivity (93:9.9)
- part of older Semitic race which included Babylonians, Phoenicians, and Carthaginians (121:1.1) (121:2.1)
- religion was austere and tyrannical (98:3.2)
- scriptures of. See Old Testament
Cross-references
- See Old Testament
- See also Babylonian captivity
- See also Jews
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