About this title: Abridged edition. The author compares episodes of the Old Testament with similar legends from other cultures in the ancient world. Contents: Part 1) Early ages of the world: Creation of man, Fall of man, mark of Cain, great flood, Tower of Babel; Part 2) Patriarchal age: Covenant of Abraham, Heirship of Jacob or ultimogeniture, Jacob and the kidskins or the new birth, Jacob at Bethel, Jacob at the well, covenant of the cairn, Jacob at the ford of the Jabbok, Joseph's cup; Part 3) Times of the judges and the kings: Moses in the ark of bulrushes, Samson and Delilah, bundle of life, witch of ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Tudor Publishing Company, New York
Description: Fair in Poor jacket. General wear. Water damage on jacket, cover, boards and close pages top inside corner. Jacket scuffed, worn with small tears and a chip on spine area. Page 135 has 2" tear middle of front edge. Abridged edition. read more
Edition: First
Publisher: Hart Publishing Company, Inc, New York
Date Published: 1975
Description: First edition. Very good, covers stained, cover edges and spine ends lightly worn, sticker on front cover, readers creases in spine. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: KESSINGER PUB LLC
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780766132382ISBN:0766132382
Description: New. Abridged edition. The author compares episodes of the Old Testament with similar legends from other cultures in the ancient world. Contents: Part 1) Early ages of the world: Creation of man, Fall of man, mark of Cain, great flood, Tower of Babel; Par... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: MacMillan, London
Date Published: 1923
Description: Abridged edition, 8vo, pp476, indexed plus 4 pages ads. Some pages uncut. Bound in blue cloth gilt. Minor wear to spine ends; light browning to endpapers. In overall Good/VG Condition (no d/w). (Shelf 74) NOTE: Heavy Books will require special shipping arrangements. read more
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