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THE RISE OF CHRISTIANITY. FOREWORD TO THE THIRD IMPRESSION: IN the
second impression of this book a few misprints and mistakes were
corrected. But few specific errors had been mentioned even in
hostile reviews. A number of these criticized the bibliography as
partial to antiquated authors and ideas. My critics failed to
notice that the brief list of books cited is for readers, knowing
only English, who may wish to extend their knowledge of the subject
and, most probably, to contrast my conclusions with an earlier type
of apologetic. I make no refer ence to authorities whose works are
only available in French or German, nor do I mention recent English
linguistic enquiries which I find unconvincing. Some analytical
work produced on the Continent during the last fifteen years seems
to me both more sound in its judgment and more free from
inhibitions than that which has gained esteem in England. Complaint
has been made that readers can hardly find in the book such words
as Trinity, Incarnation, and supernatural. None of these words
occurs in the New Testament, and they belong to theology rather
than to history. The postulate of the finite-scale uniformity of
nature has been assailed by a number of theologians but, so far as
I have ob served, by no competent man of science. The theologians
have written with a conviction which is not always according to
knowledge. E. W. B.Contents include: CHAPTER I THE REMOTE
BACKGROUND OF CHRISTIANITY PAGE 1. The beginning of man ...... i 2.
Palaeolithic man ....... i 3. Neolithic man 2 4. The Bronze Age 3
5. Early burials ........ 4 6. The Sumerians ....... 4 7-Egypt 5 8.
Progress and decay Egypt and Babylonia . . 6 9. The religions of
Mesopotamia andEgypt 6 10. Egyptian religion ....... 7 1 1 .
Sumerian-Semitic religion ..... 8 12. Akhenaten ........ 9 13. -
Syria in the time of Moses . . . . .10 14. Early Hebrew history 11
15. Moses and the Hebrew invasion of Palestine . . 11 1 6. The
kingdoms of Israel and Judah . ., .12 17. Assyria 12 18. Persia 13
19. The Persian empire ...... 14 20. The Jews under Persian rule .
. . . 5 21. The formation of the Old Testament -. . - 15 22. The
worship of Jehovah . . . . . 17 23. The Hebrew prophets . . . . .
17 24. The background of ethical monotheism . . .18 25. Zoroaster .
. . . . . . .18 26. The originality of the Hebrew prophets . . 19
CHAPTER n THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD L The Eastern Mediterranean 27
Crete ... 21 28. Mycenaean civilization 21 29. The Greeks .22 30.
Greek science and philosophy ..... 122 31. Greek fertility and its
exhaustion .... 24 32. Greek religion and morality ..... 24 33.
Alexander the Great ...... 25 34. Hellenistic civilization ......
25 35. Palestine after Alexander ...... 26 36. The Maccabaean
revolt . . . . . .27 37. Judaea, Rome and Herod ..... 28 38. The
influence of Greece on Judaism .... 29 39. The Apocrypha ....... 30
40. The Septuagint ....... 30 41 . The influence of Greece on
Christianity . . 31 42. The Logos doctrine, . . . ., .32 43.
Christianity and Greek culture ..... 33 44. Judaism in the time of
Christ 34 45. The pharisees ... 35 46. The sadducees ....... 36 47.
The pharisees and Christianity ..... 36 48. Judaism and Jewish
sects . . . . . - 37 . The Western Mediterranean 49. The Etruscans
....... 38 50. The Etruscan legacy to Rome ..... 39 51. The
Carthaginians ....... 39 52. The sources of Carthaginian power ....
40 53. The struggle with Rome ......41 54. Carthaginian culture
...... 41 55. Carthaginian religion ...... 42 56. The Punic stock
....... 42 57. The Romans ....., ., 43 58. The Roman character
...... 44 59. The winning of world control . ., . 44 60. The price
of victory, ., . . 45 6 1. Augustus and the Julio-Claudians .... 46
62. Roman religion ...... f 47 63. The divine element in man 48 64.
Roman religion and Christianity, ., 48 CHAPTER III THE
MYSTERY-RELIGIONS PAGE 65. The nature of a mystery-religion .... 50
66. The mysteries were sacramental ......
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