Word: mesopotamia
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...development. There are two sources from which we draw our knowledge of Hebrew history, namely, native and foreign. The first consists chiefly of the Old Testament itself, a Jewish writer named Josephus, and the ruins and inscriptions in Palestine. The most important foreign source is the cuneiform writing of Mesopotamia. The whole Hebrew Biblical history may be divided into five distinct periods, each marked by various characteristics. The adoption of monotheism was one of the most noteworthy of these...