Fred Berthold

BASIC SOURCES OF THE JUDAEO-CHRISTIAN TRADITION

by Fred Berthold Jr., Allan Carlsten, Klaus Penzel, and James F.Ross

Is a complete historical survey of basis for our Western religious heritage.
Within a framework of comprehensive source readings, development of religious thought is followed from the Biblical period to the present.

Brief introductory sketches and historical essays fill in the background forçach selection. A simple time-line graph is also given as a guide illustrating the major events which have
shaped our tradition.

Only primary sources have been used The reader will have the opportunity to read sizable portions from the works of such thinkers as: Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Theodor Herzl as well as portions of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

BASIC SOURCES OF THE JUDAEO-CHRISTIAN TRADITION İs divided into four major areas

-1. The Biblical Period
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-2. The Early and Medieval Periods
-3 The reformatión.
-4 The modernPeriod.

Throughout this book Judaism and Christianity have been presented side by side to illustrate the unity and di versity of religious thought.
FRED BERTHOLD, JR., P1.D. University of Chicago, is Dean of the William Jewett Tucker Foundation and Professor of Religion, Dartmouth College. ALLAN CARLSTEN, B.D.McCormick Theological Seminary, is Professor of Religion, Florida Presbyterian College
KLAUS PENZEL., S.T.M. Union Theological Seminary, is now engaged in writing a dissertation on Phillip Schafffor the Union Theological Seminary. JAMES F. Ross, TH.D. Union Theological Seminary, is Assistant Professor of Old Testament, The Theological School, Drew University.… (altro)