The Testing of Nation's Ideals: Israel's History From the Settlement to the Assyrian Period (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Charles Foster Kent

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ISBN 10: 1330556992 ISBN 13: 9781330556993

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2020

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Excerpt from The Testing of Nation's Ideals: Israel's History From the Settlement to the Assyrian Period The Hebrews received from their early ancestors, and above all from Moses, the prophet and founder of their nation, certain unique sentiments and ideals. The first was the deep sense of gratitude and loyalty to the God who, they felt, had delivered them from cruel industrial oppression in Egypt and from the many perils of the Wilderness. It was loyalty expressed chiefly through ceremonial observations; but from the first it appears also to have guided the moral acts and to have shaped the characters of these early Israelites. A personal feeling of fellowship with Jehovah and with members of their race was the essence of the religious faith which Moses transmitted to his followers. Gradually also the conscious belief in a divine destiny for their race dawned upon them. From their ancient communistic tribal life they inherited many democratic ideals. Each man had a voice in deciding questions of common interest. Their leaders and rulers were the choice of the people and ruled as the servants rather than as the masters of their nation. Israel's ideal of government from the beginning was the rule "of the people, by the people, for the people." The family was the cornerstone of the Hebrew commonwealth, and its rights and purity were jealously guarded. Each individual enjoyed great political and religious liberty; but, at the same time, he recognized his solemn obligations to serve even at the cost of his life, if need be, the social unity of which he was a part and the one God who was recognized by that group. These and kindred ideals alone distinguished the Hebrews from the hundreds of ancient tribes and peoples that have long since passed into oblivion without creating even a ripple upon the boundless sea of history. Many of these ideals were still in the process of development when the Hebrew clans emerged from the Wilderness and entered the thickly populated, much

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Excerpt from The Testing of Nation's Ideals: Israel's History From the Settlement to the Assyrian Period

From their ancient communistic tribal life they inherited many democratic ideals. Each man had a voice in deciding questions of common interest. Their leaders and rulers were the choice of the people and ruled as the servants rather than as the masters of their nation. Israel's ideal Of government from the beginning was the rule of the people, by the people, for the people.

The family was the cornerstone Of the Hebrew common wealth, and its rights and purity Were jealously guarded. Each individual enjoyed great political and religious liberty; but, at the same time, he recognized his solemn Obligations to serve even at the cost Of his life, if need be, the Social unity Of which he was a part and the one God who was recognized by that group.

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• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 1330556992
• ISBN 13: 9781330556993
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 161