Modern Psychology in the Ancient Bible: Ethical Monotheism in the Hebrew Mind
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The ancient Hebrews particularly needed a psychology that could explain the differences between their beliefs and those of their neighbors. Worshippers of the god Ba'al Peor favored child sacrifice, but the Hebrews did not, at least not most of the time. At other times the Hebrews were ambivalent about idolatry, as were those standing before Eli
Victor M. Erlich
Dr. Erlich, a former professor of English literature at Queens College in NYC, and a retired neurologist at the University of Washington, is the author of Hamlet's Absent Father, published by Princeton University Press, and Ancient Zionism, published by Free Press; The Music of an Untuned Mind, an account of his bicycle crash in Kenya, which caused a traumatic brain injury, is forthcoming from Redwood Publishing.
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