The Religion of Moses (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Religion of Moses<br><br>The little book which I offer to the public lays no claim to originality. It is rather hoped that the reader will find in it nothing that will seem new and startling to him. It is simply an attempt, made with much diffidence, to bring the basal moral and religious ideas of Yahvism or Jehovism into clear view, and to trace their origin back to their true source - to the inspired genius of Moses. For I hold, with the biblical tradition, that Moses was in the deepest and widest sense the founder of the religion of Israel. The prophets who came after him did not originate, but only developed and propagated the religion of ethical monotheism first promulgated by the son of Amram. My contention is that Mosaism never was a tribal religion. From the very day of its appearance it was universal in essence and scope.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.