The People of the Bible

[Le Peuple de la Bible]
Year: 
1942
Public: 
Moral assessment: 
Type: Thought
Nothing inappropriate.
Requires prior general knowledge of the subject.
Readers with knowledgeable about the subject matter.
Contains doctrinal errors of some importance.
Whilst not being explicitly against the faith, the general approach or its main points are ambiguous or opposed to the Church’s teachings.
Incompatible with Catholic doctrine.
Literary quality: 
Recommendable: 
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The rating of the different categories comes from the opinion of Delibris' collaborators

Study on the peoples that appear in the Bible, in particular, the Israel Nation. In a form accessible to any reader who has a basic training in Sacred History, describes the history, customs, laws, archaeological data, and countless small details that help put in context the stories of the Old Testament.

Following a chronological order, it goes into the writing of the Bible, who were the Patriarchs, the novelty of the monotheism of the people of Israel, a characterization of their main traditions and how they evolved over time, description of the places that are mentioned in Scripture, the political organization of the people (Judges, Kings, division of the kingdom, etc.), the exile in Babylon, faith in the Messiah, among many other topics. 

Author: Jorge Gaspar, Portugal
Update on: Dec 2018