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"Religion in the Old Testament ity and, at a later time, Islam
—The History of a Spiritual —the three great monotheistic
Triumph," by the late Prof. Ro- faiths which together proclaim
bert H. Pfeiffer, published by to the world that God lives. He
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Harper, is one of the significant demands righteousness and
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dealing with Normative Judaism
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revelation. and the Old Testa-
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of the land only when it coincides
with righteousness," the ethical
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form part of this immense study.
In his study of "Judaism-621-
150 BCE." Prof. Pfeiffer offered a
resume of the Deuteronomic Code
For the first time science has found and the importance of Deuter-
a now healing substance with the as- onomy. the codification and the
tonishing ability to shrink hemor- religion of the
law and the
rhoids and to relieve pain
without
surgery. In ease after case, while "Eschatological Expectations in
gently relieving pain. actual reduc- Early Apocalypses."
tion (shrinkage) took place. Most
In the Epilogue to "Religion in
amazing of all
results were so thor-
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statements like "Piles have ceased to by Prof. Forman, it is pointed
be a problem!" The secret is a new out that "the history
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religion is the history of
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