1884. A study of the Semitic peoples from a critical perspective. It is an attempt to apply the principle of evolution to the history of Hebrew and Christian belief. With charts and appendices. Contents: The legend of the year, Legends of the patriarchs, Twelve tribes, Epic of the Exodus, Legends of the Judges, Elohim and Jehovah, Prophets, Persian period, Messiah, Immortality, Greek and Herodian periods, Essenes, Martyr of Galilee, Ebionites, Pauline Christianity, Egyptian gnosticism, Book of Revelation, Sun-myth in Rome, On nature worship in the bible, Eucharist.