Excerpt from The Theology of the Old TestamentChapter V. Israel as the People of Jehovah, needs, perhaps, a special explanation. In this I have to some extent combined features from the Levitical Law with the pictures of the Israel of the Monarchy. For I am convinced that in spite of much that is late in form and detail, and even in spirit - the Levitical Law, as well as Deuteronomy has a certain spiritual harmony with the prophetic ideal for Israel. 'moreover, O. T. Has come down to us as an integer, for which first the Jewish and then the Christian Church claimed integral authority. We are therefore bound to attempt some total estimate of its teaching.From this standpoint, as well as for reasons Of space, I have given no detailed separate treatment to the Law, the History, the Prophets, and the Wisdom, Apocalyptic, and Devotional Literature. Often they only represent contemporaneous aspects of the same religious movements.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.