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36981 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, History Of, 3.61

… the spiritual development of the people the exile proved to be a period of great importance. In the first place, they were separated from their native soil …

36982 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, History Of, 3.62

… the spiritual wants of the people, and that they held meetings, at which indeed it was not permitted to offer sacrifices, but at which the word of Yahweh was …

36983 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, History Of, 3.82

3. Spiritual Life of the Period: The spiritual and religious life of the Jews during the period preceding the dissolution of the state was determined particularly …

36984 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Religion Of, 1.35

(1) Spiritual Purification through the Exile

36985 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Religion Of, 1.51

… supernatural spiritual world, and elsewhere. These analogies and related connections have appeared so pronounced to some savants, especially Assyriologists …

36986 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Religion Of, 1.56

… been spiritualized. For these Hebrews cannot be regarded as being as uncivilized as are the New Zealanders, or the Indians of North America, or those Bedouins …

36987 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Religion Of, 1.75

… real spiritual power. Most of all, the popular faith or the superstition of the people could often regard the gods of the other nations as ruling in the same …

36988 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Religion Of, 2.12

… , the spiritual world of thought also was enriched by the Wisdom literature of the Proverbs, the earliest examples of which date back to Solomon.

36989 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Religion Of, 2.16

… higher spiritual powers were in harmony with the political. This found its expression in the Divine election of David and his seed, which was confirmed by …

36990 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Religion Of, 2.18

… potent spiritual factor, which the kings themselves could not afford to ignore.

36991 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Religion Of, 2.22

… to spiritualize their religion. The unfortunate situation of the present, and the weaknesses and failures in the actual state of theocracy, directed their …

36992 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Religion Of, 2.25

The spiritual development of the deeper Israelite religion was the business of the prophets. At the latest, from the 8th century BC, and probably from the …

36993 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Religion Of, 2.31

… and spiritualization have progressed farther.

36994 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Religion Of, 2.36

… a spiritualization, which proved to be a great benefit for later times, when the political manifestation of their religious life had ceased, and the personal …

36995 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Religion Of, 2.37

… and spiritualization of the eschatological hopes how strongly the unaccustomed misfortunes and surroundings of the exiles had influenced them. Notwithstanding …

36996 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Religion Of, 2.38

… and spiritualization of the Kingdom of God. The leaders of these times, Zerubbabel, Ezra, Nehemiah, show a pronouncedly antagonistic attitude toward the …

36997 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Religion Of, 2.46

… and spiritualized itself out of its own inherent strength; but it also suffered many relapses, when hindering and corrupting influence gained the upper …

36998 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Religion Of, 2.47

… more spiritual, correct, and universal manner, the more they advanced in experience and culture. But this God did not thereby become a mere abstract being …

36999 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Religion Of, 2.48

… more spiritual in the course of time and developed into a pure love for God. It did not prevent this religion from becoming petrified, even during the Exile …

37000 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jacob (1).51

… his spiritual career, a firm conviction of the value of what God had promised, and a supreme ambition to obtain it for himself and his children. But against …