| Palestine or the Holy Land Contributor(s): Russell, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 1973855178 ISBN-13: 9781973855170 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $13.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History - Religion - Social Science | Customs & Traditions |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.93 lbs) 314 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In following out this scheme, he has made it his study to leave no source of information unexplored which might supply the means of illustrating the political condition of the Twelve Tribes immediately after they settled on the banks of the Jordan. The principles which entered into the constitution of their commonwealth are extremely interesting, both as they afford a fine example of the progress of society in one of its earliest stages, when the migratory shepherd gradually assumes the habits of the agriculturalist; and also as they confirm the results of experience, in other cases, in regard to the change which usually follows in the form of civil government, and in the concentration of power in the hands of an individual; |