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'A History of Religious Ideas, volume 1 will arouse the interest of all historians of western religion, since it includes chapters on the religions of Canaan and Israel. However, the book must be read cover to cover if one wants to grasp the significance of its gigantic historical scope...Not only has the work unity through Eliade's authorship, but it lays the foundation of the history of religious' edifice of which he has been one of the principal architects.' -Kees W. Bolle, Church History.
From the Publisher
"No one has done so much as Mr. Eliade to inform literature
students in the West about ''primitive'' and Oriental religions. .
. . Everyone who cares about the human adventure will find new
information and new angles of vision."-Martin E. Marty, New
York Times Book Review
From the Jacket
''A History of Religious Ideas, volume 1 will arouse the interest of all historians of western religion, since it includes chapters on the religions of Canaan and Israel. However, the book must be read cover to cover if one wants to grasp the significance of its gigantic historical scope...Not only has the work unity through Eliade''s authorship, but it lays the foundation of the history of religious'' edifice of which he has been one of the principal architects.'' -Kees W. Bolle, Church History.
Edition Details
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Format: Trade Paperback
Published: April 15, 1981
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
The following ISBNs are associated with this title:
ISBN - 10: 0226204014
ISBN - 13: 9780226204017
