With
characteristic clarity,
Louis Berkhof
provides a concise account of Israel's land, customs
and religious life.
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Israel's Domestic Life




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Food and Its Preparation

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Clothing and Ornaments

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Dwellings and Furniture

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Villages, Towns and Cities

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Marriage

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Parents and Children

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Servants

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Sickness, Death and Burial

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Social Relations

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Occupations

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Trade and Commerce

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Sciences and Arts








Israel's Civil
Relations




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The People and Their Government

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The Administration of Justice

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The Military System








Israel's
Religious Life




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Ancient Religious Worship

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Altars and Theophanies

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The Sabbath

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Idolatry

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The Tabernacle

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Levites and Priests

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Sacrificial System

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Religious Feasts

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Day of Atonement

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The Synagogue

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Scribes, Pharisees, Sadducees
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Louis
Berkhof served as a professor of theology and
president of Calvin Theological Seminary.
He
had an unusual capacity to assimilate a large body of
material, sort out its essential content, and
reproduce it in condensed form.
Possessing
remarkable gifts, Professor
Berkhof was a voracious reader and biblical scholar.

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Louis
Berkhof's favorite systematic theologians were Abraham
Kuyper and Herman Bavinck.
Berkhof
studied under Benjamin Warfield and Geerhardus Vos at
Princeton Seminary.
Berkhof
said that he owed more to Vos than anyone else for his
insights into Reformed theology.


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