The Twelve Religions of the Bible

by Roland Wolfe

Asserts that the Bible is a succession of twelve relatively separate religions, eight in the Old Testament and four in the the SumeroAkkadian religion of Genesis 1-11; the Aramaean religion of the patriarchal nomads; the EgyptoMidianite religion of Moses; Joshua's religion of genocide; the Canaanite-Hebrew religion of the Judges and Kings; the revolutionary religion of Israel's prophets; Judaism; the humanistic religion of poets and scholars; the Mandaean religion of John the Baptist; the spiritual religion of Jesus; Paul's mystical religion of the indwelling of Christ; and the apocalyptic religion of the Revelator.

416 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1995