Religion in the Making a Study in Biblical Sociology
Religion in the Making a Study in Biblical Sociology
Samuel George Smith
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And besides, this is not a universal fact. It probably came in with a form of nature worship that was connected with the heavenly bodies. The great height became an altar, and there men beheld the first rays of light which gilded the earth with the symbol of universal life and power. Reference has already been made to the signifi- cance of hills and mountains in the religion of Israel. Jehovah was the God of the hills. It is also important to note, however, that this by no means exhausts the hi...storical uses of high places, and it is necessary to give a brief account of them that we may understand their value for the Semites. These men. Whether from the Euphrates or from the Nile, were men of the lowlands, where life may be easy and labor well rewarded, but was always commonplace, and they felt the fascination of the sterile heights where life seems noble and the soul is free. So it was that the Hebrews, whether in the 122 RELIGION IN THE MAKING worship of Jehovah or falling into their oft-time idolatries, set great store by the high places.
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