Download PDF by James D. Long: Blood Brother: A History of Israel's Enemy

By James D. Long

ISBN-10: 0979261856

ISBN-13: 9780979261855

This e-book is an exam of the historic fight among the Biblical twins Jacob and Esau. Their opposing worldviews have nurtured complete cultures and is the resource of a centuries-long conflict of civilizations.

The Jewish Sages train that the bloody legacy of Esau/Edom spawned the Roman Empire, nurtured the principles of Europe and fuels a rampant consumerism that also drives the trendy Western global.

James Donald lengthy finds the strong forces that encouraged Esau and Jacob to take very divergent paths. lengthy additionally lines little-known geographical and ancestral milestones that hyperlink Esau/Edom on to the founding of the Roman Empire.

He additionally discusses at size, the customarily maligned and misunderstood approach of sacrificial offerings.
 
Long can also be the writer of Riddle of the Exodus:Startling Parallels among old Jewish resources & the Egyptian Archaeological Record

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