Identifier: ridpathsuniversa05ridp (find matches)
Title: Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Ridpath, John Clark, 1840-1900
Subjects: World history
Publisher: Cincinnati : Jones
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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^different from that recorded in the tra-dition of the Egyptians,there is an agreement inthis, that the Hebrewswere a subject people, and that they Phases of thegoing forth ofthe Hebrews tofreedoin. The tubal di-vision hadbeen m a i n -tamed duringthe Egyptianperiod. Theseveral bandsof fuo-itives were gathered into twelveprincipal divisions, according to thenames of their ancestors. Moses andhis brother are represented as hav-ing almost absolute authority in direct-ing the destinies of the whole people.Their ascendency over the Israelites wasreferable to the fact that the leaderspresented themselves in the name andby the authority of Jehovah, who had THE HEBRE WS.—POIJTICAL E VOL UTION. ordered them to lead the nation forth tofreedom. It was at this juncture that the Israeli- authority which was promulgated overthe people. If Aaron was high priest,Moses was leader and generalissimo.
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tish theocracy was prepared in outline. AThe theocracy in government by means ofa priesthood was estab-lished. There was, fromthe first, a certain secular element in the

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