R. H. Charles 
Religious Development Between the Old and the New Testaments [PDF ebook] 

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. This literature was written probably for the most part in Galilee, the home Of the religious seer and mystic. Not only was the develop ment of a religious but also of an ethical character. In both these respects the way was prepared by this literature for the advent Of Christianity, while a study Of the New Testament makes it clear that its writers had been brought up in the atmosphere created by these books and were themselves directly acquainted with many of them.