RARE monograph on the role of Old Testament Shechem traditions and its sacred enclosures in the formation of the twelve-tribe amphictyony of Israel on Canaanite soil, written by the renowned biblical scholar Eduard Nielsen (b.1923), Old Testament professor at the University of Copenhagen. 235x150mm. 384 pages. Red cloth Hardcover with dust-jacket. Gilt lettering on spine. Jacket edges worn and partly tattered and taped. Jacket slightly worn. Jacket spine stained/yellowing. Cover corners and spine edges bumped. Spine upper edge peeling. Inner cover and whitepages age-stained. Pages and text block edges slightly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare biblical study is in good condition.