The End of the Search

The Search for God, by Marchette Chute “With perfect mastery of her material, and with true literary power and beauty of expression, she tells the tale, unmatched in history, of the Jews’ unfolding thought of God from the primitive idea of a bloody, revengeful, war-loving tribal deity to the exalted vision of the second Isaiah of a righteous God who loves all men as the children of His spirit. ”It is not often that one reads a restatement of the old and familiar Bible material with the thrilliing interest stirred by Miss Chute’s book. Her command of our language is one explanation, matched as it is by her sincerity and depth of feeling. Another is her creative originality of thought, which is not afraid of new and perhaps strange interpretations of reality. “... a remarkable piece of work.” — John Haynes Holmes, New York Herald Tribune Book Review