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Bowker, John Westerdale. 2002. <i>[https://www.amazon.com/God-Brief-History-John-Bowker/dp/0789480506 God: A Brief History]</i>. 1st American ed. London ; New York: DK Pub.: The book looks at the origins of the Israelites, their development of the ideas of God, and then later influences that come on the Near East, in particular Greek influences that integrate new philosophies in the Near East. However, the book looks more at later views of god from other cultures and does not so much focus on the original ideas and how they evolved.
Winston, Robert M. L. 2006. <i>[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Story-Professor-Lord-Robert-Winston/dp/0553817434 The Story of God]</i>. London: Bantam Books. This book looks at the development of the concept of God from prehistory to the historical development in ancient Judaism and Christianity. It looks then how the concept developed in Islam and how modern ideas of God are shaped by the modern world. The book looks at how science has affect modern understanding of God.
