All for One; The trouble with the triumph of a single divinity. From: The Washington Post | Date: April 18, 2004| Author: Reviewed by Richard E. Rubenstein | Copyright 2004 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

GOD AGAINST THE GODS

The History of the War Between

Monotheism and Polytheism

By Jonathan Kirsch. Viking Compass. 336 pp. $25.95

Jonathan Kirsch is a fine storyteller with a flair for rendering ancient tales relevant and appealing to modern audiences. God Against the Gods finds him in good form, retelling lively stories about the struggle of monotheists against polytheists (and vice versa) from biblical times until the fourth century A.D. when Theodosius the Great ...

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