The content of this book consists of scattered articles, lexical and encyclopedic materials, and a few individual chapters from various books translated from Hebrew and English. All of these relate to a single topic from various perspectives: "Religion in Human Culture." With the exception of the translation approach, in which I was careful to convey the meaning with the highest possible degree of accuracy, avoid literal translation, and take into account the specificity of scientific terminology, I intermingled with the translated texts in places where a definition, explanation, or an opinion opposing that of the original text was required. I presented all of this in the form of "independent footnotes" placed at the end of each article, which include approximately 140 definitions and 40 comments, making it a "parallel book" to the original texts. At the end of the book, I included a glossary of the "sources of the translated materials," arranged as they appear in the book. I also divided the book into nine subtopics related to the topic of "religion" from various perspectives, as can be seen in the table of contents.

الدكتور كارم محمود عزيز أستاذ الدراسات العبرية واليهودية المتفرغ بقسم اللغات الشرقية/ كلية الآداب، جامعة الزقازيق. شاعر وقاص وروائي وناقد وعضو اتحاد كتاب مصر. من مؤلفاته: - أساطير التوراة الكبرى وتراث الشرق الأدنى القديم. - الأسطورة والحكاية الشعبية في العهد القديم. - الأسطورة فجر الإبداع الإنساني. - أساطير العالم القديم. - بطولة والبطل في أسفار المقرا (العهد القديم). - أساطير إسرائيل (الأجاداه). - سيرة النرجس البري (ديوان شعر). - جدار أخضر قديم (ديوان شعر). - القرين (قصص). - العوجة.. تعويذة العبث والقيامة (رواية) - ذاكرة المرايا (رواية).