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ecclesiastical polity, 437-442. Lan-
guage of. See Hebrew Language.
Jezreel, plain of, 251.

Jordan, river, 252. 254. 256. Region
about, 252 Vale of, 255. Source of,

254.

Joshua, succeeds Moses in the govern-

.ment of Israel, 153. Division of the
Holy Land, by, 153-155. The "angel"
who was to keep the Israelites in the
way, 434, 435. His character as an
historian, 448.

Judea, account of, 205, 206. Wilder-

ness of, 253. 270, 271.
Judges of the Israelites, powers and
functions of, 59, 155–157.
Joel, character of his writings, 449.
Kali Naga, the serpent, 91-94.
Kedron, river, 257.

Kingdom of heaven, import of, 400-405
Kings. Moses permits the Israelites to
choose a king, 198. Their functions
and powers, 199,200. Their revenues,
200-202. Persons of, inviolable, 301.
Inauguration of, 302-306. Their ap-
parel, 306. Grandeur of, 306, 307.
Manner of approaching, 307. Ho-
nours paid to them when deceased,
307. Duration of the regal form of
governmeut, 308.
Kishon, river, 257.
Kobi, desert of, 19.
Language, Origin, 310. Characteristic of
man, ibid. Primitive, 311, 395.396.
Effect of the confusion at Babel, on,
311, 312. See Hebrew Language.
Language and style of the Old Testa-
ment, a proof of its authenticity, 129,
130.

Last Day, poem on, 384.

Law (Mosaic), object of, 10, 11, 55, 56.
Admirably adapted to the state of
the Israelites, 284.

Laws (Jewish), see Goverument.
Laws of Solon inscribed on Wood, 145.
Lebanon, mount, 208–210. Hospita-
lity at, 292.

Letters, origin and number, 396. Sig-
nificancy and application, 397. East-
ern, 445, and note 2. Hebrew, 396
-398.

Leviathan, what, 470, note 3.
Leviticus (book of), title, 282. Author,
chronology, and style, 283. How
to be read with profit, 283, 284.
Analysis of, 285.

Light produced before the sun, 70.
Literature, sacred, importance of, 265,
266. 308, 309. 325,326.

Locusts, destruction by, 2, 3. Used as
food in the East, 340, 341, 463.
Lord, name of, 169-171.

Luke, character of his writings, 450,
Lycaonian language, 366.
Magi, eastern, account of, 72, 73.
Mamre, valley of, 250.

Man, creation of, 119, 120. 221.
Manuscripts of the Hebrew and Greek
Scriptures, 452.

Marriages among the Bedouin Arabs,
5, 6. The Assyrians, 116. The
Jews, 150. The Greeks, ibid.
Pagan East Indians, and Hindoos,
151-153.
[370.
Masoretic system of punctuation, 369,
Massorah, account of 40, 41. notes. 379.
Matthew, style of his writings, 450.
Mediterranean sea, plain of, 251. [197.
Melons and cucumbers, on the Nile,
Metre. See Poetry.

Micah, character of his writings, 449.
Mirage, description of, 337, 338.
Monarchy, Jewish, 197. 301.
Mosaic dispensation, nature of, 87—89.
185, 186.

Moses, author of the Pentateuch, 39.
Account of, 42. and note 2. Charac-
ter of, 90, 91. Metrical transla-
tion of his song at the Red Sea, 319,
320. Death of, 336. Not a philoso-
pher, 454.

Mountains of Israel, 212, 213. Of

Gilead, 213, 214.

Nabuchadonosor, account of, 67, 68.
Nachash, (n) what, 214-226.
Nahum, character of his writings, 449.
Nazarene, Christ called one, 177.
Nile, inundation of, phenomenon of,
347. note 2.

Nineveh, city of, 17, 18.

Noah, generations of the sons of, 11-13.
NOTICES OF BOOKS:

Horne's "Introduction to the critical
study and knowledge of the Holy
Scriptures," 43-45.

Townsend's "Old Testament ar-
ranged in historical and chrono-
logical order," &c. 45, 46.
Burder's "Oriental Literature,” 46.
Alexander's "Revision of the author-
ized version of the Holy Bible," &c.
46, 47.
[140-143.
Watson's "Theological Institutes,"
Townley's "Illustrations of Biblical
Literature," 286.
[287, 288.
Dowson's "Theological Dictionaries,"
"Scientia Biblica," 328, 329.
"Vulgate New Testament-Trans-
lation of," 329–332.

Harper's "Sermon on Christianity
and Infidelity contrasted," &c. 380,
381.
[382, 383.
Harmer's" Miscellaneous Works,"

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Piggott's" Reflector or Christian

Advocate," 419–424.
Carpenter's" Queries addressed to
those who deny the doctrines of the
Trinity and Atonement," &c. 425
-428.

Numbers (book of), title, author, date,
and scope, 321, 322. Prediction of
the Messiah, 323. Analysis of, 323
-325.

Oaks of Bashan, 253, 254.
Olive-trees of Palestine, 357, 358.
Olympic Games, alluded to by St. Paul,
97. 108-115. Celebrity of, 97, 98.
In what they consisted, 98, 99. Can-
didates for, 99-101. Foot race, 101.
Boxing, 102-104. Chariot race,
104-106. Method of exciting the
ardour of the competitors, 106.
Ce-
remony of crowning the conquerors,
107-108. Throw considerable light
on many passages of Scripture, 108
-115.

Pagan antiquities confirm Scripture
facts, 471-477.

Palestine, names of, 157-160. Boun-
daries, 160-167. Conquest of, by
the Israelites, 161–164. note. Di-
visions in the time of Joshua, 153-
155. 202, 203. Cities of Refuge, 203.
Divisions in the time of Solomon, 203.
Divided into the two kingdoms of Ju-
dah and Israel, 203, 204. Divisions in
the time of Jesus Christ, 204–207.
Mountains, 208-214. Valleys, 247
-250. Plains and deserts, 250-253.
Forests, 253, 254. Rivers, lakes, and
fountains, 254-265. Climate, 341
-343. Seasons, 343-350. Soil
350. Fertility, 350-354. Produc.
tions, 354-360. The depositum of
the Sacred writings, 417-419. See
Jewish Nation.

Palm-trees of Palestine, 354, 355.
Parallelism, defined and illustrated,
178-183. Origin of, 180-182.
Various kinds of, 183. 412-414.451.
Gradational parallels, 271-282. An-
tithetic parallels, 314-318. Con-
structive parallels, 366-373. In-
troverted parallels, 405-414. Im-
portance of, 451.

Paul, his speech to the Athenians para-
phrased, 143, 144. Character of, as
a writer, 450.
Pentateuch (Hebrew), title, 38. Writ-
ten by Moses, 39. Authenticity of,
confirmed by Jesus Christ, 39; by
by
Pagan writers, 42, 43, note; and by
heathen tradition, 91-94. Trans-
positions in, 375, note. Number of
letters in, 379, 380.

Peræa, account of, 206, 207.

485

Peter, character of, as a writer, 450.
Pharaoh, destruction of his army para-
phrased, 335, 33 6.

Places, holy and unholy, among the
Jews, 160.

Plagues of Egypt, account of, 186-189.
Plain, cities of the, destruction of, 240.
Plurality of persons in the Divine na-
ture, 120, 211.
POETRY.

The Midnight Slaughter, 48. Death
of Ahab, 95, 96. Paul's speech to
the Athenians, 143, 144. Destruc
tion of Babylon, 192. David's
lamentation for Saul and Jonathan,
238, 239. Cities of the plain, 240.
Sonnet from Habakkuk, 288.
Third chapter of Habakkuk para.
phrased, 332-335. Overthrow of
Pharaoh's army, 335, 336. Death
of Moses, 336. Destruction of the
world, 383, 384. The last day,
384. The incarnation, 428-432.
The war song of Gideon, 432.
The vale of Siddim, 478. Destruc-
tion of Semnacherib, ibid.
Poetry, objects of, 33, 34. Consecrated
to the service of religion, 35-37
178-181: Cultivated by the He-
brews, 37. 445. Particularly in the
time of David, 37. 38. Charac-
teristics of the Hebrew, 79. and note.
178. Metre, 79-87. 125-128.
rhythm, modulation, &c. unknown to
us, 127, 128. See Parallelism. [445.
Poem, designation of, in the Hebrews,
Poetical dialect in the Old Testament,
125, 126.

Its

Poetical particles, used by Hebrew
writers, 85, 86, and notes.
Polyglott, Walton's, noticed, 267.
Bagster's, noticed, 329.
Porteusian Bible, noticed, 47.

Preaching, import of the word, 269, 270.
Priests, chief, 75.

Primitive abode of mankind, 19.
languages, 395.

Procurators, Roman, powers and func-
tions of, 440-442.

Promised land, described, 164–167.
Prophets, schools of, 37. 455. [of, 445.
Proverbs (Scripture), nature and use
Punctuation of the Scriptures, requires
emendation, 400.

Quotations, Scripture, 353, 354.
Queries on the Trinity and Atonement,

Ray Carpenter, notice of, 425-428.

Rachel Jacob, 3.

[347.

Rains, early and latter, importance of,
[424.
Razor, hired, (Isa. vii.) what, 3.
"Reflector," Piggott's, notice of, 419—

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Sargon or Esarhaddon, account of, 66,
Scholia, what, 453.

Schools of the Prophets, 37.

Scientia Biblica, notice of, 328, 329.
451, note 6.

Scribes, Jewish, account of, 60.76.
Scriptures, beauties of, 31, 32. Excel-

lency of, 265, 308, 309, 327. Ar-
rangement of, 266. Division of the
Hebrew, ibid. Circulation recom-
mended, 327, 328. Grammatical view
of, 395-400. Translations of, for
the inhabitants of Russia, 479, and
in the languages of India, 480. Facts
confirmed by Pagan antiquities, 471
-477.

Scythians, their mode of writing, 145.
Seasons in Palestine, 343-350.
Seed-time in Palestine, 343, 344:
Sentences, construction of Hebrew, 399.
Sennacherib, account of, 64, 65.
Septuagint Version, account of, 230-

238.
[220.
Seraphim, fiery serpents, so called, 219,
Serpent, criticism on the, of Gen. iii. 214
-226 Charming of, 225. Kali-Naga,
91-94.

Shalmanezer, account of, 62-64.
Siddim, vale of, 249, 250. 261. 478.
Signets, their use in the East, 443.
Siloam, pool of, 263.

Simoon, description of, 342. Effects of,

343.

Singing in the Jewish worship, 179.
Solomon, pools of, 264. Character of
as a writer, 448.

Solon, laws of, inscribed on wood, 145.
Song of Moses, at the Red Sea, 319, 320.
Spirit of God (in Gen. i. 2.) what, 26, 27.
Star in the east, 73. 121,

Style of the Old Testament, a proof of
its authenticity, 129, 130.

Sycamore tree of Judæa, 358.

Synopsis Criticorum of Poole noticed,
267.

Syriac language, 365.

Tabor, mount, 210-212.

Talbot, his "Analysis of the Holy Bi-
ble" noticed, 267.
Tally-writer, origin of the, 148.
Tartars, marriages of the, 6. [363.
Testament (New), why written in Greek,
Theocracy of the Jews, account of, 9—
11. 54-60. Resumed after the re-
turn from the captivity, 437.
"Theological Institutes" by Watson,
notice of, 140-143.

Threshing, modes of, in the East, 193,
194. 435, 436.
Tibet, plains of, 19.
Tiglath-pilezer, account of, 61, 62.
Tonquin, marriages in, 7.

Townley, notice of his "Illustrations
of Biblical Literature," 286.
Townsend, notice of his "Arrange-
ment of the Old Testament," 45, 46.
Trachonitis, account of, 206.
TRANSLATIONS, METRICAL.
Psal. xxiv. 191, 192. Gen. xlix. 226—
230. Isa. xviii. 244, 245.
Exod. xv.

319, 320. Psal. civ 468–471.
Transpositions in the Pentateuch, 375,
note. 376, 377.

Tribes of Israel, divisions of the Holy
Land among, 153, 154. 202, 203.
Addressed by Jacob, 226-230.
Vallies of Palestine, 247-250.
Verse, Hebrew, various kinds of, 370
-373.
[-128.
Versification, Hebrew, remarks on, 126
Vine, in Palestine, account of, 359, 360.
Virgins, parable of the ten, illustrated,
149-153.

Vulgate, New Testament, notice of an
English translation of, 329-332.
Watson's Theological Institutes, notice
of, 140-143.

Whale, (Gen. i.) what, 117. [270, 271.
Wilderness of Judæa, account of, 253.
Winnowing corn, mode of, in the East,
193, 194.

Winter in Palestine, 344-346.

Wise men, account of, 72-75. Wor-
ship Jesus Christ, 022.
Woman, creation of, 072.
World, destruction of, 383, 384.
Writing, antiquity of, 442, 443.

Ma-

terials used for, 145- 148. 443, 444.
Picture, 446.

Writings, Hebrew word for, 442.
Youth's Theological Dictionaries, no-

tice of, 287, 288.

Zab, rivers, Little and Great, 16.
Zacharias, tomb of, 249.

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