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