Index.
Abraham, origin of word, [46];
birthplace of, [46];
campaign of, [47];
in Egypt, [50].
Accadian account of the Deluge, [27];
translation of, [29].
Accadian Olympos, [35].
Accadians, the, [20].
Achæmenian inscriptions, [10].
Adam, origin of word, [27].
Ahab, date of death of, [103].
Alphabet, origin of, [74].
Aram, [44].
Ararat, [35].
Arpad, fall of, [108].
Arphaxad, [43].
Asshur, or Assur, [43].
Assur-bani-pal, [131].
Assyrian king, the last, [132].
Assyrian prayers, [157].
Assyrian texts of inscriptions, [13].
Assyrians, rites of, [67].
Babel, Tower of, [37].
Babylon, description of, [138];
rebuilt by Esar-haddon, [129].
Babylonian empire, rise of, [135].
Babylonian gem, [25].
Babylonian king, the last, [151].
Babylonian libraries, [21].
Babylonian psalm, [159].
Babylonian Sabbath, [24].
Babylonians, rites of, [67].
Bel, prayer to, [68].
Canaan, [41].
Carchemish, battle of, [138].
Chaldæan account of the Deluge, [27];
translation of, [29].
Chaldæans, meaning of the word, [21].
Chedor-laomer, campaign of, [47].
Cherub, origin of word, [26].
Chronological tables, [133], [161].
Circumcision, rite of, [66].
Creation, legend of the, [22];
translation of, [23].
Cuneiform inscriptions, decipherment of, [9];
Grotefend's guess, [10];
studies of Lassen and Rawlinson, [12];
discoveries of Layard, [14];
of Smith and Rassam, [15];
hieroglyphic origin of, [15].
Cush, [40].
Cyprus, names of, [40].
Cyrus, empire of, [141];
not a Persian, [143];
cylinder of, [146];
a polytheist, [149];
not King of Persia, [153];
language of, [156].
Damascus, capture of, [107];
overthrow of, [111].
Darius, [150].
Deluge, Accadian account of, [27].
Egypt during sojourn of Israelites, [58].
Egypt, the burden of, [130].
Egyptian traditions, [49].
Elam, [42].
Esar-haddon, [130].
Evil-Merodach, [141].
Exodus, the, time of, [60]; stages of, [62].
Fall of man, Babylonian account of, [25].
Genesis, Book of, confirmations of, [19];
the creation, [22];
the Sabbath, [24];
the fall of man, [25];
the site of Paradise, [26];
the Deluge, [27];
monotheism of, [34];
site of Ararat, [35];
the Tower of Babel, [37];
dispersion of mankind, [38];
Abraham, [46];
Joseph, [51].
Gisdhubar, adventures of, [28].
Gomer, [39].
Goshen, land of, [56].
Grotefend, guess of, as to decipherment of inscriptions, [10].
Ham, [38].
Hamath, discovery of Hittite inscriptions at, [95].
Haran, site of, [46].
Hazael, contest of, with Shalmaneser, [105].
Hebrew inscriptions, [82].
Hezekiah, illness of, [116];
deliverance of, [126];
library of, [127].
Hiddekhel, origin of word, [26].
Hittite inscriptions, discovery of, [95].
Hittites, empire of, discovery of, [92];
cities of, [94];
origin of, [96];
dress of, [97];
art of, [98].
Hyksos, the, [50].
Istar, descent of, into Hades, [152].
Japhet, [38].
Javan, [39].
Jehovah, origin of the word, [63].
Jerusalem, capture of, by Shishak, [100];
capture of, by Sargon, [117].
Jerusalem, underground, [91].
Joseph in Egypt, [51].
Josiah, [137].
Kadesh, [94].
Kirjath-sepher, [94].
Klein, Dr., discovers Moabite Stone, [76].
Lassen's studies of inscriptions, [12].
Lud, [44].
Madai, [39].
Media, [136].
Merodach, the god who raises the dead to life, [156].
Merodach-baladan, wars of, [116].
Mizraim, [40].
Moab, language of, [79].
Moabite Stone, the, discovery of [76];
translation of inscription, [77];
language of, [79];
forms of the letters, [82].
Months, names given to, [72].
Moses, origin of the word, [66].
Nabonidos, inscription concerning, [141].
Naville, M., discovery of, [62].
Nebuchadrezzar, [138];
wars of, [139];
inscription of, [140].
Nimrod, [44].
Nineveh, fall of, [132].
Nizir, land of, [35].
Omri, tribute of, [105].
Palestine, early travels in, [59].
Paradise, site of, [26].
Pharaoh, origin of word, [51].
Pharaoh Necho, [136].
Phœnician ritual, [68].
Phut, [41].
Pishon, origin of word, [26].
Pithom, site of, [62].
Pool of Siloam, site of, [84];
recent discoveries at, [90].
Ramses, sites of, [60].
Rawlinson's studies of inscriptions, [12].
Rimmon, [104].
Rimmon-nirari, conquests of, [107].
Rowandiz, [35].
Sabbath, Babylonian, [24].
Samaria, capture of, [113];
re-settlement of, [114].
Sarah, origin of word, [46].
Sargon, wars of, [116];
capture of Jerusalem by, [117];
death of, [120].
Scythians, the, [131].
Sennacherib, wars of, [120];
inscription of, [120];
bas-relief of, [124];
at Lachish, [125];
defeat of, [126];
murder of, [127].
Shalmaneser II, campaigns of, [101];
inscription of, [102];
conquers Hazael, [105];
erects his own image, [105];
obelisk of, [106].
Shem, [38].
Shishak, capture of Jerusalem by, [100].
Siloam inscription, discovery of, [83];
site of, [84];
translation of, [87];
language of, [88];
date of, [88].
Sisuthros, adventures of, [28];
translation of legend concerning, [29];
meaning of the name, [36].
Sumirians, the, [20].
Tariff of Sacrifices, translation of, [69].
Tiglath-Pileser, campaigns of, [108];
death of, [112].
Two Brothers, Tale of the, [54].
Ur, site of, [46].