INDEX
Admittance of an infant into the Church, [37-40].
Agricultural life, in America, [285]; in Syria, [286-94].
'Aish, the sacred, [194].
American and Syrian modes of thought, contrast between, [126], [127].
American farmer, lack of romance in his life, [285].
American life, interpretation of, [9], [10].
American mind, attitude toward conception and birth, [22].
American women, highly regarded by men, [314]; cultivation and privileges of, [316].
American youth, seem to be indifferent to filial obedience, [52], [53].
Angels as heavenly messengers, [12].
Anglo-Saxon, the, and the Oriental, as they appear to each other, [57]; the reserve of, [72], [73]; uses deeds rather than words in his quarrels, [95]; curtness of, [108]; has high regard for woman, [313].
Anointing the feet, [226-28].
Arabic, the language of the Syrians, [175]; poetry, [354].
Athanasian Creed, [405].
Atheism unknown among the Orientals, [84], [85].
Athens, [264].
Baking of bread in Syria, [200-02].
Baldness, [383].
Barrenness, [20].
Basins for kneading, [198], [374].
Beard, swearing by the, [172], [173]; the sacredness of the, among Orientals, [172].
Bed, letting down the, [270-72]; taking up the, [272].
Bethlehem, star of, [31], [36], [37], [41].
Betrothals, [221].
Bible, the, cast in Oriental moulds of thought, [4]; reads like a letter from Syria, [5], [6]; characteristics of, [5], [6]; as a repository of divine revelation, knows no geographical limits, [6]; as literature, an imported article in the Western world, [7]; misunderstood through misunderstanding of Syrian life, [11]; critics of, [41], [119], [128]; inaccuracy of statement in, [110-14]; metaphors and exaggerations of, [119-25]; many passages of, to be judged by what they mean rather than by what they say, [139]; the positiveness of speech of, [184], [188]; prominent mention of Mary and Martha as Jesus' entertainers in, [207], [335]; the words home and house in the translation of, [243]; purpose of St. John's Gospel, [343-45].
Passages cited or expounded:
Acts x, p. [277-79]; xvi: 15, p. [210]; xvii: 17, p. [264]; xviii: 18, p. [17]; xxi: 10-13, p. [116]; xxi: 23, p. [18]; xxvi: 8, p. [21].
Amos iii: 12, p. [308]; iv: 5, p. [98]; vi: 3-4, p. [229].
1 Cor. vii: 4, 14, p. [326]; vii: 26, p. [184]; xi: 5, p. [332]; xi: 7-8, p. [329]; xiv: 34, p. [333].
2 Cor. ix: 6, p. [83]; xi: 26-27, p. [246].
Deut. xxi: 15-17, p. [100]; xxi: 18-21, p. [336]; xxiii: 25, p. [291]; xxiv: 6, p. [400]; xxv: 7, p. [98]; xxv: 15, p. [100]; xxviii, [15], [42], p. [294]; xxviii: 62, p. [32]; xxxii: 39, p. [91].
Eccles. vii: 6, p. [290].
Ephes. v: 22-23, p. [328]; v: 25-29, p. [326].
Exod. x: 40, p. [293]; xii: 3, 6, p. [233]; xii: 11, p. [254]; xii: 34, p. [373]; xii: 39, p. [374].
Ezek. xvi: 1-4, p. [30]; xxxiv: 11-13, 16, p. [304].
Gal. iii: 28, p. [325]; vi: 7, p. [83].
Gen. i: 27, p. [330]; iii, p. [54]; iv: 23, p. [138]; xv: 5, p. [33]; xviii: 2-3, 5, p. [206]; xviii: 16, p. [221]; xxi: 23, p. [167]; xxii: 16, p. [169]; xxiii: 3-6, p. [370]; xxiii: 8-9, p. [371]; xxiii: 11, p. [371]; xxiii: 15-16, p. [372]; xxiv: 2-4, pp. [367], [368]; xxiv: 10-11, p. [260]; xxiv: 30-33, p. [192]; xxiv: 53-54, pp. [192], [193]; xxiv: 60, p. [23]; xxvii: 28-29, p. [338]; xxvii: 38, p. [339]; xxx: 1, p. [23]; xxxi: 53, p. [171]; xlix: 25, p. [346].
Hebr. vi: 13, p. [170].
Is. iv: 6, p. [241]; xxxviii: 12, p. [296]; xl: 11, p. [306]; xli: 15, p. [378]; xlvii: 13-14, p. [36]; xlix: 22-23, pp. [389-91]; lviii: 11, p. [248]; lxii: 8, p. [170]; lxiii: 2, p. [283].
Jerem. lxviii: 38, p. [275].
Job xiii: 15, p. [180]; xxi: 32, p. [213]; xxiv: 11, p. [284], xxix: 1-6, p. [141]; xxxi: 32; p. [213].
John i: 47-48, p. [282]; ii: 4, p. [340]; ii: 13-16, pp. [134], [135]; iv: 21, 23, p. [342]; x: 1-4, pp. [297-99]; x: 1-16, p. [295]; x: 11, p. [304]; xii: 2, p. [224]; xii: 3, p. [226]; xiii: 23, p. [65]; xiii: 26, p. [68]; xiii: 28-29, p. [69]; xv: 5, p. [280]; xv: 9, 12, p. [102]; xix: 25-26, p. [345]; xxi: 15-16, p. [183].
Joshua ix: 12, p. [251].
Judges vi: 11, p. [376]; vi: 36-40, pp. [181], [182]; vii: 5-6, p. [380]; vii: 12, p. [260]; viii: 7, p. [290]; xii: 5-6, p. [176]; xix: 5-10, pp. [219-21]; xix: 14-21, pp. [211], [212].
1 Kings viii: 37, p. [292]; xix: 4, p. [375]; xix: 19, p. [287].
2 Kings 11: 23, p. [382]; iv: 1-6, pp. [383], [384]; iv: 22, 24-25, p. [14].
Lament. v: 10, p. [202].
Lev. xii: 2-4, p. [385]; xxv: 35, p. [123]; xxvi: 26, p. [202].
Luke i: 28, 31, p. [20]; ii: 8-14, pp. [42], [43]; ii: 12, 15-16, p. [28]; ii: 22, p. 37: ii: 29, p. [39]; ii: 41, p. [48]; ii: 44, p. [50]; ii: 51, p. [51]; iii: 16, p. [391]; iii: 17, p. [379]; iv: 18, p. [186]; v: 19, pp. [270-71]; vi: 1-11, p. [291]; vi: 38, p. [267]; vii: 36-38, p. [226]; viii: 33, p. [158]; vii: 43-48, p. [393]; ix: 62, p. [288]; x: 4; p. [255]; xi: 5-7, p. [214]; xi: 8-9, p. [217]; xi: 11, 23, 27, p. [346]; xii: 13-15, p. [156]; xiii: 12, p. [342]; xiv: 16-23, p. [210]; xv: 8-16, pp. [152-57]; xv: 20-23, pp. [206], [207]; xviii: 2-5, p. [179]; xxii: 15, p. [74]; xxii: 19, p. [65]; xxii: 44, p. [75]; xxiii: 26-31, p. [395].
Mal. iv: 1, p. [202].
Mark 1: 32, p. [110]; ii: 3-4, p. [270]; iii: 20, p. [222]; v: 13, p. [158]; vi: 31, p. [223]; viii: 15, p. [152]; x: 17-21, p. [101]; x: 24, p. [132]; xii: 38, pp. [263], [264]; xiii: 35, p. [400]; xiv: 17-20, p. [60]; xiv: 23, p. [63]; xiv: 27-30, 68, 71-72, p. [399]; xiv: 53, 66-71, p. [177].
Matt. i: 20-21, p. [16]; ii: 11, p. [27]; iii: 7-9, pp. [117], [118]; iii: 11, p. [391]; v, p. [120]; v: 29-30, p. [119]; v: 34-37, pp. [173], [174]; v: 39-41, p. [121]; v: 42, p. [122]; v: 43-45, p. [97]; vii: 2, p. [265]; viii: 32, p. [158]; x: 9-10, p. [249]; x: 12-13, p. [87]; x: 16, 22, 26-27, p. [274]; xi: 16-17, p. [264]; xiii: 24-30, pp. [146-48], [288]; xiii: 33-35, pp. [149], [199]; xiii: 34, p. [145]; xiii: 44, p. [161]; xv: 28, p. [342]; xvi: 6, p. [152]; xvi: 13, p. [112]; xvi: 21-23, p. [134]; xvi: 25-26, p. [112]; xvii: 1, p. [112]; xvii: 19, p. [128]; xviii: 3, p. [187]; xviii: 10, p. [89]; xviii: 12-14, pp. [308], [309]; xviii: 15-17, pp. [135], [136], [139]; xviii: 21-22, p. [133]; xviii: 23-35, pp. [136], [137]; xix: 24, p. [130]; xx: 9, p. [277] n.; xxiii: 24, p. [133]; xxiv: 17, p. [269]; xxiv: 41, p. [400]; xxiv: 42, p. [403]; xxvi: 7, 20, p. [224]; xxvi: 21, p. [59]; xxvi: 23, p. [58]; xxvi: 27, 29, p. [237]; xxvi: 37-39, p. [76]; xxvi: 49, p. [71]; xxvi: 73, p. [177]; xxvii: 59-60, p. [371]; xxviii: 20, p. [65].
Mic. iv: 4, p. [282].
Prov. x: 7, p. [89]; xi: 22, p. [351]; xii: 4, p. [351]; xxi: 9, p. [273]; xxvii: 22, p. [234]; xxxi: 10-31, pp. [355-57]; xxxvii: 22, p. [234].
Psalms v: 7, p. [38]; viii: 3-4, p. [31]; xviii: 2-3, p. [245]; xix, p. [36]; xix: 1-2, p. [32]; xix: 9, 11, p. [86]; xx: 22, p. [39]; xxiii, pp. [73], [295]; xxiii: 1, p. [297]; xxiii: 3, pp. [302], [303]; xxiii: 4, pp. [305], [309]; xli: 9, p. [193]; xliv: 14, p. [141]; xlvi: 1-2, p. [245]; li, p. [73]; lxi: 3, p. [241]; lxxx: 8-9, 14-15, p. [281]; cix: 8-13, pp. [92], [93]; cxix: 71-72, p. [245]; cxxviii: 3, p. [281]; cxxix: 5-8, p. [88]; cxxx: 1, 6, p. [387]; cxxxix: 1-6, p. [82]; cxlv: 16, p. [195]; cxlvii: 4-5, p. [33].
Rom. vi: 13, p. [120]; ix: 1, p. [168]; ix: 13, p. [99]; xii: 1, p. [168]; xii: 19, p. [91].
Ruth ii: 4, p. [88].
1 Sam. xx: 27-29, p. [235].
2 Sam. x: 4-5, p. [172].
Sol. ii: 10-14, pp. [352], [353]; iv: 1-3, p. [353]; vii: 1-9, p. [353].
1 Thess. iii: 6, p. [64].
Zeph. i: 4-5, p. [276].
Birth, of Jesus, [12]; a miracle, [20]; attitude of Syrian mind toward, [20-25]; attitude of American mind toward, [22], [24]; of man-child, [27-29]; customs at, [28]. See Nativity.
Blood Covenant, the, [160].
Books on the East, [10].
Borrowing and lending, [122-24], [215].
Bosom, in the translation of the Bible, [267].
Bread, unleavened, [150]; not to be eaten until errand is known, [191], [192]; considered to possess mystic sacred significance, [193]; the "life-giver, " [194]; offering of, [194]; of life, Christ, [194]; "our daily bread, " [196], [197]; the Oriental's attitude toward, is religious, [197]; the process of mixing, [198-200]; the process of baking, [200-02]; bought by weight, [203]; always eaten with a sense of sacredness, [237], [238]; carried on a journey, [250], [251]; does not mould in Syria, [251].
Bread and salt, [191-95], [238].
Bûrghûl, an article of food, [402].
Burning pit, the, [201].
Burying-places in the East, [370], [371].
"Business success, " [53].
Cakes of the Bible, [374-76].
Camels, caravans of, [259], [260]; the watering of, [261], [262]; riding on, [262], [263].
Carnivals, [233].
Carob tree, the, [158], [159].
Carrying children on the shoulder, [389-91].
Chaff, [379].
Childlessness, evidence of divine disfavor, [20], [23].
Children, a heritage from the Lord, [23], [24]; presentation of, at the temple, [37]; owe obedience to both mother and father, [335], [336]; carrying on the shoulder, [389-91].
Christ. See Jesus.
Christian Church. See Church.
Christians, oaths of, [170], [171]; Syrian, of the Semitic stock, have had little to do with the development of creeds, [404]; creed of the Palestinian, [406].
Christmas, [41].
Church, spoken of as the vine which God has planted, [281]; the origin and the expansion and organization of, [405]; division of, [407], [408].
Churches, of Syria, [407], [408]; the Greek and the Latin, [407]; the Roman Catholic and the Greek Orthodox, [408].
Clarke, Adam, and Jesus pilgrimage to Jerusalem, [49]; on the parable of the treasure hid in the field, [161], [162].
Clocks in Syria, [277] n.
Clothing made at home in Syria, [363].
Coat and cloak, the words, [121], [253].
Cock crow, [397-99].
Coin, lost, parable of the, [152-55].
Coming of the Son of man, the, [400-03].
Conception, attitude of the Syrian mind toward, [20-25]; attitude of the American mind toward, [23], [24].
Corruption, fermentation considered to be, [151], [152].
Couches, reclining on, [227-30]; sleeping on, [271], [272].
Courtesy, example of Oriental, [370-73].
Creed-makers of Christendom, [128].
Creeds, [403], [404], [407], [409], [410].
Crier from the housetop, [273], [274].
Critics, of the Bible, [41], [119], [128]; of Paul and Christianity, [328]; higher, [408].
Crowds, [222-24].
Crowing of the cock, [397-99].
Crucifixion, the story of the, [395-97].
Culture gives strength and symmetry to religious thought, [85].
Curses. See Imprecations.
Curtness of the Anglo-Saxon, [108].
Da Vinci, Leonardo, his painting of The Last Supper, [58], [59], [67].
Dependence of the Oriental, [72], [73].
Dialects of the Oriental's speech, [175-78].
"Dipping in the dish, " [58], [60], [61].
Disobedience, [54], [335], [336].
Dough, [373].
Drawing water, [261].
Drink, the word as used in the Bible, [193] n.
Drinking, at feasts, [61-63], [236], [237]; manner of, [380], [381].
Ecumenical Councils, [406].
Eleventh hour, the, [277] n.
Elijah, [375].
Elisha, the story of, [382], [383]; his kindness to a poor widow, [383], [384].
Enemies, love of. See Love.
Evolution, not altogether compulsory, [242].
Exaggeration, Oriental fondness for, [118].
"Eye-of-the-needle" passage, the, [130-32].
Faith, of the Oriental, [21]; Syrian idealization of, [129]; early Palestinian, [406].
Familiar friend, the, [193].
Family, spoken of as a vine, [281].
Farmer, the American, [285]; the Syrian, [286-94].
Fasting, [15].
Feasts, fraternal, in Syria, [56-69], [221]; family, [231-38].
Fecundity, a gift of the Lord, [20]; leaven a symbol of, [150].
Feet, washing and anointing, [226-28]; unclean in a ceremonial sense, [228], [292].
Fermentation, considered to be corruption, [151], [152].
Fig tree, and the vine, the Oriental's chief joys, [280]; sitting under, [281], [282].
Filial obedience, [51-55], [335], [336].
Flocks of sheep and goats, and their folds, [295], [296]; returning, [300]; the shepherd's guidance of, [301], [302]; the gathering of the, [303].
Folds, sheep and goat, [295-98].
Forgiveness, [133-39].
Forty days, the purification period, [38].
Garment, cure effected by touch of, [393-95].
Gathering of the flock, the, [303].
Gesticulation of the Oriental, [115-17].
Gethsemane, the kiss in, [70], [74], [76].
Ghebb (sucking of the water with the lips), [381].
Gideon, the story of, [376], [377]; his army, [380], [381].
Girdle, the Syrian, [252], [253]; placing the hand under, [369].
Goad, the Syrian, [286], [288], [378].
Goatfolds, [295-98].
Goats, the calling of, by name, [299].
God, called shelter and refuge, [241], [244], [245]; the Oriental's belief that all good comes from, [386], [387].
Good pleasure, [335-39].
Gospel. See Bible.
Gracious woman, a, [348-64].
Grain, measuring, [265-67]; threshing, [377-80].
Greeks, their custom of reclining at meals, [225].
Grinding wheat, [400-03].
Guest, at the feast, [62]; sudden arrival of, [213-16]; delaying the departing, [218-21]; departure of, [221]; invited in families, [221], [222]; sit on the floor, [222]; and zad, [250].
Hair, cutting the, release from vow, [17], [18].
Handmill, [400-03].
Hate, the word, in the Arabic tongue, [99]; in the Bible, [99], [100].
Hatred and love, [104-06].
Hidden treasures, [161-66].
Holidays, [221].
Home, no word for, among the Syrians, [241], [243]; the word in the translation of the Bible, [243].
Honoring father and mother, [335].
Horn, symbol of strength, [245] n.
Hospitality, of Orientals, [205]; extended by the man, not the woman, [205-07], [334], [335]; Syrian fashion of extending, [208-13]; compulsion to accept, [210], [214]; Syrian rules of, [213-21]; to the traveler, [249], [250].
Host, the man, not the woman, acts as, [205-07], [334], [335]; the urging of hospitality by, [208-21]; bringing the guest on the way, [221]; and zad, [250].
House, Syrian use of the word, [241-44]; the word in the translation of the Bible, [243]; the word precious to the Oriental, [244].
House, the Syrian, [242], [269].
Housetop, the shouting of wares from, [269], [273]; easily reached, [269], [270]; making an opening in, [270-72]; the construction of, [271]; sleeping on, [272]; to dwell on, [273]; calling from, [273], [274]; used for household purposes, [275], [402]; praying on, [275-79].
Hûrmat, term for wife, [333]; term for woman, [342].
Husband and wife, according to St. Paul, [326-29], [358].
Husks, [158].
Imploring, Oriental habit of, [178-81], [217].
Importunity, Oriental habit of, [178-81], [217].
Imprecations, [88], [91-95], [146]. See Swearing.
Impressions vs. literal accuracy, [115-39].
Inaccuracy, intellectual, of the Oriental, [108-14].
Increase, the miracle of, [384-87].
Indefiniteness, effect produced by, [138], [139].
Individualism, [409].
Infant, the, in Syria, [28], [29]; admittance of, into the church, [37-40].
Ingersoll, Robert, [128].
Inheritances, division of, [155], [156].
Interpretation, sympathetic, a duty of present-day culture, [19].
Isaiah, [36].
Jaroosh (handmill), [400-02].
Jerusalem, arraignment of, [30]; Jesus goes on pilgrimage to, [47-51].
Jesus Christ, a man without a country, [3]; belongs to all races and all ages, [3]; as regards his modes of thought and life and his method of teaching, was a Syrian of the Syrians, [4]; never out of Palestine, [4]; story of his birth, [12]; goes on pilgrimage to Jerusalem, [47-51]; filial obedience of, [51-55]; closing scenes in his personal career, [56], [72]; his command to his countrymen to love their enemies, [96]; and the money-lenders, [123-25]; tendency of, to use parables, [146]; his command in regard to swearing, [173], [174]; his words to Peter, [183]; entertained by Mary and Martha, [207], [335]; the anointing of his feet, [226-28]; sending his disciples forth, [249]; his injunction, "Salute no man by the way, " [255], [257]; his first meeting with Nathaniel, [282]; on dishonoring the sacred day, [291], [292]; and his mother, [340-45]; his conversation with the Samaritan woman, [342]; as the incarnation of the Logos, [343-45]; cure effected by the hem of his garment, [393-95]; the crucifixion of, [395-97]; conversation of, with Peter after the Last Supper, [399]; the Gospel of Christ is triumphing over the theories about, [410]; his creed, [410].
John, "leaning on Jesus' bosom, " [65-67].
John the Baptist, [391], [392].
Joseph, story of, [16].
Journeys. See Traveling.
Judas, the treachery of, [67-71].
Judicial contests, swearing in, [169].
Keyyal (measurer), [265], [266].
Kherrûb (carob), [158], [159].
Kibbey, a dish of meat and crushed wheat, [233], [234], [402].
Killing of the sheep, the, [231-33].
Kissing, among men, a Syrian custom, [70], [71]; of the hands of parents, [335].
Kneading done in the evening, [373].
Kneading-day, [198-200].
Kneading-troughs, [374].
Kummer (girdle), [252], [253].
Lambs, newly born, carried by shepherd, [306], [307].
Language, daily, of the Syrian, is Biblical, [87-90]; abstinence from "pious, " in America, [90]. See Speech.
Lap, in the Bible, [267].
Last Supper, the, [56-69], [74]; in harmony with Syrian life, [56], [57]; painted by da Vinci in Occidental form, [58], [59]; appointments of, were Oriental, [59-69]; no women at, [207], [334]; conversation of Jesus and Peter after, [399].
Leaven, parable of the, [149], [199]; held in esteem by the Syrians, [150]; the meaning corruption figurative, [152]; use of, in making bread, [199].
Lent, [233-38].
Leopards, [307].
Levite, the story of the, [211], [212], [219-21].
Life, of a people, cannot be studied from the outside, [7-11]; to the Oriental an inheritance, [242].
Like ("to be favorably inclined toward"), not in the Bible or the Arabic tongue, [98]; in English version of the Bible, [98].
Literature, difficult to understand if it has not sprung from the people's racial life, [6]; the Bible as, [7].
Loaves, parable of the three, [214-17].
Locusts, [292-94].
Lord's Prayer, the, [196].
Love, of enemies, [96-106]; not of our own making, [97]; meaning of, in the West, [98]; meaning of, in the East, [98-102]; speaks of the greatest thing in the world, [103]; and hatred, [104-06]; assurances of, [182].
Man-child, birth of, [27-29].
Marafeh, feast of the, [233-37].
Market-place, Syrian, and the caravan, [259]; a place of sociability as well as business, [263], [264]; measuring grain in, [265-68].
Marriage in the East, [348-50].
Martha, not at the Last Supper, [207], [208], [335].
Mary, not at the Last Supper, [207], [208], [335]; Jesus and, [340-45].
Maternity, pilgrimage for, [12-16].
Mathel, meaning of, [140].
Mattresses, [216].
Measure, the generous, [265-68].
Measurer, the, [265-68].
Mecca, [47].
Merchants, muleteer, [269], [273].
Metaphor, Oriental fondness for, [118].
Midd (a wooden measure), [265], [266].
Miracles, [20], [21], [384-87].
Mocking of the afflicted, [381-83].
Modesty the chief charm of the Oriental woman, [332].
Mohammedans, pilgrimages of, [47]; oaths of, [169], [170]; position of women among, [318] n., [331].
Molasses, the method of making, in the East, [285].
Money-lenders, [123-25].
Mortar, [379].
Mother, claiming same obedience as father, [335], [336]; Jesus and his, [340-45]; the mother's milk, [345-47].
Mouldy, in translation of the Bible, [251].
Mount Zion, meeting in the upper room on, [56-69].
Muleteer, merchants, [269], [273].
Mustache, swearing by, [171-73].
Nativity, narrative of the, [37], [41-44].
Nazarite (nedher), [16], [18].
Nezel, [62].
Oaks, [376].
Oaths. See Imprecations, Swearing.
Obedience, filial, [51-55], [335], [336].
Oil, miraculous increase of, [384-86].
Open space, the, in Syrian villages, [210].
Optimism, [45].
Oriental, the, and the Anglo-Saxon, in each other's eyes, [57]; not afraid to "let himself go, " [57], [72]; dependence of, [72], [73]; craves sympathy, [73]; the vision of, [77]; his manner of speech, [81]; has not achieved much in the material world, [83]; his supreme choice has been religion, [84]; always conscious of God and the soul, [84]; does not know of atheism, [84], [85]; has always lived in a world of spiritual mysteries, [86]; his imprecations, [91-95]; considers his personal enemies to be the enemies of God, [93]; more cruel in words than in deeds, [95]; the unveracious, [107-14]; intellectual inaccuracy of, [108]; expects to be judged by what he means, not by what he says, [115], [125]; his speech is always illustrated, [115]; fond of metaphor and exaggeration, [118]; does not maliciously misrepresent, [126]; use of parables and proverbs, a characteristic of, [140]; makes no distinction between a parable and a proverb, [140]; his contempt for swineherds, [157], [158]; his tendency to swear, [167-74]; the dialects of his speech, [175-88]; his habit of imploring, [178-81]; the intimacy and unreserve of his speech, [181-83]; the unqualified positiveness of his speech, [183-88]; bread and salt to, [191-95]; his understanding of the prayer "Give us our daily bread, " [196], [197]; religious attitude of, toward bread, [197]; bread-making of, [198-204]; hospitality of, [205-17]; his table appointments, [222], [320]; life is an inheritance to, [242]; the word house precious to, [244]; his method of salutation, [255-58]; knows no business without sociability, [263]; his reputed lack of regard for women, [314], [315]; gives man the precedence, [316], [317]; his manner rather than intentions toward woman at fault, [318], [319], [322], [323]; has only comparatively slight acquaintance with the art of living, [319]; his life simple and without exacting standards, [319], [320]; his social activities simple, [321]; hates to be standardized, [321]; abhors formalities in the family circle, [321], [322]; the family system of, patriarchal, [323], [328]; his attitude toward woman according to St. Paul, [325-33]; limits woman's social privileges because of fear for her, [330], [331]; his descriptions of feminine loveliness, [351-55]; his description of the virtuous woman, [355-64]; example of courtesy of, [370-73]; his belief that all good comes from God, [386], [387]; his belief in the efficacy of touch to impart divine power, [394]; has been a leader in religion and a borrower in theology, [405]. See Syria, Syrians.
Oven, of the Bible, [200-02].
Overcautiousness in the pulpit, [186], [187].
Palestine, [405].
Parable, of the prodigal son, [142]; [152], [155-61], [206], [207]; to picture demoralization beyond redemption, [143], [144]; on partiality, [144], [145]; of the wheat and the tares, [146-49]; of the leaven, [149], [199]; of the lost sheep, [152], [308]; of the lost coin, [152-55]; of the treasure hid in the field, [161-66]; of the unrighteous judge, [179], [180]; of the three loaves, [214-17].
Parables, speaking in, [140-66]; and proverbs, Oriental makes no distinction between, [140]; fondness of Oriental for, [140], [141]; sociableness of, [142].
Parents, honoring and obeying, [51-55], [335], [336].
Passover, feast of the, [49].
Path, the beaten, [301], [302].
Patron saints as heavenly messengers, [12].
Paul, his statements concerning the Syrian attitude toward women, [325-33].
Pebble, the covering of the, [203], [204].
Personality, secret of, an impenetrable mystery, [4].
Pessimism, [45].
Peter, his experience in the palace of the high priest, [177], [178]; Jesus and, [183]; his vision, [276-79].
Pilgrimage, meaning, to a Syrian, [13], [14]; the zeara, [13-17], [47], [48]; of Jesus to Jerusalem, [47-51]; still common in Syria, [47]; occasion of union among the common people, [221].
Place of residence, the term, [243].
Plough, the Syrian, [286-88].
Poetry, dominant feature of Oriental speech, [108]; description of feminine loveliness in, [354], [355].
Porter, in translation of the Bible, [298].
Positiveness of speech, Oriental fondness for, [118], [132], [183-88].
Prayer, [15]; the Lord's, [196].
Prayers of the Scriptures, due to persistence in petitioning, [180].
Praying on the housetop, [275-79].
Presentation of child at temple, [37].
Prodigal son, parable of the, [142], [152], [155-61], [206], [207].
Pronunciation of the Syrians, [176-78].
Protestantism, [409].
Proverbs, use of, an Oriental characteristic, [140]; and parables, Oriental makes no distinction between, [140].
Psalms due to persistence in petitioning, [180].
Purification period, [38].
Purse, the, [252].
Radha (good pleasure), [335-39].
Rag trees, [376].
Rationalism, modern, [19].
Reclining at meals, [224-30].
Refuge, use of the term, [241], [244].
Religion, gives life and beauty to culture, [85]; the course of, has been from the East to the West, [405].
Religions, the three greatest, have originated in Syria, [86].
Remembrance, [63-65].
Reproduction, attitude of Eastern peoples toward, [25], [26]; attitude of Anglo-Saxons toward, [26].
Retribution, [133-39].
Revenge, idea of, lies deep in Oriental nature, [91].
Roof. See Housetop.
St. John's Gospel, the purpose of, [343-45].
Sacrament, feasts and, [56-71].
Salt, used at births, in Syria, [28]; bread and, [191-95], [238].
"Salted, " [28-30].
Salutation, the Oriental method of, [255-58].
Sarah, [26].
Scribes and pharisees, rebuke of, [132], [133].
Scrip, the, [250].
Scriptures, spring from soil whose life is active sympathy of religion, [85].
Scriptures, the. See Bible.
Sermon on the Mount, the, [97].
"Seventy times seven, " [133-39].
Sheep, lost, parable of the, [152], [206-08]; the killing of the, [231-33]; the calling of, by name, [299]; the return of, at evening, [300]; guided by the shepherd, [301], [302]; the gathering of, [303]; their trust in their shepherd, [307].
Sheepfolds, [295-98].
Shelter, use of the term, [241], [244].
Shepherd, solicitous watchfulness of, [296], [297], [299]; his tent and dog, [298]; going before the flock, [299], [300]; the guidance of, [301], [302]; the good, [304], [305]; carrying newly born lambs, [306], [307]; rescuing from wild beasts, [307-09].
Shepherd life in Syria, [295-309].
Signs and wonders, [181].
Sin, origin of, [54].
Sitting at meals, [58], [224-30].
Sleeping, on couches, [271]; on the housetop, [272].
Sociability, no business without, [263].
Sociableness of parabolic speech, [142].
Solomon's Song, the realism of, [352-55].
"Sop, " the, handed to Judas, [68-70].
Sower, the Syrian, [286-94].
Sowing in Syria, [288], [289].
Speech, Oriental's, his manner that of a worshipper, [81], [185]; his daily, [81-90]; imprecations, [90-95]; intellectual inaccuracy of, [108]; always illustrated, [115]; full of metaphor and exaggeration, [118-39], [372]; its positiveness, [118], [132], [183-88]; parabolic, [140-66]; swearing, [167-74]; the many and picturesque dialects of, [175-78]; habit of imploring, [178-81]; its intimacy and unreserve, [181-83].
Spindle, the Syrian, [359-61].
Spinning in Syria, [358-61].
Spiritual visions, little room for, in modern life, [46].
Springs of water, [248], [249].
Staff, the Syrian, [254].
Star of Bethlehem, [31], [36], [37], [41].
Stars, Oriental attitude toward, [31], [32]; multitude likened to, [32], [33]; of persons, [33], [34]; belief that they are alive with God, [36].
Stoves, [200].
"Strain at a gnat and swallow a camel, " [133]
Streets, [210-13].
Superstitions, [18-20].
Swearing, [167-74]. See Imprecations.
Swineherds, [157].
Syria, life in, to-day, the same as in the time of Christ, [5], [6]; life of, must be studied from the inside, [8], [10], [11]; pilgrimages still common in, [47]; events on Mount Zion and in Gethsemane illustrative of life in, [56-71]; belief in regard to tares in wheat-field, common in, [148]; hidden treasures in, [164], [165]; sitting and reclining at meals in, [224-26]; traveling in, [247-58]; the market-place in, [259-68]; caravans in, [259], [260]; drawing water in, [261]; measuring grain in, [265-68]; the housetop in, [269-77]; the vineyard and the fig tree in, [280-82]; making wine in, [282-84]; agricultural life in, [286-94]; shepherd life in, [295-309]; status of woman in, see Oriental, Woman; marriage in, [348-50]; the process of spinning in, [359-61]; snow in, [362], [363]; grinding wheat in, [400-03]. See Oriental, Syrians.
Syrian and American modes of thought, contrast between, [126], [127].
Syrian churches, [407], [408].
Syrians, attitude toward miracles, [21]; attitude toward conception and birth, [22]; customs of, at birth, [28]; attitude of, toward the stars, [31-36]; their custom of kissing, [70]; life revolves around a religious center to, [81], [82]; their daily language is Biblical, [87-90]; have no secular language, [87]; mixture of piety and hatred characteristic of, [94]; expect to be judged by what they mean, not by what they say, [115]; love to speak in pictures, [115-17]; their use of figurative language, [117]; their regard for leaven, [150]; the dialects of, [175-78]; hospitality of, [205-30]; family feasts of, [231-38]; their use of the words shelter, house, refuge, [241-45]; live for the most part out of doors, [241], [242]; have no word for home, [243]; lovers of their homes, [243]. See Oriental, Syria.
Sûhad (sleeplessness), [388], [389].
Table appointments, [222], [320].
Tares, [146-49].
Tare-sickness, [147].
Tennûr, for use in baking, [201].
Tent, the term, [243].
Thaub (gown), [121].
Theology, the course of, has been from the West to the East, [405].
Theories about Christ, [410].
Thigh, placing the hand under, [367-69].
Threshing-board, [290], [377-80].
Tiles, [271].
Timepieces in Syria, [277] n.
Touch, divine power imparted by, [393-95].
Tourists, books by, [8], [10].
Traitors, [67].
Traveling, in America, [246]; in the East, [247-58].
Treading, the grapes, [283], [377]; the grain, [290], [378].
Treasure hid in a field, parable of, [161-66].
"Treating, " [62].
Unleavened bread, [150].
Unrighteous judge, parable of the, [179], [180].
Unveracity of the Oriental, [107-14].
Vengeance, Oriental idea of, [91].
Vine, and the fig tree, the Oriental's chief joys, [280]; symbol of spiritual as well as physical family unity, [280]; the church as a, [281]; the family as a, [281].
Vineyard, blessings for the increase of, [25].
Wakefield, Mr., quoted, [162].
Wallet, the, [250].
Washing the feet, [226-28].
Watching for the dawn, [387-89].
Wedding songs, [247].
Weddings, [221].
Wheat, measuring, [265-67]; plucking and eating, [291]; threshing, [377-80]; miraculous increase of, [384]; the grinding of, [400-03].
Wild beasts, [307-09].
Wills, [155].
Wine, the method of making, in the East, [282-84], [377]; sweet and bitter, [284].
Wine cup, the mystery of, [280].
Wine press, [282], [283], [377].
Wise Men, the, [27], [37], [44].
Wolves, [307].
Woman, with child, [26]; East and West differ greatly in status of, [313], [314]; Anglo-Saxon regard for, [313]; reputed Occidental contempt for, [314], [315]; culture and privileges of the American, [316]; the Oriental indifferent to fine points of behavior toward, [316], [317]; the Oriental does not consider man superior to, [317-19]; Christian and Mohammedan, in Syria, [318] n., [331]; explanation of the Oriental's attitude toward, [318], [319], [322]; in home of cultivated Syrian, [323], [324]; Syrian attitude toward, according to St. Paul, [325-33]; of Syria, not always submissive, [329]; her social privileges in the East limited because of fear for her, [330], [331], [349]; a reason for veiling, in the East, [332]; modesty the chief charm of Oriental, [332]; why called hûrmat, [333]; the harem, [333], [334]; reason for man's precedence of, in social affairs, [334], [335]; her place is in the home, [348]; classified with reference to virtue and its opposite, [351]; the Oriental's descriptions of, [351-55]; the virtuous, description of, [355-64].
Woman, as a term of address, [340-45].
Wrestling in prayer, [12].
Yusuf Balua', [305-09].
Zad, [249-51].
Zeara, the (pilgrimage to a shrine), [12-17], [47-48].
Zûkreh (remembrance), [63], [65].
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