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THE
THRESHOLD COVENANT
OR
THE BEGINNING OF RELIGIOUS RITES
BY
H. CLAY TRUMBULL
Author of “Kadesh-barnea,” “The Blood Covenant,”
“Studies in Oriental Social Life,” etc.
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
1896
Copyright, 1896
BY
H. CLAY TRUMBULL