CONTENTS.
I.
PRIMITIVE FAMILY ALTAR.
(1.) A Blood Welcome at the Door, [3]. (2.) Reverence for the Threshold Altar, [10]. (3.) Threshold Covenanting in the Marriage Ceremony, [25]. (4.) Stepping or Being Lifted across the Threshold, [36]. (5.) Laying Foundations in Blood, [45]. (6.) Appeals at the Altar, [57]. (7.) Covenant Tokens on the Doorway, [66]. (8.) Symbol of the Red Hand, [74]. (9.) Deities of the Doorway, [94].
II.
EARLIEST TEMPLE ALTAR.
(1.) From House to Temple, [99]. (2.) Sacredness of the Door, [102]. (3.) Temple Thresholds in Asia, [108]. (4.) Temple Thresholds in Africa, [126]. (5.) Temple Thresholds in Europe, [132]. (6.) Temple Thresholds in America, [144]. (7.) Temple Thresholds in Islands of the Sea, [148]. (8.) Only One Foundation, [153].
III.
SACRED BOUNDARY LINE.
(1.) From Temple to Domain, [165]. (2.) Local Landmarks, [166]. (3.) National Borders, [177]. (4.) Border Sacrifices, [184].
IV.
ORIGIN OF THE RITE.
(1.) A Natural Question, [193]. (2.) An Answer by Induction, [194]. (3.) No Covenant without Blood, [196]. (4.) Confirmation of this View, [197].
V.
HEBREW PASS-OVER, OR CROSS-OVER, SACRIFICE.
(1.) New Meaning in an Old Rite, [203]. (2.) A Welcome with Blood, [204]. (3.) Bason, or Threshold, [206]. (4.) Pass-over or Pass-by, [209]. (5.) Marriage of Jehovah with Israel, [212].
VI.
CHRISTIAN PASSOVER.
(1.) Old Covenant and New, [215]. (2.) Proffered Welcome by the Father, [216]. (3.) Bridegroom and Bride, [218]. (4.) Survivals of the Rite, [221].
VII.
OUTGROWTHS AND PERVERSIONS OF THIS RITE.
(1.) Elemental Beginnings, [223]. (2.) Main Outgrowths, [225]. (3.) Chief Perversions, [228].
APPENDIX.
Significance of Blood in the Marriage Rite, [243]. Exhibiting the Evidences, [245]. Substitute Blood for Deception, [248]. Public Performance of the Rite, [250]. Bible Testimony, [251]. Woman as a Door, [252]. Symbolism of the Two Sexes, [257]. Symbolism of Tree and Serpent, [258]. Covenant of Threshold-Crossing, [259]. Doorkeeper, and Carrier, [263]. Passing over into a Covenant, [266]. England’s Coronation Stone, [268].
INDEXES.
Topical Index, [273]. Scriptural Index, [301].
SUPPLEMENT.
COMMENTS OF SPECIALISTS.
From the Rev. Dr. Marcus Jastrow, [307]. From Professor Dr. Herman V. Hilprecht, [309]. From Professor Dr. Fritz Hommel, [313]. From Professor Dr. A.H. Sayce, [314]. From Professor Dr. W. Max Müller, [315]. From Professor Dr. C.P. Tiele, [317]. From Professor Dr. E. Washburn Hopkins, [318]. From the Rev. Dr. William Elliot Griffis, [319]. From Professor Dr. John P. Mahaffy, [324]. From Professor Dr. William A. Lamberton, [326]. From Professor Dr. Daniel G. Brinton, [328]. From the Rev. Dr. Edward T. Bartlett, [329]. From Professor Dr. T.K. Cheyne, [330]. Additional from Professor Dr. Fritz Hommel, [333].
THE THRESHOLD COVENANT.