INDEX
Abu Daoud, [117]
Albigenses, [99]
Alexander, Pope, [91]
Anthropology and religion, [206]
Apocalyptics, [114] n.
Apollo, derogatory stories of, [47]–48
Aramaisms and Hebraisms, [65]
Arnold, Matthew, his critical method as to Jesus, [22];
and Colenso, [70]
Asceticism, [20]
Astruc, [5]
Baptism, [135]–36
Barabbas, [170] sq.
Barbarossa, [103]
Baruch, Apocalypse of, [121]
Bauer, Bruno, [195] sq.
Baur, F. C., [9], [53], quoted, [16]
Beatitudes, [122]
Béziers, capture of, [99]
Bible, study of, xiii
Blass, F., Dalman on, [65];
on Harnack, [71], [72], [58];
as critic, [72] sq.;
on predictions, [83] sq., [93], [95]–96, [104], [105], [107], [114];
on Papias, [121];
on Luke, [124] n.
Bleek, [162]
Bodin, [5]
Book of the Dead, [180]
Boyle, [5]
Brescia, sack of, [103]
Bruce, Edward, [101]
Buddha, [76]
Burckhardt, cited, [98]
Burke, E., prediction of, [84]
Burkitt, Prof., [147] n.
Butler, Bishop, and Mencius, [17]
Cæsar, Julius, assassination of, xii
Cantù, cited, [96] n.
Carpenter, J. E., and the historic sense, [18];
on the Good Samaritan, [23]
Catastrophic reform, theory of, [15]
Cerinthus, [154]
Charles VIII, [87]–89
Charles, Canon, quoted, [13];
and Dalman, [66] and n.;
on Baruch, [121]
Chrēstos, xxi
Christianity, progress of, [16];
early sectarianism in, [169];
communism in, [190]–91
Christianity and Mythology, Schweitzer on, [198]
Christs, [120]
Chronology, [71], [84], [108], [109], [124], [129]–30, [136]–38
Clergy and new doctrine, [4]
Clodd, E., [38]
Commines, Philip de, cited, [101]–102
Confucius, [28]
Constantinople, sack of, [100]
Conybeare, F. C, xvii, xxii sq., [79] n., [116] n., [214]
Copernicus, hostility to, [1] sq.
Cox, Rev. Sir G. W., quoted, [100]–101
Cranmer, [4]
Dalman, Gustaf, [64] sq., [176] n.
Damnation, doctrine of, [15]
Darwin, opposition to, [3]
Davidson, S., quoted and criticized, [81]
Denton, Rev. W., cited, [99]
De Quincey, [190]
Derogatory stories of gods and heroes, [47]
Desecration of churches, [94] sq.
Devils, casting out of, [55]
Diodorus Siculus, [44]
Dionysos, derogatory stories of, [47]
Disciples, calling of, in Mark, [35];
problem of alleged teaching of, [52] sq.;
the seventy and the twelve, [125] sq.
Divorce, [178]–79
Drama, in the Gospels, [59], [169]
Drews, Professor, xii, [185], [210]
Drummond, Principal, [152] n.
Du Bartas, [2]
Dupuis, [193]
Ebionites, [191]
Eliezer, Rabbi, [179]
Eschatological theory, [201] sq.
Essenes, [190]
Ethics, Gospel and other, [12] sq., [23] sq., [120], [178] sq.
Eusebius, [121]
Experts and new theories, [2] sq.
Fabius Maximus, Plutarch’s presentment of, [39]
Faith healing, [79], [145] sq.
Flint, Prof., on Christian and Chinese ethics, [17]
Florence, plagues in, [98];
sacrilege in, [102]
Folk-lore, verisimilitude of, [38]
Frazer, Sir J., xiv, [172], [207] sq.
Friedmann, Dalman on, [65]
German, critical partizanism, [72];
habits in war, [96];
temperament, [196], [197];
and English criticism, [214]–15
Gfrörer, [152] n.
Ghillany, [206]
Gladstone, xx
Glanvill, [5]
Gnosticism, [153]–54
Golden Rule, the, [28]
Good Samaritan, the, [23] sq., [181] sq.
Gospel, the primitive, [51] sq., [58], [125]
Gospels, the, Inge on, [8] sq.;
moral standards of the compilers of, [20] sq.;
dating of, [71], [84], [129]–30;
Gentile and anti-Gentile texts in, [112], [113], [128];
apocalyptics in, [114] n.;
incompatibilities of teaching in, [117]–18, [119];
trials related in, [163] sq.;
infancy episodes in, [124], [153];
episodes of the seventy and the twelve, [125] sq.;
oral theory of, [129] sq.;
plan of, [130];
synoptics and John, [132] sq., [139];
apocryphal, [153], [178];
Maries in, [155] sq.;
Petrine and anti-Petrine texts in, [157] sq.
Guiscard, Robert, [95]
Halcombe, [135]
Harnack, Dalman on, [66];
Blass on, [71], [72], [158];
on Christian tradition, [138]
Harris, Dr. Rendel, [111]
Harvey, reception of his discovery, [2]
Hawkwood, [95]
Hennell, [11], [204];
Schweitzer on, [198]
Herakles, character of, [44];
derogatory stories of, [47]
Hetherington, Henry, [205]
Hillel, [120]
Historic sense, the, [18]
Holtzmann, Dalman on, [66];
on Christianity, [80]
Homer, [38]–39
Huxley, xix
Inge, Canon, criticized, [8] sq.
Irenæus, [138]
Italy, invasions of, [87] sq.
James, epistle of, [132], [190]–91
Jerusalem, siege of, [105]
Jesus, alleged originality of, [8] sq., [177] sq.;
betrayal of, [161];
Mill on, [9] sq., [79];
Arnold on, [22];
alleged moral reform effected by, [15];
alleged sublimity of, [8] sq., [19], [173];
entry into Jerusalem, [169]–70;
imperfect ethic attributed to, [20] sq.;
use of name of, [174];
the pre-Christian, [55], [174], [190];
crucifixion of, xiv, [30], [136], [137], [169];
trial of, [162] sq.;
alleged personality of, [31] sq., [173];
the denial of his historicity, [193] sq., [205] sq., [213];
presentment of by Mark, [32] sq.;
Schweitzer on, [199], [201] sq.;
derogatory stories of, [45] sq.;
enigma of his evangel, [52] sq., [174] sq.;
Wrede on, [199], [201] sq.;
as political propagandist, [56];
the ritually slain, [208];
passion of, [57] sq.;
temptation of, [76]–78;
conceptions of, [79];
prophecies attributed to, [104] sq., [113] sq., [120];
incompatible teachings attributed to, [117] sq.;
duration of ministry of, [136]–38;
Loisy on, [141] sq., [161] sq., [173] sq.;
country of, [147] and n.;
as faith healer, [145] sq.;
as carpenter, [152] sq.;
Gnostic views of, [154]
John, the Apostle, [132] sq.
John, the Baptist, [34], [54], [144]
Jolley, A. J., cited and criticized, [57]
Joseph, xvii
Josephus, xx sq., [168]
Joshua, xii
Judas, [32], [60], [166], [202]
Kalthoff, A., [45], [190], [191], [198]
Karppe, Dr. S., [154]
Kautsky, Karl, [190]
“Kingdom, the,” problem of, [32] sq., [69], [174], [175], [176]
Kingship and sacrifice, [208]
Koran, the, [118]
Ladislaus of Naples, [95]
Laible, H., Dalman on, [65]
Latimer, [4]
Law, Jewish, [164]
Leibnitz, [5]
Liège, sack of, [102]
Logia, as Gospel material, [82], [107] sq., [123];
of Oxyrhynchus, [123]
Logos, the, [133]
Loisy, [7], [50] n., [75], [131] n., [141] sq., [161] sq., [173] sq., [192]
Lucas, F., cited, [85]
Luther, [131]
Lycurgus, and Alcander, [24] sq.;
historicity of, xiii
Lyell, [206]
Mahâbhârata, ethics of, [28]
Malachi, [179]
Maries, problem of, [155] sq.
Mark, presentment of Jesus by, [32] sq., [46]–47;
Weiss on, [58]–59
Marshall, J. T., Dalman on, [66]
Maurice, F. D., [70]
Medici, Giuliano de’, murder of, [102]
Mencius, [17]
Messiah, requirements of, [152];
Jesus as, [201] sq.
Michaud, [100] n.
Mill, J. S., quoted and criticized, [9] sq., [18], [121] n.
Miller, Hugh, and geological progress, [3]
Mohammed, [118]
Montanists, [179]
More, Henry, [5]
Müller, K. O., xiv
Muir, [118]
Myth analogies and myth derivation, [190]
Napoleon, [194]
Nazarenes, [191]
Neubauer, A., Dalman on, [65]
Newman, J. H., on Christian ethics, [16]
Nork, [11]
Nucleus theory, [107] sq., [116], [119]
Odes of Solomon, [123]
Omar, Khalif, [111]
“Oral” theory, [129] sq.
Osiris, Frazer on, [207]
Parvish, Samuel, [5]
Passion, narrative of the, [57] sq.
Paul, Inge on, [8];
Mill on, [10];
Petrie on, [109];
Loisy on, [175], [185];
problem of, [185] sq.
Pentateuch, criticism of, [5]
Pericles, Plutarch’s presentment of, [39]–40
Peter, and John, [133];
in the Gospels and Acts, [157] sq.
Petrie, Dr. Flinders, [50] n., [82] sq., [96], [107] sq., [120]
Philo, [170]
Pilate, [166] sq.
Pistis Sophia, [123]
Plato, [80]
Plutarch, cited, [24], [26], [39]–40
Predictions, and their fulfilment, [83] sq., [104] sq.
Presupposition, snare of, [1] sq., [79]
Primitive Gospel, the, [51] sq., [82], [83]
Psychology, [78] sq.
Raffaele da Firenzuola, [89]
Ramsay, Sir W., [137]
Resch, Dalman on, [65]
Robe, the seamless, [154]
“Rock” text, [111], [157], [158]
Rodrigues, Hippolyte, [12]
Rosenkranz, [206]
Ruskin, [118]
Sabbatarianism, hostility to in Gospels, [42]–43
Sacred Books, ethics of, [14]
Salmon, [109]
Sanday, [33] n.
Satan, [77]
Savonarola, as prophet, [83] sq., [115]
Schenk, Dr. J., [27]
Schmiedel, Prof., xvi, [7], [45] sq., [69], [192];
Dalman on, [65];
on faith healing, [145] sq.;
on spiritual healing, [79]–80;
on the Sermon on the Mount, [178] n.
Scholarship, and new doctrine, [3];
alleged consensus of, [62] sq., [211]
Schweitzer, Dr. Albert, [195] sq., [201] sq., [213]
Scott, Thomas, [204]
Sermon on the Mount, [9], [11], [43], [177]–78
Seventy, mission of, [125] sq.
Shrewsbury, Earl of, [97]
Sinclair, Rev. F., [31] sq., [62]–64
Smith, W. B., xii, xx, xxi n., [48] n., [49] n., [205]
—— Robertson, xiv
Socrates, xiii
Soissons, sack of, [100]
Spelman, quoted, [97]
Strauss, [35] n., [129] n., [152] n., [192]–93, [194]–95, [211]–12
Suetonius, xx, xxi
Tacitus, xx sq.
Talmud, [152] n., [154], [179]
Temple, cleansing of, [161]
Temptation, the, [76]–78
Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, [12] sq.
Thorburn, Dr. T. J., [23] sq., [76]–78
Toland, xiv sq.
Tom Tit Tot, [38]
Tylor, [206]
Tyndale, [4]
Ullmann, [193]
Venturini, [198]
Villari, cited, [85], [86], [88]
Volkmar, [162]
Volney, [193]
Voltaire, and the Pentateuch, [5];
on the historicity of Jesus, [194]
Weiss, B., [33], [51], [58]–59, [80]–81
Wellhausen, on Mark, [36] sq., [60];
and Dalman, [66] and n.;
on the garden scene, [162]
Wernle, [143] n.
Westcott, [138]
Whately, [31]
Whittaker, T., [189]
Wieland, [194] n.
Wilke, [33]
Witchcraft, defenders of belief in, [5]
Wrede, [199], [201] sq., [213]
Wright, Rev. A., [33] n., [60], [70]–71, [129] sq.
Printed by Watts & Co., 17 Johnson’s Court, Fleet Street, London.
IN PREPARATION
THE JESUS PROBLEM
A RE-STATEMENT OF THE MYTH THEORY
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
- A SHORT HISTORY OF FREETHOUGHT. 2 vols. 3rd edition.
- ESSAYS TOWARDS A CRITICAL METHOD. (Out of print.)
- NEW ESSAYS TOWARDS A CRITICAL METHOD.
- MONTAIGNE AND SHAKESPEARE. Second edition. With additional essays on cognate subjects.
- BUCKLE AND HIS CRITICS: a Sociological Study.
- THE SAXON AND THE CELT: a Sociological Study.
- MODERN HUMANISTS: Studies of Carlyle, Mill, Emerson, Arnold, Ruskin, and Spencer. Fourth edition.
- THE FALLACY OF SAVING: a Study in Economics.
- THE EIGHT HOURS QUESTION: a Study in Economics.
- THE DYNAMICS OF RELIGION: an Essay in English Culture-History. (By “M. W. Wiseman.”) (Out of print.)
- CHRISTIANITY AND MYTHOLOGY. Second edition.
- A SHORT HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY. Second edition.
- PAGAN CHRISTS. Second edition.
- CRITICISMS. 2 vols.
- TENNYSON AND BROWNING AS TEACHERS.
- ESSAYS IN ETHICS.
- ESSAYS IN SOCIOLOGY. 2 vols.
- LETTERS ON REASONING. Second edition.
- DID SHAKESPEARE WRITE “TITUS ANDRONICUS”?
- PIONEER HUMANISTS: Machiavelli, Bacon, Hobbes, Spinoza, Shaftesbury, Mandeville, Gibbon, and Mary Wollstonecraft.
- TRADE AND TARIFFS.
- COURSES OF STUDY. Second edition.
- CHAMBERLAIN: a Study.
- CHARLES BRADLAUGH. Part I. By Mrs. Bradlaugh Bonner. Part II.
- RATIONALISM.
- THE BACONIAN HERESY: a Confutation.
- THE EVOLUTION OF STATES. (New edition of “An Introduction to English Politics.”)
- ELIZABETHAN LITERATURE.
- WHAT TO READ. New edition.
- WAR AND CIVILIZATION.
- THE GERMANS.
“Splendid handbooks.”—Birmingham Gazette.
Science Histories.
Each 160 pages, with Illustrations; cloth, 1s. net, by post 1s. 3d.
The thirteen vols. post free 14s.
ASTRONOMY.
By Professor GEORGE FORBES, M.A., F.R.S., M.Inst.C.E.
CHEMISTRY. In two vols. Vol. I.: 2000 B.C. to 1850 A.D. Vol. II.: 1850 to Date.
By Sir EDWARD THORPE, C.B., D.Sc., F.R.S., Director of the Government Laboratories, London; Professor-Elect and Director of the Chemical Laboratories of the Imperial College of Science and Technology, South Kensington, etc.
GEOGRAPHY.
By Dr. JOHN SCOTT KELTIE, F.R.G.S., F.S.S., F.R.S., and O. J. R. HOWARTH, M.A.
GEOLOGY.
By HORACE B. WOODWARD, F.R.S., F.G.S.; late Assistant-Director of Geological Survey of England and Wales.
BIOLOGY.
By Professor L. C. MIALL, F.R.S., formerly Professor of Biology, Leeds University, 1876–1907; Fullerian Professor, Royal Institute, 1904–5.
ANTHROPOLOGY.
By A. C. HADDON, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S.
PSYCHOLOGY. In two vols.
By Professor J. MARK BALDWIN.
OLD TESTAMENT CRITICISM.
By Professor ARCHIBALD DUFF, Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament Theology in the United College, Bradford.
NEW TESTAMENT CRITICISM.
By F. C. CONYBEARE, M.A., late Fellow and Praelector of Univ. Coll., Oxford; Fellow of the British Academy; Doctor of Theology, honoris causa, of Giessen; Officier d’Academie.
ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY.
By A. W. BENN, author of “The Philosophy of Greece,” etc.
MODERN PHILOSOPHY.
By A. W. BENN, author of “The History of English Rationalism in the Nineteenth Century,” etc.
London: Watts & Co., 17 Johnson’s Court, Fleet Street, E.C.
THE
RATIONALIST PRESS ASSOCIATION, Ltd.
Chairman:
Sir Herbert S. Leon, Bt.
Past Chairmen:
| Edward Clodd (1906–1913) | G. J. Holyoake (1899–1906) |
- Edward Clodd (1906–1913)
- G. J. Holyoake (1899–1906)
Vice-Chairman:
Charles A. Watts
Honorary Associates:
| Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner Sir Edward Brabrook, C.B. George Brandes Prof. J. B. Bury Prof. B. H. Chamberlain Edward Clodd Dr. Stanton Coit W. W. Collins F. J. Gould | Leonard Huxley Sir E. Ray Lankester Joseph McCabe Eden Phillpotts Right Hon. J. M. Robertson Dr. W. R. Washington Sullivan Prof. Ed. A. Westermarck Prof. Andrew D. White |
- Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner
- Sir Edward Brabrook, C.B.
- George Brandes
- Prof. J. B. Bury
- Prof. B. H. Chamberlain
- Edward Clodd
- Dr. Stanton Coit
- W. W. Collins
- F. J. Gould
- Leonard Huxley
- Sir E. Ray Lankester
- Joseph McCabe
- Eden Phillpotts
- Right Hon. J. M. Robertson
- Dr. W. R. Washington Sullivan
- Prof. Ed. A. Westermarck
- Prof. Andrew D. White
Secretary and Registered Offices:
Charles T. Gorham, Nos. 5 & 6 Johnson’s Court, Fleet Street, London, E.C.
How to Join and Help the R. P. A.
The minimum subscription to constitute Membership is 5s., renewable in January of each year.
A form of application for Membership, with full particulars, including latest Annual Report and specimen copy of the Literary Guide (the unofficial organ of the Association), can be obtained gratis on application to the Secretary, Charles T. Gorham, Nos. 5 and 6 Johnson’s Court, Fleet Street, London, E.C.
Copies of new publications are forwarded regularly on account of Members’ subscriptions, or a Member can arrange to make his own selection from the lists of new books which are issued from time to time.
To join the Association is to help on its work, but to subscribe liberally is of course to help more effectually. As Subscribers of from 5s. to 10s. and more are entitled to receive back the whole value of their subscriptions in books, on which there is little if any profit made, the Association is dependent, for the capital required to carry out its objects, upon subscriptions of a larger amount and upon donations and bequests.
The Literary Guide
is published on the 1st of each month, price 2d., by post 2½d. Annual subscription to any part of the world: 2s. 6d. post paid.
The contributors comprise some of the leading writers in the Rationalist Movement, including the Right Hon. J. M. Robertson, M.P., Mr. Joseph McCabe, Mrs. H. Bradlaugh Bonner, Mr. F. J. Gould, Mr. C. T. Gorham, and “Mimnermus.” Specimen copy free. Complete Catalogue on receipt of card.
London: Watts & Co., Johnson’s Court, Fleet Street, E.C.