INDEX.
AARON, rod of, [309];
other tricks, [310].
ABBOTT, Dr. Lyman, on Isaiah and Cyrus, [85];
on Davidic authorship of Psalms, [96].
ABIATHAR and Abimelech, their relations, [199].
ABIJAH and Jeroboam, [204].
ABIMELECH, his taking of Sarah, [193];
his relation to Abiathar, [199].
ABOLITION, see SLAVERY.
ABRAHAM, a textual change relating to, [167];
his gift of Sarah to Pharaoh and Abimelech, [193];
when did he go to Canaan? [194];
and Hagar, [194];
character of, [334];
deception of Pharaoh and Abimelech by, [341];
ordered to sacrifice his son, [361];
a polygamist, [383].
ACOUSTICS, Moses and Joshua speaking to all Israel, [288].
ACTS of the apostles, why written, [27];
book of examined, [140]–144;
borrowed from Josephus, [142], [160].
ADAM, age of, [284].
ADAMITIC monogenism, Huxley on, [283].
ADULTERY, sanctioned by the Bible, [388]–391;
forgiven by Christ, [389].
AGAG, Saul’s defeat of, [62].
“AGE OF REASON,” [246].
AHAZ, return of shadow on dial of, [272].
AHAZIAH, time of his reign, [207].
ALEXANDRIAN MS., description of, [42]–46.
ALFORD, Dean, on a “Substratum of apostolic teaching,” [130].
ALFRIC, accepted epistle to Laodiceans, [35].
ALOGI, the, on Revelation, [150].
ALTARS, removed by Hezekiah, [64].
AMOS, [89]–91.
ANICETUS, against the Passover, [133].
ANIMALS, cruelty to, [411]–414;
see ZOOLOGY.
ANONYMOUS BOOKS, number of, [160].
ANTHROPOMORPHISM OF THE BIBLE GOD, [321]ff.
ANTIOCH, disciples first called Christians at, [247].
APOCALYPSE, the, [149]ff;
see REVELATION.
APOCHRYPHAL BOOKS, [15]–20;
how known, [163].
APOSTLES, the three greatest knew nothing of the gospels, [110];
memoirs of, [116];
names of [241];
provided with staves? [241], [242].
APOSTOLIC FATHERS, gospels unknown to, [110]–113.
APPELLES, gospel of, [127].
ARARAT, landing of the ark on, [285].
ARBAH, Jacob comes to, [59].
ARITHMETIC, Trinitarian, [289];
genealogic, [290].
ARCTURUS, [99].
ARK, animals taken into by Noah, [191], [192];
landing of, [285].
ARNOLD, Dr., on late date of Daniel, [103].
ARPHAXAD, mixed pedigree of, [192], [193].
ASA, his relation to Maachah, [205].
ASAPH, psalms ascribed to, [90].
ASH-TREE, see BOTANY.
ASIA, source of religions, [5].
ASTRAL WORSHIP, practiced by the Jews, [65].
ASTRONOMY OF THE BIBLE, [271]ff.
ATHANASIUS, Esther rejected by, [35].
AUGUSTUS CaeSAR, taxing by, not a fact, [267].
AUGUSTINE, canon of, [29], [30], [32];
his fitness, [30].
AUTHORIZED VERSION, adopted by Westminster assembly, [33].
AUTHORS OF BOOKS OF THE BIBLE, [46]–48.
BAASHA, time of his death, [206].
BABEL, absurd story of, [284];
contradicted, [285], [289].
BABYLON, Isaiah’s false prophecy concerning, [295].
BALAAM AND HIS ASS, [311].
BANDITS, pious custom of, [350].
BARACHIAS, [122].
BARING-GOULD, Rev. S., affirms Marcion as the source of Luke, [128].
BARNABAS, [36]; epistle of, [111];
Hebrews so called, [157].
BARTHOLOMEW, gospel of, [127].
BARTON, Clara, [331].
BARUCH, book of canonical, [30].
BARUCH, father of Zacharias, [122].
BASHAN, Og, king of, [59].
BASILIDES, gospel of, [127], [148];
epistles rejected by, [157].
BATH-SHEBA, child of, smitten by the Lord, [411].
BATTLE, Israelite loss in, [265].
BAUR, F. C., gospels pronounced spurious by, [139], [153], [154];
I. Peter believed to be a Pauline document by, [146];
against authenticity of pastoral epistles, [157].
BEL AND THE DRAGON, [104].
BELFAST, biblical wine affirmed to be fermented by Pres. Gen. assembly, held at, [399].
BELSHAZZAR, not king of Babylon, [103];
feast of, [266];
not the son of Nebuchadnezzar, [267].
BENJAMIN, children of, ordered to kidnap wives, [406].
BENTHAM, Jeremy, on Priestley’s phrase, [330].
BERGH, Henry, [414].
BESANT, Mrs. A., on apostolic authorship of the gospels, [136], [137].
BETHANY, John’s mistake concerning, [132], [279].
BETHLEHEM, when so called, [59].
BETHSAIDA, birthplace of John, [132];
not of Galilee, [279].
BEZA, Revelation rejected by, [36];
on Revelation, [151];
Castalio on his translation of the Bible, [171].
BHAGAVATA, [6].
BIBLE, the Christian, [10];
subdivisions of, [12], [13];
canonical and apocryphal books of, [15]–20;
different versions of, [39]–44;
the Hebrew Samaritan, [39];
Septuagint, [40];
Peshito, Egyptian, [40];
Ethiopic, Gothic, Italic, Vulgate, [41];
Luther’s, [42];
Wicliffe’s, Tyndale’s, King James’s, Revised, [43];
Douay, [44];
authorship and dates, [45]–49;
authorship of fifty books of unknown, [48];
fragmentary character of some books of, [106];
and science, [271]–292;
immoral teachings of, [336]–338;
arguments against the divine origin and in support of the human origin of, [433]–459;
inferior literary character of, [443];
rejected by the intelligent, [457];
canon of: see CANON.
BIBLES, Luther’s [42];
Wicliffe’s, Tyndale’s, King James’s Revised Version, [43];
Douay, [44].
BIBLES, other than Christian, [5]–10, [437].
BIBLE WRITERS, unconscious of sin in lying, [341].
BIBLE DICTIONARY, (Smith’s), Judges, Ruth, Samuel and kings asserted by, to have originally formed one book, [79], [81];
on Davidic authorship of Psalms, [95];
concession of as to Matthew, [124];
on birthplace of Luke, [126];
on inharmony of John and the synoptics, [135];
on I. Peter, [146];
passages in I. John rejected by, [148];
on Revelation, [149];
on biblical chestnut-tree, [280].
BIRDS’ NESTS, permission to rob, [414].
BIRKS, affirms the divine spirit behind human authors of the Bible, [11].
BLACKSTONE, on witchcraft, [371].
BLAYNEY, Dr., his arrangement of Jeremiah, [86].
BLIND MEN, one or more? [242].
BOOK OF THE LAW, Hilkiah’s discovery of, [51].
BOOKS, sacred lost or burnt by the Jews, [22], [23].
BOOKS, sacred, other than Christian, [437].
BOTANY, OF THE BIBLE, [279]–281.
BRADLAUGH, C., on slavery in England, [377].
BRAHMA, [6].
BREACH OF PROMISE, [340].
BRIGGS, Dr. C. A., on composition of Deuteronomy, [52];
against Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch, [53], [54];
on characters of Pentateuchal documents, [70];
verdict of the intellectual world pronounced by, [74];
on biblical liars, [341].
BUCKLE, H. T., clergy asserted to be the enemies of learning by, [403].
BUDDHIST, kindness to animals of, [414].
BUNYAN, J., biblical inspiration asserted by, [163].
BURNETT, on light and weak eyes, [344].
BURR, W. H., epistles pronounced spurious by, [153].
BYRON, quotation from, [413].
CaeSAR, Augustus, taxing by not a fact, [267].
CAIN, story of, [189].
CAJETAN, authenticity of James denied by, [145].
CALF, the golden, [287].
CALHOUN, Rev. S. H., on biblical wine, [398].
CALVIN, John, books doubted by, [36];
Jude doubted by, [145];
on Revelation, [151].
CAMEL, see ZOOLOGY.
CAMPBELL, Rev. Dr., on lost books, [23].
CAMPBELL, Rev. A., on slavery, [377].
CANAAN, conquest of, [58];
no Hebrews in, [263].
CANAANITES IN PALESTINE, [62].
CANNIBALISM, [367];
among primitive Christians, [369];
in Russia, [370].
CANON, the Jewish-Christian, [21]–25;
founding of, by Irenaeus, [25];
completion of, [29];
Dr. McClintock on, [31];
fixed by modern councils, [32];
the Roman Catholic, [32];
the Greek, [33];
Authorized Version, [33];
ancient Christian scholars on, [33]–35;
Protestant scholars on, [35]–37;
the Muratori, [34];
books doubted by Origen, [34];
Ensebius’s list of acknowledged and disputed books, [35];
ten omitted by Chrysostom, [35];
books doubted by, Calvin, Erasmus, Zwingle, Beza, Lardner, Evanson, Schleiermacher, Sealiger, Davidson, Eichorn, Whiston, [36];
Luther’s list, [37], [38].
CAPTIVITY, number of Jews who came out of, [231]ff.
CARPENTER, Jesus so called, [242].
CARPOCRATIANS, Jude written to combat heresies of, [145];
love feasts of, [390].
CARTHAGE, council of, [30], [31].
CASTALIO, his translation, Beza on, [171].
CAVE, on early cannibalism, [369];
on adulteries of primitive Christians, [390].
CETHUBIM, [10].
CHADWICK, Rev. J. W., on Pauline epistles, [158].
CHALDEANS, first heard of, [99].
CHAMBERS’S ENCYCLOPEDIA, on Origen’s canon, [34];
on the Chaldeans, [99];
on genuineness of the gospels, [126];
on 2d Peter, [146];
on authorship of I. John, [147];
on Tyre, [296].
CHANGES, textual, [167].
CHANNING, W. E., on N. T., polygamy, [384].
CHEATING, [345]ff;
of the Egyptians by the Israelites, [347].
CHEEVER, Dr. Geo. B., biblical inerrancy asserted by, [163];
on the harmony of science and Bible, [271].
CHEMISTRY OF THE BIBLE, [286].
CHESTNUT-TREE, see BOTANY.
CHEYNE, T. K., on composite character of Isaiah, [84];
declares [9]th chapter an interpolation, [85];
prophecy pronounced a forgery by, [301].
CHILDBIRTH, pains of, attributed to a curse, [286].
CHILDREN, alleged slaughter of by Herod, [268].
CHILDREN, unkindness to, [409]–411.
CHINA, sacred books of, [7].
CHRIST, his mention of Moses immaterial, [54];
his mention of Jonah, [89];
second coming of, a prediction not fulfilled, [303];
taught in parables to mislead, [342];
adulterous women in the genealogy of, [390].
CHRISTIAN FATHERS, gospels unknown to, [113]–119.
CHRISTIAN REGISTER, two-wine theory rejected by, [399].
CHRISTIANS, disciples first so called, [247].
CHRISTIANS, primitive, dissensions among, [144];
given to lying, [342], [343];
guilty of cannibalism, [361], [369];
adulteries of, [390];
used intoxicating wine at Lord’s Supper, [399].
CHRONICLES, books of examined, [105];
fragmentary character of, [106].
CHRYSOSTOM, ST., says that the Jews lost or burnt sacred books, [22], [23], [166];
ten books omitted from canon of, [35];
on authors of the Gospels, [119];
on place of writing of Matthew, [124];
Acts declared unknown by, [144].
CHURCH, the Catholic, [25];
Petrine, [27].
CHURCHES, Revelation rejected by the seven of Asia, [150].
CIRCUMCISION, performed by Paul, [257].
CLARKSON, his abolition bill, [377].
CLEMENT, epistle of, [36].
CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA, successor of Irenaeus, [26];
apocryphal books cited by, [34], [119].
CLEMENT OF ROME, epistles of, [110], [113], [119];
Hebrews ascribed to, [157].
CLERICAL ERRORS, [165].
CLERMONT CODEX, on Hebrews, [157].
CODES OF THE PENTATEUCH, [68];
dates of, [71].
COLENSO, BISHOP, on six-day creation, [274];
his analysis of Genesis, [71].
COLOSSIANS, [152], [154], [155], [158], [159], [160].
COMMANDMENTS, the Ten, two copies of, [68];
not perfect, [332].
COMMUNION, significance of, [368].
COMPARISON of Hebrew and Septuagint versions, [173]–178.
COMTE, A., on benefits of chemical science, [287], [288];
his moral teaching, [330].
CONCEPTION, miraculous, [137], [286];
not taught by Peter and Paul, [251].
CONCUBINAGE, practiced by Catholic clergy, [385];
allowed by Luther and other Reformers, [385], [386], [389].
CONEY, see ZOOLOGY.
CONFUCIANISM, canonical books of, [7].
CONFUCIUS, his religion, [7]–8.
CONJECTURES and guesses, [169].
CONSONANTS, Lord’s prayer in, [169].
CONSTANTINOPLE, sixth council of, [30].
CONTRADICTIONS as to the Jewish kings, [198]–209, [210]–230;
of the Gospels, [238].
CONWAY, M. D., on Christianity and woman, [407], [408].
COPERNICUS, Luther’s opinion of, [273].
COPIES OF THE BIBLE, differences between, [178].
COPYISTS, errors of, [165]–166.
CORINTHIANS, [152], [153], [159], [160].
CORN, plucking of ears of permitted, [350].
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT, [410].
CORRUPTIONS, textual, [163]–180;
by scribes, [167].
COSMOGONIES, the two of Genesis, [181]–187.
COUNCILS, Christian, [30]–33;
of Nice, [30];
William Penn on, [32];
Dean Milman on, [32];
of Greek Church, [33], [438].
CRAWDER, Rev., on slavery, [378].
CREATION, two accounts of, [67], [181]–187;
purposes of, [187];
contradictory dates of, according to the Hebrew, Samaritan and Septuagint Bibles, [261];
order of, [275].
CREDIBILITY OF THE BIBLE, [163]–305.
CREDNER, on Revelation, [150].
CRITICISM, the higher Hupfeld on certainty and consequences of, [72];
pioneers of, [72], [73].
CRITICS, the higher, [72].
CRUCIFIXION, John the disciple at the, [132];
time of, and other contradictions relating to, [243]ff.
CUSTOMS, who was called from receipt of, [241].
CUVIER, on ruminants, [282].
CYRENIUS, governor of Syria, [240], [267].
CYRUS, King, flourished nearly two centuries after Isaiah, [84], [85], [92], [103];
his decree to rebuild Jerusalem, [302].
DAILLE, M., on early forgeries, [343].
DAMASCUS, Paul’s conversion on journey to, [248];
in prophecy, [296].
DAMASCUS, Pope, Jerome’s address to, [178].
DAN, an anachronism, [61].
DANA, on the order of creation, [275], [276].
DANIEL, book of examined, [102]–104;
an alleged prophecy, [302].
DARIUS, “the Median,” [103], [267].
DARIUS, the Persian, [105].
DATES OF BOOKS OF BIBLE, [46], [48], [49].
DAVID, not the author of Psalms, [95];
contradictory statements relating to, [198]–202;
census of, [284];
character of, [335];
a liar, [341];
a robber, [350];
sons of Saul sacrificed by, [362];
a polygamist, [383];
animal sacrifices by, [412].
DAVIDSON, Dr. S., on Papias, and Justin Martyr, and N. T. canon, [24];
on canonicity and inspiration of N. T. books, [25];
on the incompetence of Christian fathers, [28], [29], [30];
would exclude Esther, [36];
on Christ’s alleged recognition of Moses, [54];
the opinion of England’s learned voiced by, [74];
on composite character of Zechariah, [90];
his admission as to books quoted by Papias, [117], [118];
Matthew admitted to be anonymous by, [123];
unknown authorship of Mark, [126];
against Johannine authorship, of John, [135];
against authenticity of pastoral epistles, [157];
on textual changes, [167].
DAY, meaning of the word in Genesis, [274].
DEBORAH, song of, [354].
DECALOGUE, two copies of, [68];
an imperfect moral code, [332].
DELUGE, two accounts of, [68], [285].
DEUEL, alias Reuel, [169].
DEUTERONOMIC CODE, [68];
its style, [70].
DEUTERONOMY, when written and why, [51]ff;
Dr. Kuenen on, [51];
Dr. Oort on, [52];
Dr. Briggs on, [52].
De WETTE, on origin of Hebrew Bible, [55];
conclusions of German critics presented by, [73];
on Ephesians, [155];
on the pastoral epistles, [157].
DIAL, SUN, return of shadow on, [272].
DIONYSIUS, on Revelation, [150].
DISCIPLE, the, whom Jesus loved, [133].
DISCIPLES, the twelve, names of, [241].
DISCORDANT VERSIONS AND TRANSLATIONS, [172].
DISCREPANCY, numerical, [290].
DIVINITY, Horn’s test of, [164].
DIVORCE, biblical law of, [406], [407].
DODWELL, Dr., his admission as to the New Testament, [112].
DOUAY BIBLE, [44].
DOUGLASS, F., on religious sanction for cruelty to slaves, [381].
DRAPER, J. W., on science and the church, [292].
EBIONITES, their gospel and doctrine, [121].
ECCLESIASTES, book of, [100], [101].
EDEN, two stories of, [181]–187;
rivers of, [278].
EDINBURGH REVIEW, on the rejection of Revelation, [151].
EDOM, an anachronism, [61].
EDUCATION, discouraged by the Bible, [402].
EGLON, assassination of, [353].
EGYPT, its desolation falsely prophesied by Isaiah, [296].
EGYPTIAN BIBLE, description of, [40], [438];
New Testament, [172].
EGYPTIANS, cheating of by the Israelites, [347].
EGYPTIANS, gospel of, [36], [127].
EHUD, an assassin, [353].
EICHORN, books rejected by, [36];
against the authenticity of the pastoral epistles, [157].
ELISHA, not named in Chronicles, [82];
edifying tales of, [312];
a liar, [341];
and the children, [411].
ELOHIM, deity, so called, [181].
ELOHISTIC CODE, [68];
its character, [70];
date, [71].
EMBREE, Rev. Dr., on indecency of the Bible, [392].
ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, on composition of Kings and Samuel, [82];
on the origin of the synoptics, [131], [155], [156];
on Thessalonians, [156].
ENDOR, woman of, [370].
ENOCH, apocryphal book of, cited by Jude, [145];
Jude’s mistake about, [256].
ENON, [132];
geographical error concerning, [132].
EPHESIANS, [152], [153], [154], [155], [157], [159], [160].
EPIPHANIUS, epistle of Jeremiah accepted by, [35];
on cannibalism of primitive Christians, [369].
EPISTLES, accepted and rejected, [33]–38;
Catholic, [140], [144]–151;
spurious, [155]–158;
pastoral, [156].
EPOCHS, days of creation construed as, [274];
rejected by Kalisch, [275].
ERASMUS, books doubted by, [36];
authenticity of James denied by, [145], [150];
Greek version of N. T. made by, [170].
ERRORS, of transcribers and translators, [165]–167, [172];
refusal of Bible advocates to correct, [456].
ESAU, a question about his wives, [195];
cheating of by Jacob, [346].
ESTHER, book of omitted by bishop of Sardis, [34];
by Athanasius, [35];
by Luther, [37];
self-evidently false, [102];
Luther’s characterization, [102].
ETHIOPIC BIBLE, description of, [41];
New Testament, [172].
ETHNOLOGY OF THE BIBLE, [283].
EUCHARIST, significance of, [368].
EUSEBIUS, his list of acknowledged and disputed books, [35];
epistles of John classed as doubtful by, [148];
on the propriety of using falsehood, [344].
EVANSON, books rejected by, [36];
on Revelation, [150].
EVIL-MERODACH, [82];
a question relating to, [208].
EWALD, on authorship of Ezekiel, [88];
of Song of Solomon, [100];
on Ephesians, [155].
EXODUS OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL FROM EGYPT, [261], [262].
EZEKIEL, book of examined, [88].
EZRA, book of, [104], [105], [106];
register of the Jews by compared with that of Nehemiah, [231]–237.
FADUS, when procurator of Judea, [142].
FAITH, justification by, [251].
FAITH AND HOPE, Volney on, [334].
FAITH CURE, [286].
FAMILIES OF JEWS, two lists compared, [231]–237.
FATHERS, apostolic, an assertion that they were inspired, [37];
knew nothing of the gospels, [110]–113.
FATHERS, Christian, incompetence of, [28], [29], [30];
knew nothing of the gospels, [113]–119;
pronounced resistance to established authorities sinful, [417].
FAUSTUS, Bishop, on authorship of gospel history, [137].
FELL, Bishop, on the license of forging, [343].
FIRST-BORN MALES OF ISRAEL, [286].
FISK, Rev. W., on slavery, [378].
FLOOD, two accounts of, [68], [285].
FOOLS, for Christ’s sake, [403].
FOOTE, G. W., on woman’s proudest boast, [409].
FORGERIES, in Mark and John, [178].
FORGERY, concerning Trinity, [256].
FRAGMENTS, biblical, [106].
FREEMAN, sacrifice of, [366].
FRESHET, the great, [307].
FROGS, plague of, [310].
FROUDE, J. A., circulation of the Bible condemned by, [423].
FURMAN, Rev. R., on slavery, [377].
GAGE, Matilda Joslyn, on Marquette, [408].
GALATIANS, [152], [153], [159], [160].
GAMALIEL, speech of, [141], [142].
GARDENER, Helen H., on wrongs authorized by the Bible, [409].
GATES, within thy, a phrase showing post-Mosaic authorship, [58].
GENESIS, two cosmogonies of, [181]–187.
GEOGRAPHY OF THE BIBLE, [278], [279].
GEOLOGY, the Bible and, [273]–277.
GEORGE III., abhorred abolition, [377].
GESENIUS, on age of Hebrew language, [56].
GETTYSBURG, killed in battle of, [265].
GIANTS, biblical, [283].
GIDEON, a polygamist, [383].
GIESELER, Dr., on forgery, [343].
GILES, Rev., on the failure of Justin Martyr to mention the gospels, [116];
on original language of gospels, [124].
GLADSTONE, an anomaly, [458].
GNOSTICS, cannibalism of, [369].
GOD OF THE BIBLE, in Psalms, [96];
is he omnipresent? [317];
is he omnipotent? [318];
is he omniscient and immutable? [319];
is he visible and comprehensible? [320];
is there one only, and in what form does he exist? [321]ff.
GOLDEN RULE, a borrowed gem, [333].
GOLIATH OF GATH, by whom killed, [263], [264].
GOODELL, Rev. W., on slave owning, [379];
incident related by, [380], [381].
GOSPELS, why four were chosen, [26], [27];
accepted and rejected, [33]ff;
when it is affirmed they were written, [108];
unknown to Paul, Peter, and John, [109], [110];
not mentioned by apostolic fathers, [110]–113;
nor by the Christian fathers, [113]–119;
when composed, [119];
the internal evidence, [119], [120];
original language of, [124];
evidences of a common source of parallel passages, [129], [130];
the four, [136]–139;
harmony of, [238]ff.
GOTHIC BIBLE, description of, [41].
GREEK VERSION OF N. T., [170].
GREG, W. R., on the fourth gospel, [134];
on prophecies, [304].
GREGORY THE GREAT, epistle to Laodiceans accepted by, [35].
GROTIUS, Jude, doubted by, [145];
on II. Peter, [147].
GUESSES AND CONJECTURES, [169].
HAGIOGRAPHA, [13]; what it comprises, [94]–107.
HALE, on Witchcraft, [371].
HAMILTON, Sir W., on polygamy and the Reformers, [385].
HARE, see ZOOLOGY.
HARLOTS, mother of identified by her daughters, [303].
HEART, regarded by Jesus as the seat of intelligence, [285].
HEBREW VERSION OF THE BIBLE, [39];
its origin, [55], [435].
HEBREW LANGUAGE, its peculiarities, [168].
HEBREWS, ancient, did not regard Moses as the author of the Pentateuch, [55];
not in Canaan when overrun by Rameses, [263].
HEBREWS, epistle to, [152], [155], [157], [159], [160].
HEBREWS, gospel of, [36];
the supposed original gospel of Matthew, [120], [121];
gospel used by Nazarenes and Ebionites, [121].
HEBRON, formerly Kirjath-arba, [59].
HELIODORUS, on falsehood as a good thing, [344].
HENGSTENBERG, on date of Ecclesiastes, [101].
HERMAS, Shepherd of, [36], [111], [112].
HEROD, [239];
and the infants, [268].
HERSCHEL, on the distance of stars, [272].
HEXATEUCH, Briggs on non-Mosaic authorship of, [52], [54].
HEZEKIAH, [90].
HIEROGLYPHICS, Pentateuch could not have been written in, [56].
HILKIAH, his finding of the book of the law, [51].
HINDOOS, sacred books of, [5].
HIRSCH, Baron, [331].
HISTORY AND THE BIBLE, conflict between, [260]–270.
HITCHCOCK, Rev. R. D., on formation of N. T. canon, [23], [24];
on fragmentary character of Jeremiah, [86];
on Job as the oldest of Bible books, [98];
on authenticity of the gospels, [108];
on Philemon, [154];
on prophecy, [293].
HOBBES, aim of moral conduct stated by, [330].
HODGE, Prof., on slavery, [378].
HOG, see ZOOLOGY.
HOLTZMANN, Acts shown to borrow from Josephus by, [142].
HOOYKAAS, Dr., the gospels and Acts declared to be of unknown authorship by, [138];
inaccuracy of Acts declared deliberate by, [143];
I. John called an imitation by, [148];
epistles accepted by, [154];
against Pauline authorship of Hebrews, [157].
HORIMS, mention of, [58].
HORN, Rev. T. H., his test of divinity, [164].
HORSES, houghed by Joshua and David, [413].
HOSEA, [89];
cited by Matthew, [90];
ordered to marry a prostitute, [389].
HUG, Dr., on the Ebionites and Nazarenes, [121];
his admission concerning Zacharias, [122].
HUMAN SACRIFICES, [361]–367.
HUME, David, on miracles, [316].
HUPFELD, on consequences of higher criticism, [72].
HUXLEY, T. H., on Adamitic monogenism, [283];
on extinguished theologians, [291].
IGNATIUS, [36];
epistle of, [110], [112], [113], [119].
IGNORANCE, encouraged by the Bible, [401] ff.
IMMORTALITY, affirmed and denied by Paul, [251], [252].
INDIA, sacred books of, [5].
INGERSOLL, on Psalm, cix, [419].
INQUISITION, founded on teachings of Paul, [421].
INSPIRATION, Goldwin Smith on partial, [238];
not claimed by Bible writers, [444].
INSPIRED NUMBERS, [231]–237.
INSTITUTES OF MENU, [7].
INTEMPERANCE SANCTIONED BY THE BIBLE, [394]–401.
INTERPOLATIONS, how made, [166].
INTOLERANCE FOSTERED BY THE BIBLE, [418]–422.
IRENaeUS, affirms that Ezra was inspired to rewrite lost scriptures, [22];
founder of Catholic Church and N. T. canon, [25];
his collection of books;
his reason for choosing four gospels, [26], [27];
first mentions all of the four gospels, [118];
on place of writing of Matthew, [124];
on John and the Passover, [133];
I. Peter rejected by, [145].
ISAAC, lying by, [341].
ISAIAH, examination of, [83]–86;
Abbott and Cheyne on, [85];
partial identity with book of Kings, [86];
failures as a prophet, [294]ff.
ISHMAEL, son of Hagar, [194], [195].
ISLAM, sacred books of, [8].
ISRAEL, kingdom of, [212]–215;
loss in battle with Judah, [265].
ISRAELITES, their marvelous increase, [196], [197];
warriors, [201];
number of, [284], [286].
ITALIC BIBLE, description of, [41];
New Testament, [172].
IVA-LUSH, king of Assyria, [266].
JACOB, his coming to Arbah, [59];
souls of the house of, their marvelous increase, [196], [197];
device of for marking cattle, [307];
character of, [334];
deceitfulness of, [341];
Esau defrauded by, [346];
his wives both thieves, [350];
a polygamist, [383].
JAEL, a murderess, [354].
JAIR, judge of Israel, a misstatement concerning, [60], [61].
JAMES, epistle of examined, [144]ff, [160];
Paul contradicted by, [251].
JAPAN, moral without the Bible, [426].
JASHER, book of appealed to by Joshua, [78].
JEFFERSON, Thomas, on the Trinity, [289];
Jehovah, characterized by, [334];
on priestly hostility to liberty, [417].
JEHOIACHIN, age of, [208].
JEHOIAKIM, [82], [87];
false prophecy concerning, [297].
JEHORAM, his reign, [206];
murder of, [352].
JEHOSHAPHAT, when did he die? [210]–230.
JEHOVAH IN PSALMS, [96];
known by name of the patriarchs, [195], [196];
as described in the Bible, [317]–326;
characterized by Jefferson, [334];
deceitfulness of, [339]ff.
JEHOVAH, Elohim, [181].
JEHOVAH-JIREH, [59].
JEHOVISTIC DOCUMENT, [68];
its style, [70];
date, [71];
a peculiarity of, [182].
JEHU, murders by, [353].
JEPHTHAH’S DAUGHTER, sacrifice of, [363], [364].
JEREMIAH, book of examined, [86]–88;
Blaney’s arrangement, [87];
disordered and fragmentary, [87];
a liar, [341].
JEREMIAH, epistle of, [30], [35].
JERICHO, the spoils of, [349].
JEROBOAM AND ABIJAH, [205];
false prophecy concerning, [297].
JEROME, books contained in canon of, [29];
his fitness, [30];
compiler of Vulgate, [41];
on the translation of Matthew, [122];
gospels enumerated by, [127];
Jude, doubted by, [145];
on authorship of epistles of John, [148];
guided by conjecture, [169];
on variations in N. T., [178].
JERUSALEM, [263];
when occupied by Israelites, [264];
decree of Cyrus to rebuild, [302];
Christ’s prediction concerning destruction of, [303].
JESUS, when born, [239];
in what, [240];
what his parents did with him, [240];
was he called the carpenter or the carpenter’s son? [242];
his prediction of Peter’s treachery, [243];
color of his robe, at what hour crucified, what was offered him to drink, the thieves who reviled him, [243];
inscription on his cross, lawfulness of his death, women who visited his sepulchre, [244];
time of their visit, whom they saw, where he first appeared to his disciples, [245];
words attributed to him by Paul, hanged on a tree, [255];
genealogies of, [289], [290].
JEWS, sacred books of, [9]–10;
families of, two lists compared, [231]–237;
first appearance of, not mentioned by Herodotus, [263].
JEZEBEL, death of, [352].
JOB, book of examined, [98]–100;
probable date, [99];
mutilations and mistranslations, [100].
JOHANNINE CHURCHES, [27], [28].
JOHANNINE INFLUENCE, forgery committed to counteract, [134].
JOHN, gospel of examined, [131]–136;
not the work of a Jew;
geographical errors in, [132];
author not at the crucifixion, [133];
made by a forgery to support Petrine supremacy, [134];
none of the events witnessed by John recorded by;
few coincidences with the other gospels, [135].
JOHN, the disciple of Jesus, could not have written the gospel of John, [132] ff, [147], [149].
JOHN, knew nothing of the gospels, [109];
quoted by Theophilus, [118];
epistles of examined, [147]–149;
spurious passages in, [148], [160].
JOHN THE BAPTIST, prophecy applied to by Mark, [91].
JOHN THE PRESBYTER, [148].
JOHN THE REVELATOR, Paul denounced as a liar by, [258].
JOHNSON, Edwin, epistles pronounced spurious by, [153].
JONAH, named by Christ, [89], [92];
adventure of, [315].
JONES, Rev. J., on apocryphal books cited by primitive writers, [34];
apocryphal defined by, [163].
JORDAN, the coasts beyond, [279].
JOSEPH, by whom sold, [196].
JOSEPH, journey of to Bethlehem to be taxed, [267];
timely dream of, [314].
JOSEPHUS, on time of Theudas, [142];
an interregnum between Israel’s kings denied by, [228].
JOSHUA, book of, events described in occurred after death of Moses, [57];
formerly part of the Pentateuch, and why detached, [76];
could not have been written by Joshua, [77], [78];
appeals to book of Jasher, [78];
consists of two parts, [78].
JOSHUA, sun and moon stopped by, [272];
his speech to all Israel, [288];
looting for Jehovah by, [349];
ravages committed by, [359].
JOSIAH, successor of, [208].
JOTHAM, the reign of, [207].
JUDAH, sceptre of, [62];
rapid multiplication of, [197];
warriors of, [201];
kingdom of, [210]–212.
JUDAS OF GALILEE, [142], [269].
JUDE, epistle of, its authorship, [144];
date, similarity to II. Peter [145];
authenticity of doubted, [145];
mistake of about Enoch, [256].
JUDGES, book of examined, [78]–80;
not written by Samuel, [79];
a work of several authors, [80];
Dr. Oort on compiler of, [270].
KALISCH, Dr., a contradiction acknowledged by, [192];
on the derivation of biblical astronomy, [272];
rejects epochal interpretation of “day” in Gen. i, [275];
on Bible zoology, [282];
on human sacrifices among the Jews, [364].
KEELER, B. C., on believers in the Bible, [458].
KEITH, on prophecy, [293].
KIDNAPPING OF WIVES COMMANDED, [406].
KING, the five, [7].
KING JAMES’S BIBLE, [43].
KINGS, books of, properly one with Samuel, [81];
mixture of history and fiction, by various authors, [82].
KINGS, the Jewish, many contradictions concerning, [198]–209.
KIRJATH-ARBA, changed to Hebron, [59].
KNOWLEDGE, opposed by the Bible and the clergy, [401]–403.
KUENEN, Dr., on the purpose for which Deuteronomy was written, [51];
denies Davidic authorship of Psalms, [96];
gospels and Acts pronounced anonymous by, [138];
epistles accepted by, [154].
LABAN, defrauding of by Jacob, [346].
LADD, authors and dates of Bible books affirmed to be unknown by, [49], [130].
LAMENTATIONS, book of rejected, [34];
alleged authorship of, [101].
LANDMARKS, injunction against removing, [60].
LANGUAGE, origin of, [284], [285].
LANGUAGE, HEBREW, did not exist in time of Moses, [56];
its peculiarities, [168].
LAODICEA, synod of, [30].
LAODICEANS, accepted by Gregory and Alfric, [35].
LARDNER, Dr. Nathaniel, books questioned by, [36];
on Christian lying, [343].
LAW, books of the, [12].
LEAH, a thief, [350].
LECKY, W. E. H., on opposition of Christian fathers to resisting established authority, [417].
LE CLERC, Jean asserts that sense of O. T. is guessed at, [169].
LEGION, a Latin word, [124].
LEVI, called from the receipt of customs, [241].
LEYDON, John of, polygamy established by, [386].
LIARS, biblical, [339]–342.
LIBERTY, religious, denied by the Bible, [418].
LICE, plague of, [310].
LINCOLN, A., his test of an action, [331].
LINDSAY, Rev. A., on Bible writers and scientific truth, [442].
LONGEVITY OF BIBLE CHARACTERS, [284].
LORD, Rev. N., on slavery, [378].
LORD’S PRAYER, in consonants, [169]; old and new versions of, [177].
LOST BOOKS, cited by writers of the Bible, [17], [23].
LOT’S WIFE, [287].
LUCAR, authenticity of James denied by, [145].
LUCKE, Johannine authorship of Revelation denied by, [149].
LUKE, the apostle, asserted to be the author of Acts, [141].
LUKE, gospel of examined, [126]–128;
who was its author? [126];
gospels referred to by, [127].
LUTHER, Martin, six books rejected by, [37], [38];
his version of the Bible, [42];
John rejected by, [90];
on Job as an argument, [98], [99];
Esther rejected by, [102];
epistle of James rejected, and Jude declared a plagiarism, [145];
on Revelation, [150], [151];
on Pauline authorship of Hebrews, [157];
on Zwingle’s Bible, and Zwingle on Bible of, [171];
on Copernicus, [273];
on witches, [371];
polygamy allowed by, [385], [386];
and concubinage, [389];
reason condemned by, [403].
LYING, [339]–345.
MACAULAY, on church support of tyranny, [418].
McCLINTOCK, Dr. John, on N. T. canon, [31].
MAGUIRE, Rev., on biblical indecency, [392].
MAHABHARATA, [6].
MANNA, mention of, against Mosaic authorship, [57]–58.
MANUSCRIPTS OF BIBLE, ancient, [41], [42].
MARCION, gospel of, the source of Luke, [128];
epistles excluded by, [156].
MARK, prophecy quoted by, [91];
gospel of examined, [124]–126;
not Petrine, [124];
opinions as to where written, [124];
paralleled in Matthew and Luke, [125];
last twelve verses interpolated, [125];
the author unknown, [126].
MARQUETTE, law of, [408].
MARRIAGE, Paul’s despicable dissertation on, [405];
biblical, [406], [407].
MARSH, Bishop, his admission as to the gospels, [111];
on late date of Matthew, [123];
on the gospels as a compilation, [130].
MARTINEAU, Rev. J., on lost gospels, [36].
MARTYR, Justin, his canon, [24];
does not mention the gospels, [113]–115;
on the genealogy of Christ, [116], [119].
MASSEY, Gerald, on retarding of science by the Pentateuch, [291].
MATHEMATICS OF THE BIBLE, [289], [290].
MATTHEW, Hosea, Micah and Zechariah cited by, [90];
gospel of examined, [120]–124;
was he or Levi called from the receipt of customs? [241].
MATTHIAS, gospel of, [127].
MAYERHOFF, on the purpose of Jude, [145];
on Ephesians and Colossians, [155].
MEAT, permission to sell diseased, [348].
MELITO, Esther and Lamentations rejected by, [34].
MEMOIRS OF THE APOSTLES, [116].
MENU, Institutes of, [7].
MEREDITH, on cannibalism of early Christians, [369].
MESSIANIC PROPHECIES, [299]–302.
METHODISTS IN THE REVOLUTION, [416].
METHUSELAH, survived the flood, [190]–191.
MICAH, [89]; cited by Matthew, [90].
MICHAEL, apocryphal book of, cited by Jude, [145].
MICHAELIS, on Revelation, [150];
prophecy concerning Jesus Christ rejected by, [299];
on want of authenticity of the gospels, [111], [122];
on composition of gospels, [131].
MICHELET, on Marquette, [408].
MIDIANITES, despoiled by divine command, [349], [357].
MILL, Dr., number of biblical readings found by, [175].
MILMAN, Dean, on Christian councils, [32];
on hallowed deceit, [343].
MIRACLES, Humorous chapter on: The First Cutlet—The Great Freshet—Ringstreaked, Speckled, and Spotted, [307];
The Waters Were Divided—Quails, [308];
Three Good Snake Stories, [309];
More of Aaron’s Tricks—The Sun Stood Still—Samson’s Feats, [310];
The Loquacious Ass, [311];
A Bear Story—The Boy Sneezed, [312];
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego—Take Me Up—The Confiding Husband, [313];
They Did Eat and Were Filled, [314];
Lazarus, Come Forth, [315], [442].
MISTRANSLATIONS, [100], [171].
MODELS, Bible, [334]–336.
MOHAMMED, [9].
MOHAMMEDANS, Bible of, [8].
MONTEFIORE, M., [331].
MOON, worship of by the Jews, [65].
MORAL GUIDES, [427].
MORALITY OF THE BIBLE—What is morality? [329];
Bible Codes, [331];
Bible Models, [334];
Immoral teachings of the Bible, [336];
Lying, [339];
Cheating, [345];
Stealing, [349];
Murder, [351];
War, [356];
Human sacrifices, [361];
Cannibalism, [367];
Witchcraft, [370];
Slavery, [374];
Polygamy, [382];
Adultery, [388];
Obscenity, [391];
Intemperance, [394];
Vagrancy, [399];
Ignorance, [401];
Injustice to women, [404];
Unkindness to children, [409];
Cruelty to animals, [411];
Tyranny, [415];
Intolerance, [418].
MORMON, book of, believed to be a part of God’s word, [37].
MORMON POLYGAMY BASED ON THE BIBLE, [384].
MORDECAI, book of Esther credited to, [102].
MOSLEY, Rev., treatment of married slaves by, [379].
MOSES, not the author of the Pentateuch, [51]–68;
his recognition by Christ, etc., [54];
not regarded as author of the Pentateuch by ancient Hebrews, [55];
account of the death of, [56];
speech of to all Israel, [288];
character of, [335];
commanded by God to deceive, [340];
a murderer, [351];
his fiendish mandate, [357].
MOSES, law of, not the Pentateuch, [66].
MOSHEIM, on lying among primitive Christians, [343].
MOTHERHOOD, made a sin by Levitical law, [406].
MULTITUDE, feeding of the, [314].
MUNCHAUSEN TALES OF THE BIBLE, [306]–316.
MURATORI CANON, [34].
MURDER, enjoined by the Bible, [351]–356.
MYERS, Rev. F., on the collection and canonicity of Old Testament books, [22].
NAZARITE, Paul a, [257];
wine permitted to, [396].
NAZARENES, their gospel, [121].
NEBLIM, [10].
NEBUCHADNEZZAR, [102];
failure of to destroy Tyre, [296].
NEHEMIAH, book of [104], [105];
his register of the Jews compared with that of Ezra, [231]–237.
NEWMAN, Prof., on Matthew xxiii, [35];
concerning Zacharias, [123].
NEW TESTAMENT, books of, first so-called by Tertullian, [13];
list of authors and dates, [47], [48].
NICE, council of, [30].
NIGHTINGALE, F., [331].
NINEVEH, false prophecy concerning, [92].
NOAH, his great age, [189], [190];
animals taken into the ark by, [191], [192].
NORTON, Prof., on supposed date of Pentateuch, [56];
his admission as to evidence of apostolic fathers, [112].
OBSCENITY OF THE BIBLE, [391]ff;
Noah Webster on, [392].
OG, king of Bashan, his bedstead, [59], [353].
OLIVE LEAF, see BOTANY.
OLD TESTAMENT, subdivisions of, [12], [13];
arrangement of, [14];
how named, divisions, [15];
by whom collected unknown, [22];
list of authors and dates of books of, [46], [47].
OMISSIONS, [166].
OMRI, the length of his reign, [206].
ONESIMUS, a slave returned by Paul, [154], [376].
OORT, Dr., on authorship of Deuteronomy, [52];
on Jair and Nobah, [60], [61];
on composite character of books of Samuel, [81];
on doubtful character of Ezekiel, [88];
denies David’s authorship of Psalms, [96];
and Solomon’s authorship of Proverbs, [97];
on a mistaken tradition concerning Lamentations, [101];
gospels and Acts termed anonymous by, [138];
epistles accepted by, [154];
on compiler of Judges, [270];
on sacrifice of Jephthah’s daughter, [363].
OPHIR, gold brought from, [204].
ORIGEN, books doubted or accepted by, [34];
Jude doubted by, [145];
comment of on Hebrews, [157];
on variety in scriptural readings, [175].
OWEN, R. D., on American Revolutionists, [416].
PAINE, on fragment of Isaiah, [86];
declaration by concerning non-Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch, [73];
his religion, [331];
on Revelation, [436].
PALESTINE, population of, [284].
PALEY, on morality, [329].
PAPIAS, unacquainted with N. T. canon, [24];
does not mention Matthew and Mark, [116]–117;
preferred tradition, [117].
PARABLES, intended to deceive, [342].
PARALLEL PASSAGES from the gospels, [129]–130.
PARSEES, Bible of, [8].
PARTIAL INSPIRATION, [238].
PARTURITION, pains of attributed to a curse, [286].
PASSOVER, a contradiction as to Jesus’ observance of, [132].
PASTORAL EPISTLES, forgeries, [156].
PATRIARCHAL age, the, [188]–197.
PATRIARCHS, names and ages of the, [188], [284].
PAUL, knew nothing of the gospels, [110];
genuine epistles of, [152]–159;
doubtful, [153]–159;
probably hallucinated, [159];
the real author of the Christian religion, [247];
contradictions about conversion of, [248], [249];
his alleged visit to Jerusalem; an apostle to the Gentiles, [249];
his theological teachings, [250];
Jesus contradicted by, [252];
samples of his reasoning, [253];
his misquotations of scripture, [254];
performed circumcision, became a Nazarite, [257];
his hypocrisy and dissimulation: denounced as a liar by John, [258];
deceitfulness of, [342];
inquisition founded on teachings of, [421];
duty of wives prescribed by, [404], [405].
PAULINE EPISTLES, [152]–160.
PAULUS JOVIUS, his bank of lies, [345].
PENN, William, on Christian councils, [32].
PENTATEUCH, authenticity of, [50];
Mosaic authorship examined, [51]–68;
its origin, [55];
Renan on, [55];
Prof. Norton on, [56];
its religion and legislation, [67];
documents forming, the work of various authors and compilers, [68], [71];
codes, [71]; Spinoza on, [73];
Hebrew and Septuagint compared, [173]–178.
PERSECUTION, religious, fostered by the Bible, [418]–422.
PERSIA, sacred books of, [8].
PESHITO, description of, [40].
PETER, knew nothing of the gospels, [110];
his appointment to be the foundation of the church, [123];
instructed to “feed my lambs,” [134];
his denial of Jesus, [242], [243];
his mission, [250];
his treachery and its reward, [256], [257].
PETER, epistles of, [144];
similarity to Jude; date, [145];
a Pauline document, [146];
II. Peter a forgery, [146];
original title, [147].
PETRINE TEACHINGS, forgery committed to exalt, [134].
PHARAOH, his taking of Sarah, [193].
PHILEMON, [152], [154], [158], [159], [160].
PHILIP OF HESSE, authorized to have two or more wives, [386].
PHILIPPIANS, [152], [153], [154], [158], [159], [160].
PHINEHAS, rewarded for a murder, [352].
PHYSICS OF THE BIBLE, [288].
PHYSIOLOGY OF THE BIBLE, [285].
PLEIADES, [99].
POLYCARP, [36];
his epistle [111], [112], [113], [119];
observed the passover with John, [133].
POLYGAMY, [382]–387;
proved lawful by scripture, [383];
not prohibited by the New Testament, [384];
allowed by Protestant Reformers, [385], [386].
POVERTY, Christ the panegyrist of, [399], [400].
PRATT, Orson, his biblical defense of polygamy, [384].
PRAYER CURE, [286].
PRIESTLEY, Dr., his standard of right, [330];
on early Christian dishonesty, [343].
PRIESTLY CODE, [68]ff;
its style, [70];
date, [71];
its characteristics, [182], [187].
PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANS, adulteries of, [390], [391].
PROMISE, breach of, [340].
PROPHECY, not always prediction, [293];
applied to Jesus Christ, [299];
forged, [301];
of the second coming, [303];
Greg on, [304], [305].
PROPHET, functions of the, [293].
PROPHETS, books of the Old Testament so called, [12], [76]–93;
minor, [89];
cited by evangelists, [90];
only a few mentioned by Bible writers, [93].
PROVERBS, book of examined, [97], [98].
PSALM CIX, Ingersoll on, [419].
PSALMS, book of examined, [94]–97;
but few written by David, [95];
God and Jehovah in, [96];
when written, [97].
PSAMETICUS, reign of, [65].
PUL, king of Assyria, [89];
a myth, [266].
PUNISHMENT, corporal, advocated, [410];
endless, [419]–420.
PURANAS, [6].
QUAILS, [308].
RABBATH, Og’s bedstead at, [60].
RACHEL, place of death of, [59];
a thief, [350].
RAINBOW, delusion concerning, [288].
RAMA, [6].
RAMAYANA, [6].
RAMESES III., found no Hebrews in Canaan, [263].
READINGS, diverse, [175].
REASON, condemned by Luther, [403].
REBECCA, deceit of, [341].
RED SEA, passage of, [262], [289], [308].
RELIGIONS, Asia, the source of, [5].
RENAN, on Hebrew view of Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch, [55];
assertions of concerning Acts, [143], [146], [150];
on the origin of language, [285].
RESURRECTION, doctrine of, proves late origin of gospels, [157].
REUEL, alias Deuel, [169].
REVELATION, a written one unnecessary, [445].
REVELATION, book of, rejected by Greek Church, [28], [33];
by Council of Nice, [30];
by ancient scholars, [35];
by Calvin, Erasmus, et al., [36];
by Luther, [38];
theories concerning;
its purport;
Bible Dictionary on authorship of;
not by author of fourth gospel;
opinion of Lucke on, [149];
Johannine authorship denied by De Wette and Ewald;
by Luther, Erasmus, Michaelis, Schleiermacher, Credner, Zeller, Evanson, Baur, Renan, and Davidson;
contention of the Alogi;
Dionysius on, [150];
rejected by modern churchmen;
Luther’s comment on, [151];
copy of mutilated, [171];
its false predictions, [258].
REVISED VERSION, [43];
its source, [170];
alterations made in, [176].
REVOLUTION, Methodists in the, [416].
REVOLUTIONARY FATHERS, their resistance to the “ordinance of God,” [416].
RIDPATH, J. C., on King James’ translators, [170].
RIGVEDA, [6].
RIVERS OF GENESIS, [278].
RIZPAH, her vigil, [361].
ROBBERY, submission to enjoined by Christ, [350].
ROBERTS, Rev. A., on usages of translators, [170].
ROLLS, the Five, [100]–102.
ROMANS, epistle to, [152], [159], [160].
RUMINANTS, Cuvier on, [282].
RUSSIA, cannibalism in, [370];
witchcraft in, [373].
RUTH, book of, [102].
SABBATH, gathering sticks on, [58];
institution of, [187].
SACRAMENTAL FEAST, significance of, [368].
SACRED BOOKS, [5]–10.
SACRIFICES, human, [361]–367;
animal, [412].
SADDER, Parsee Bible, [8].
SAMARITAN BIBLE, [39];
its date of creation, [261].
SAMSON, a sun-god, [79];
feats of, [310].
SAMUEL, books of;
not by Samuel, whose death I. Sam. records;
II. Sam. does not allude to Samuel;
a work of several unknown authors, [80], [81].
SAMUEL, told to deceive, [340].
SARAH, place of death of, [59];
her relations with Pharaoh and Abimelech, [193];
her attempt to deceive, [341].
SARDIS, bishop of, his old Testament list, [34].
SAUL, his defeat of Agag, [62];
sons of sacrificed, [362];
and the woman of Endor, [370].
SAYCE, A. H., rejects Daniel as legendary and unhistorical, [103].
SCALIGER, II. Peter rejected by, [36], [147];
on early Christian use of lies, [343].
SCHAFF, Rev. Philip, exhilarating nature of Bible wine asserted by, [398].
SCHLEIERMACHER, I. Tim. rejected by, [36];
calls Luke a compilation, [127], [128], [150].
SCHOLARS, ancient Christian, rejected much of the canon, [33]–35.
SCHRADER, I. Thess., doubted by, [154].
SCHWEGLER, belief of as to I. Peter, [146].
SCIENCE, the Bible and, [271]–292; Draper on, [292].
SCRIBES, corruptions by, [167].
SCRIPTURES, Jewish, versions of, [39], [438];
ancient Christian, [40], [41];
modern, [42]–44.
SECOND COMING OF CHRIST, Paul’s belief in, [252];
a prediction not fulfilled, [303].
SENNACHERIB, lived after Isaiah, [84].
SEPTUAGINT, the, [40], [96];
compared with Hebrew, [173];
date of creation according to, [261], [438].
SERMON ON THE MOUNT, of little value, [332].
SERPENTS, fiery, [309].
SHADRACH, et al., [313].
SHEOL, a mistranslation, [171].
SHIEL, R. L., on biblical indecency, [392].
SHILOH, an anachronism, [62];
applied to Christ, [301].
SICK, praying for, [28].
SILENCE, women condemned to by Paul, [404], [405].
SIMEON, epistle of the original II. Peter, [147].
SIMMS, Rev. E. D., on slavery, [377].
SINAITIC MS., description of, [41], [42].
SISERA, death of, [354].
SIVA, a god of the Hindoos, [6].
SLAVE, a, tied behind minister’s gig, [380].
SLAVERY, [374], [382];
clerical defenders of, [376]–379;
abolished by French revolutionists, [376].
SMITH, Ben, sacrifice of, [365].
SMITH, Goldwin, on partial inspiration, [238].
SMITH, Prof. R., gospels characterized by, [131].
SNAKE STORIES, three good ones, [309].
SNEEZE CURE, the, [312].
SOLOMON, his time and his establishment, [63];
not the author of Proverbs, [97];
a polygamist, [383];
intemperance of, [396];
sacrifices by, [413].
SOLOMON, Song of, [100], [101].
SOLOMON’S TEMPLE, contradictory details concerning, [202]–204;
number engaged in construction of, [265].
SONG OF SOLOMON, [100], [101].
SOURY, Jules, his criticism of I. Peter, [146];
on human sacrifices among the Jews, [364].
SOUTH, Dr., on Revelation, [151].
SPINOZA, Benedict, declaration by concerning non-Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch, [73];
on date of Ezra and Jeremiah, [105].
SPRAGUE, Rev., inability of to answer Orson Pratt, [384].
SPRENGER, Dr., on numbers of executions for witchcraft, [372].
SPURIOUS EPISTLES, [155]–158.
STANLEY, Dean, on two narratives of creation, [187].
STANTON, Elizabeth Cady, on N. T. polygamy, [384];
on biblical degradation of woman, [409].
STARS, worship of by the Jews, [65];
distance of, [272].
STAVES, were the apostles commanded to carry them? [241].
STEELE, W. F., on biblical variations, [178], [180].
STICKS, gathered on the Sabbath day, [58].
STRAUSS, declares Mark to be a compilation from first and third gospels, [126].
STRINGFELLOW, Rev., on Paul and abolitionists, [376].
STUART, Rev. M., on the word “day” in Gen. i, [274].
STUART, Rev., on Paul and abolitionists, [376].
SUN, worship of by the Jews, [65]; standing still of, [310].
SUNNA, a Mohammedan sacred book, [9].
“SUPERNATURAL RELIGION,” on Petrine influence in Mark, [125];
fails to find trace of gospels in first century, [137];
on value of knowledge derived from supernatural sources, [159].
SUSANNAH, History of, [104].
SWORD, a curse on the non-user of, [315].
SYCHAR, not in Samaria, [279].
SYNESIUS, on the necessity of lying, [344].
SYNOPTICS, the, evidences of a common source, [129].
TABERNACLE, a tent, [63].
TALMUD, a sacred book of the Jews, [10].
TANTRAS, a Hindoo sacred book, [6].
TATIAN, gospel of, used by early churches, [35];
epistles rejected by, [157].
TAXING OF THE WORLD BY A. CaeSAR, not historical, [267].
TAYLOR, Jeremy, on submission to authority, [417].
TAYLOR, Rev., on slavery, [378].
TEMPLE, of Jerusalem, its destruction predicted, [303].
TEMPLE, Solomon’s, contradictory details of, [202]–204;
dimensions and number engaged in construction of, [264], [265].
TERTULLIAN, a founder of the Catholic Church and N. T. canon, [26];
apocryphal books cited by, [34];
classed Hebrews as apocryphal, [157].
TEXTUAL CORRUPTIONS, [163]–180.
THADDEUS, an apostle, [36].
THEODORET, says gospel of Tatian was used by early churches, [35].
THEOLOGIANS, extinguished, [291].
THEOPHILUS, his allusion to John, [118];
who was he? [126], [140].
THESSALONIANS, [152], [153], [154], [155], [156], [158], [159], [160].
THEUDAS, time of, [141], [142];
an anachronism relating to, [269].
THIRLWALL, Bishop, regarding the composition of Luke, [128].
THOMAS, gospel of, [127].
THOMPSON, Rev. W. M., on biblical wine, [398].
THREE HOLY CHILDREN, Song of, [104].
THURLOW, Lord Chancellor, on abolition, [377].
TIMOTHY, epistles to, [36], [152], [155], [156], [157], [159], [160].
TIMOTHY, circumcision of by Paul, [257].
TITUS, [152], [155], [156], [157], [160].
TOLA, a judge of Israel, [60].
TOMBS, demoniacs who came out of, [242].
TORAH, [9].
TRAMPS, the truest followers of Christ, [401].
TRANSCRIBERS, errors of, [165]–167.
TRANSLATION, a perfect one impossible, [167]ff.
TRANSLATORS, errors of, [167]–172.
TREES, see BOTANY.
TRENT, council of, [32].
TRINITY, passage supporting it a forgery, [256];
Jefferson on, [289].
TWELVE APOSTLES, gospel of, [127].
TYCHICUS, Philemon sent to, [154].
TYNDALE’S BIBLE, [43].
TYNDALL, Prof. J., on apostolic forgeries, [158];
on origin of morality, [428].
TYRANNY SUPPORTED BY THE BIBLE, [415]–418.
TYRANTS, submission to enjoined, [415].
TYRE, prophecy concerning, [295], [296].
UPANISHADS, a Hindoo sacred book, [6].
VAGRANCY, encouraged by the Bible, [399]–401.
VAN DYKE, Rev., on biblical wine, [398].
VARIATIONS, [179].
VATICAN MS., description of, [42].
VEDAS, Hindoo sacred book, [5].
VERSIONS OF JEWISH SCRIPTURES, Hebrew, Samaritan, [39];
Septuagint, [40];
of ancient Christian, Peshito, Egyptian, [40];
Ethiopia, Gothic, Italic, Vulgate, [41];
modern, Luther’s, [42];
Wicliffe’s, Tyndale’s, King James, Revised, [43];
Douay, [44];
contain different books, [172];
compared, [172]–180.
VIRTUES, Christian, Volney on, [334].
VISHNU, a Hindoo deity, [6].
VOGT, Carl, on triumph of geology, [277].
VOLKMAR, declares Mark to be Pauline, [125].
VOLNEY, on virtues, [334];
his statement of moral duties, [428].
VOWELS, absent in the Hebrew alphabet, [168].
VULGATE, description of, [40], [438].
WAITE, C. B., on parallel passages in Mark and othersynoptics, [125];
on authorship of epistles of John, [148].
WAKE, Archbishop, asserts that apostolic fathers were inspired, [37].
WALKER, Dr. A., on adultresses in the genealogy of Christ, [390].
WAR, sanctioned by the Bible, [356]–360.
WARS OF THE LORD, book of the, [65].
WATER TURNED INTO BLOOD, [286], [310]; into wine, [286], [287].
WATSON, Dr. J., frank expression of, [458].
WEBSTER, Noah, on biblical obscenity, [392].
WESLEY, John, on witchcraft, [371];
on the liberty of Christian soldiers, [389];
on the American Revolution, [416].
WESTCOTT, Canon, on Justin Martyr’s omission to quote the gospels, [114];
his admission that the writings of the Apostolic fathers do not prove the existence of the gospels, [111];
on “substance” and “form” of the synoptics, [130];
on the origin of John, [135];
on date of II. Peter, [147];
on Hebrews, [157];
on carelessness of transcribers, [167].
WHISTON, Dr., defense of apocryphal books by, [36], [91].
WHITE, A. D., on Johannine authorship of John, [135], [136].
WICLIFFE’S BIBLE, [43].
WINE, the intoxicating kind, manufactured by Christ, [397];
used by early Christians at the Lord’s Supper, [399].
WITCHCRAFT, [370]–373;
belief in affirmed by Wesley, Blackstone, and Hale, [371];
numbers put to death for, [372].
WITHERSPOON, Rev. T., on slavery, [378].
WIVES, duties prescribed by Paul, [404];
classed with chattels, [405];
captive, [406];
compelled to suffer for husbands, [407].
WIZARDS, existence of affirmed, [371].
WOMAN, creation of, [307];
injustice to, [404]–409;
wrongs inflicted on by Christianity, [407]–409;
Conway on, [407];
Gage on, [408]; her proud boast, [409].
WORSHIP, freedom of denied by the Bible, [418].
WRIGHT, Rev. W., on biblical wine, [398].
ZACHARIAH, reign of, [215].
ZACHARIAS, son of Barachias, the blood of, [122];
an anachronism, [269].
ZEBEDEE, father of John, [132].
ZECHARIAH, [89]; cited by Matthew, [90].
ZEDEKIAH, relation of to Jehoiachin, [208].
ZEND AVESTA, the Zoroastrian Bible, [8].
ZELLER, I. Peter believed to be a Pauline document by, [146].
ZOOLOGY OF THE BIBLE, [281]–283.
ZOROASTER, the Persian savior, [8].
ZUNZ, existence of Ezekiel denied by, [88].
ZWINGLE, Revelation rejected by, [36];
Luther on Bible of, [171].