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].