BIBLE STUDIES
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ESSAYS ON PHALLIC WORSHIP AND OTHER CURIOUS RITES AND CUSTOMS
By J. M. Wheeler
"There is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean." —Paul (Romans xiv. 14).
1892.
Printed and Published By G. W. Foote
CONTENTS
PREFACE.
PHALLIC WORSHIP AMONG THE JEWS.
CIRCUMCISION.
MOSES AT THE INN
THE BRAZEN SERPENT, AND SALVATION BY SIMILARS.
RELIGION AND MAGIC.
TABOOS.
BLOOD RITES.
SCAPEGOATS.
A BIBLE BARBARITY.
BIBLE WITCHCRAFT.
SAUL'S SPIRITUALIST STANCE AT ENDOR.
SACRIFICES.
THE PASSOVER.
THE EVOLUTION OF JAHVEH.
JOSHUA AND THE SUN.
THE HEBREW PROPHETS.
OLD TESTAMENT MARRIAGE.
THE SONG OF SOLOMON.
SACRED SEVEN.
List of Illustrations
Fig. 1.—the Hindu Maha Deva, Or Linga-yoni
Fig. 2.—rural Hindu Lingam.
Fig. 3.—asherah.
Fig. 4.—from Layard, Culte de Venus, Plate I, Fig. 20, Depicts the Mystic Signs of Their Worship, and Dr. Oort* Says Of The Name Ashera, "this Word Expressed Originally a Pillar On, Or Near—not Only the Altars of Baal—but Also The Altars Of Jhvh."
Fig. 5.—the Eastern Christian Palm, on Which is Placed The Cross and Banners With the Alpha And Omega.
Fig. 6.—the Mystic Ark.
Fig. 7. Fig. 8
Fig. 9.; Fig. 10.; Fig. 11.
Fig. 12.
The Altar of Jehovah.