INDEXES.

TOPICAL INDEX.

Abel, his blood-giving, 210 ff.

Abimelech, his covenant:

with Abraham, 265;

with Isaac, 267 f.

Abraham:

The friend of God, 215-221;

his blood-giving, 217-221;

his faith-testing, 224-230;

his covenant with Abimelech, 265 f.

Adoption, blood used in, 195 f.

Ahab’s fate, significance of, 312.

Altar, a table of communion, 167, 292 f.

Amulet:

house of the, 7, 65, 298;

of the covenant, 81 f., 83, 232-238.

See Phylactery: Token of covenant.

Anointing with blood:

in Central America, 90 f.;

in Arabia, 120;

in the Arthurian romance, 120 f.;

among the Bheels, 136 f.;

among the Caribs, 137 f.;

among the Central Africans, 138;

among the Chinese, 154;

among the North American Indians, 306 f.;

among the Australians, 336 f.

Antiquity of the blood-covenant, 6, 58 ff., 77 ff., 206, 320.

Ark, the, covering record of blood covenant, 298.

See Amulet, house of the.

Assiratum, its meaning, 63 ff.

Avenger of blood. See Goel.

Baal-bereeth:

god-father in circumcision, 218;

god of the covenant, 218, 317.

Banquet, connection of, with sacrifice:

in China, 148 ff.;

in India, 159 ff.;

in Babylonia and Assyria, 167;

among the Bed´ween, 179 f.;

among American Indians, 179 f.

Bed´ween Brotherhoods, 9 f.

See also Blood-covenant.

Belt:

royal, of Tahiti, 328;

wampum of American Indian, a covenant record, 326 ff.

Blood:

thicker than milk, 10;

not eaten. See Prohibition of blood.

Vivifying power of, 110 ff.;

belongs to God, 204;

symbolism of, in universal speech, 309 f.;

life-giving, in:

Mexican legend, 111 f.;

Egyptian legend, 111 f.;

Chaldean legend, 112;

Phœnician legend, 112;

Greek legend, 112;

modern science, 115 f.;

sacredness of, in:

Egypt, 99 ff.;

America, 105 ff.;

India, 109, 158 ff.;

China, 109.

See Offerings of blood.

Blood-baths:

in Egypt, 116 f., 324;

in mediæval Europe, 117 ff.;

in Scandinavia, 121 f.;

in India, 122 f.;

in Bechuana-land, 324.

Blood-covenant:

defined, 4 f.;

a primitive rite, 4, 6, 8;

its sacredness, 6 f.;

influence of, 15;

refused, 21;

recognized, 26 f.;

in Syria, 5 ff.;

in Africa, 12-38;

in Europe, 39-43;

in China, 43 f.;

in Burmah, 44, 313 f.;

in Madagascar, 44 f., 44-49;

in Borneo, 49-52;

in Timor, 53 f.;

in Yucatan, 54 f.;

in Brazil, 55;

in Scythia, 58 f., 61 f.;

in South America, 334;

in Egypt, 77-84;

traces of, in China, 153;

full symbolism of, 202 f.;

Noah’s, 213;

at Sinai, 238-240, 298;

importance commonly undervalued, 297;

a safeguard in Burmah, 315.

Blood-lickers, 11, 59.

See Drinking of Blood.

Blood-money:

in the East, 260 ff.;

refused by Gibeonites, 324 f.;

accepted:

by Arabs, 325;

by North American Indians, 325.

See Goel.

Blood-sucking, 8, 30, 43, 92, 114 f.

See Drinking of blood.

Blood-transference. See Blood-covenant; Transfusion of blood.

Book of the Dead, 78-83.

Bracelet, as symbol, 65-76.

Bread:

of Rā, 173;

covenant of, 293, 313.

Breaking the grass, 315.

Brébeuf, heart of, 127.

Brotherhoods, blood. See Blood-covenant.

Bruce, heart of, 107 f.

Burial in brotherhood, 41.

Cain, his blood withholding, 210 ff.

Cameron, Commander, making blood-friendship, 15 ff.

Cannibalism:

religious origin of, 183 f., 184;

in India, 185 f.;

in Feejee, 187;

in North America, 187 f., 308;

in Central and South America, 180 f.;

in Europe, 189 f.

Caste-distinctions lost in communion, 161 ff.

Cataline’s blood-covenant, 60 f.

(See stamp on outside cover)

Christ, his blood, fulfillment of human desire, 271-286.

Christians, charges of cannabalism against, 321.

Circumcision, a mode of blood-covenanting, 215-223, 237;

its modern methods, 218 f.

Clasped hands: a relic of the covenant, 328, 340.

See Hands.

Classics, references to blood-covenant in, 58-65, 267, 297, 312.

Communion:

through blood, 147 ff.;

in China, 148 ff.;

in Assyria, 168 f.;

divine-human, in Egypt, 172.

See Altar; Banquet; Union.

In Christ, foretold, 275-278;

instituted, 280-284;

realized, 285 f.

Covenant, between those of different religions, 7.

See Blood-covenant.

Covenant of Bread, its symbolism, 293, 313.

Cry of blood from the ground, 212.

Cutting covenant:

meaning of term, 267 f., 322;

between Jacob and Laban, 269;

in one’s own body, 322;

in substitute victim, 322;

both methods in Borneo.

Cuttings in flesh, 218;

in friendship, in Zechariah, 341.

David and Jonathan, covenanting, 269 ff.

Dead, blood-covenant with, 299.

Discerning the communion-body, 172.

Drinking of blood:

in North America, 127;

in Syria, 6;

in Central Africa, 13, 28 ff.;

in Europe, 41, 60 f.;

in Madagascar, 44, 48;

in Borneo, 49 f., 52;

in Timor, 53;

in Scythia, 59, 62, 126;

in Egypt, 83;

in India, 92 f.;

in China, 123 f.;

in France, 124;

in Italy, 124 f.;

in language of Fellaheen, 130;

among the Germans, 320;

in Persia, 321;

in Australia, 336;

charge of, against Jews, 179, 321;

charge of, against Christians, 321.

Drinking the covenant: 9, 17 f., 60, 191 f.;

in Borneo, 102;

in Feejee, 193;

in China, 196;

in Central America, 197;

in Europe, 198 ff.

Eating together, in covenant, 268 f.

Exchange:

of gifts, 14, 16, 20 f., 22, 25 f., 27 f., 32;

of garments, 14, 270;

of arms, 270.

Evolution, or deterioration, 4.

Feathers, red, their significance, 328 f.

See Red, as a symbol.

Feeding on the god: 176 f.

See Communion; Union.

Fiery cross:

its significance in Arabia, 317 f.;

in Scotland, 319 ff.

Fire, a gift of the gods, 174.

Firstborn, blood of the, 156.

—— sacrifice of:

in China, 150 f.;

in pre-Semitic times, 166.

Food restrictions removed in communion:

in India, 161 ff.;

in Assyria, 168.

Friend, closer than brother, 7 f., 10.

Friendship, blood. See Blood-covenant.

Girdle. See Belts.

Ghouls seeking life in blood, 114 f.

Giving blood:

in proof of love, 85-92;

in worship, 89-93, 96.

Goel, pursuer, not avenger, of blood, 259-263;

in Brazil, 325;

in Australia, 325 f.

Golden legend, Blood transference in, 118 ff.

Hand, bleeding, in Tunis, 342.

Hands:

joined in blood, 12, 41 f., 235 f.;

clasped, token of, 328, 340 ff.

Healths, drinking of, relic of blood-drinking, 201 f.

Heart:

sacredness of, in Egypt, 99 ff., 300 ff.;

as life, outside of the body, 103 ff., 301 f.;

sacredness of, in Greece and Rome, 108 f.;

epitome of man, 107;

the symbol of personality, 204;

new, is new life, 303;

the seat of the soul, 304;

living, in petrifactions, 305;

source of life, 99 ff.;

of strength, 135;

of manhood, 135;

of courage, 136.

Heart-eating:

among American Indians, 128;

in British Guiana, 128;

in Australia, 129;

in Africa, 129;

in Borneo, 129.

Heathen communions and the Christian sacrament, 177.

Human sacrifices. See Sacrifices, human.

Idols, anointed with blood, 176 f., 306 f.

Illustrations of blood-covenant, in Bible, 264-271.

Imprecatory oaths, 6, 9, 16, 20, 31, 45 ff., 51, 53, 60 f., 62.

Imputation, doctrine of, 221.

Incest, in marriage of blood-friends, 10, 55 f.

Influence of blood-covenant, 15, 48.

Inspiration through blood:

in Homer, 113 ff.;

in Norseland legends, 119 f.;

on Pacific coast, 140 f.;

in India, 141 f.

Isaac:

his blood proffered, 225-230;

his covenant with Abimelech, 267 f.

Isis, blood of, 81 f., 233.

Jacob, his covenant with Laban, 268 f.

Jagan-natha, communion of, 163 f.

Jews, charged with human sacrifices, 178 f., 321.

Jezebel’s fate, significance of, 312 f.

Jonathan and David, covenanting, 269 ff.

Kali, human sacrifices to, 158 f.

Khatan, one bound through bleeding, 222 f.

Krishna, communion of, 163 f.

Leprosy:

blood baths, for cure of, in Syria, 116;

in Egypt, 117, 324;

in mediæval Europe, 117.

Life: blood is, 38, 57, 79 ff., 88 f., 99, 211-215, 241-263, 299 ff., 306.

—— from divine blood:

in Egypt, 111 f.;

in Mexico, 111 f.;

in Chaldea, 112;

in Phœnicia, 112;

in Greece, 112.

Life-transference in blood-transference, 126 ff.

See Soul transference; Transfusion of blood.

Liver:

a symbol of life, 303 f.;

proposed derivations of the word, 304 f.;

symbolism of:

as a blood-cistern, 303 f.;

as seat of emotion, 304;

as congealed blood, 304 f.;

eaten, like the heart, 306.

Livingstone, Dr., making blood-friendship, 13 ff.

Mandrakes, symbolism of, 111.

Marriage, blood-drinking in, 191 ff., 332.

See Symbolic substitutes for blood; Wedding, ceremonies of.

Marriage-covenant, blood in, 192 f.

Milk-brothers, 11 f.

Moses:

his child’s circumcision, 221 ff.;

his blood-covenant at Sinai, 238 ff.

Name:

a lost, 334;

the new, 337 f.;

restitution for calling, of the dead, 335.

—— represents the life, 334 f.;

in the Society Islands, 334;

among Indians, 334 f.;

among Australians, 335 f.

Names, exchange of, 334 ff.

Nature, transference of, by blood transference: 126 ff.;

among the Caribs, 137 f.;

among the Kaffirs, 138;

among the Yarubas, 138 f.

Necklace, symbolism of, 76 f.

New covenant, Christ’s body and blood in, 299.

Noah’s blood-giving, 212 ff.

Norseland legends, 41 ff., 88 f.

Odin and Lôké, in covenant, 39 ff.

Offerings of blood:

in Egypt, 102 f.;

in America, 106 f.;

in Greece and Rome, 108 f.;

in Phœnicia, 109:

in India, 109;

in China, 109;

in Arabia, 180.

One soul in two bodies, 38, 80, 92 f., 334.

Ordeal of touch:

in the Nibelungen Lied, 143 f.;

in Denmark, 144 f.;

in Scotland, 145;

in England, 146 f.;

in America, 147.

Otaheite. See Tahiti, under Union.

Passover, substitute blood of, 231 f.

Phœnicia, blood-giving in, 89 f.

Phylacteries, the token of blood-covenant, 233-236;

and amulet, 329.

Preserving blood, as life, 88 f., 337 f.

See Life, blood is.

Prohibition of blood-drinking: 214 f.;

in the Mosaic law, 240 f.;

reason for, 312.

Prophecy, Blood as a means of, 113 ff.

Quiché god, Tohil, his terms of covenant, 174.

Rā, communion with, in Amenti, 172, 333 f.

Ransoming by blood, 324 ff. See Goel.

Record of the divine blood-covenant, 298;

of the covenant: among American Indians, 326 ff.

Red, as a symbol of blood:

in Egypt, 102 f., 173;

in China, 196;

the colour, its symbolism, 236 f.

See also, Feathers, red.

Revenger of blood. See Goel.

Ring:

symbolism of, 65-76, 330 ff.;

in Dayak divorce, 330;

of flesh, 331.

Rosetta-stone of the covenant, 267.

Russia:

customs in, 73;

blood giving in, 96.

Sacrament, Christian:

its relation to heathen communions, 177;

foreshadowed in the Old Testament, 274 f.;

instituted by Jesus, 281 ff.;

not a sacrifice, 292;

a two-fold covenant, 293.

—— of the Holy Food, 164.

Sacredness of blood:

in Egypt, 99 ff.;

in America, 105 ff.;

in India, 155.

See Offerings of blood.

Sacrifice:

as communion, in China, 149 ff.;

not necessarily expiatory, 166;

of Isaac, 224-230.

Sacrifices; Egyptian and Jewish, their resemblance, 300.

—— human:

among the Nahuas, 105 f.;

among the Mayas, 106 f.;

in India, 157 ff., 227;

in Assyria, 166 f.;

of children:

in Guatemala, 174;

in Arabia, 227;

in the Norseland, 227;

in Great Britain, 227 f.

—— human and animal, succession of:

in China, 152;

in India, 155 f.;

in the Brahmanical books, 157 f.

“Sacrificial part,” blood the, 157 f.

Saffron, symbolism of, 77, 165.

—— water:

in wedding, 332;

a substitute for blood, 195 f.

Saul, his phylacteries, 237 f.

Scarabæus, a symbol of heart, 100, 300.

Signing with blood, 93 ff.

Smoking, in inter-union, 51, 309.

Society Islands, brotherhoods in, 56 f.

Soul-transference by blood-transference, 312 f.

See Life-transference; Transfusion of blood.

Spiritual conceptions not innate, 311.

Stanley, Henry M., making blood-friendship, 18-38.

Stone, white, and new name, 337.

Stones, living, 119 f., 307 f.

Striking:

a covenant, 59, 62;

hands, in covenant, 236, 341 f.

Substitute-blood offered:

in Borneo, 52, 73;

in Egypt, 72;

in China, 148;

in South America, 177;

in Bible times, 211, 213;

at Sinai, 239-258.

See Symbolic substitutes.

Sucking-brothers, 11 f.

Symbolic substitutes for blood, 191 ff.;

the assiratum, 63 ff.;

arrack, 192;

coffee, 192;

any ordinary spirituous liquor, 193;

saffron, 194, 332;

wine and honey, 196;

chica, 197;

wine, 198 ff.;

whisky, 316.

Symbols, scriptural and ethnic, their relationship, 206.

Table-Altar:

in Assyria, 167;

in the Old Testament, 167 f.;

in the New Testament, 292 f.

Thumbs bound, in covenant, 59, 71, 331.

Token of passover covenant, 232.

See Phylacteries, the token of blood-covenant.

Touch, life by, of blood, 134 ff.

Transfusion of blood: 38 f.;

modern scientific, 115 f.;

among Egyptians, 116 f.;

among Hebrews, 116;

among Syrians, 116;

in Tasmania, 126;

a cure for insanity, 133 f.

Transmigration of souls, origin of belief in, 310.

Tree:

branch of, in the covenant, 35 ff.;

of the covenant, 53;

the fiery cross in Scotland, 317 ff.;

the war-signal in Arabia, 318.

See Tree-planting.

Tree-planting in blood-covenant:

in Borneo, 53;

in India, 165;

in Burmah, 313;

in Israel, 316;

traces of, 316 f.

Trial by blood:

in the Nibelungen Lied, 143 f.;

in Denmark, 144 f.;

in Scotland, 145;

in England, 146 f.;

in America, 147.

Turkey, blood-giving in, 85.

Types, insufficiency of, 252-258.

Uarda, citation from, 84.

Union, (divine) through blood:

in Egypt, 333 f.;

in the Norseland, 40 f.

—— (divine-human) through blood:

in Phœnicia, 89;

in Armenia, 90;

in India, 92, 156 ff.;

in Central America, 90 f., 175 f.;

in Russia, 95;

in China, 148 f.;

in Assyria, 167 f.;

in Persia, 169 f.;

in Egypt, 170 f.;

in Guatemala, 174;

in the Mosaic ritual, 242-248;

Abel’s outreaching for it, 210 ff.;

Noah’s outreaching for it, 213 ff.;

Abraham’s outreaching for it, 217-221;

universal longing for it, 272;

realised, through Christ, 273-293, 342.

—— (human) through blood:

in Syria, 5-12;

in Africa, 12-38;

in the Norseland, 41 ff.;

in Madagascar, 44-49;

in Borneo, 49-52, 73;

in Timor, 52-54;

in Yucatan, 54 f.;

in Brazil, 55;

in North America, 55 f., 339 f.;

in the South Sea Islands, 56 f.;

in Scythia, 59 f., 61 f.;

in Armenia, 59 f.;

in Arabia, 62 f.;

in Egypt, 72, 77-84;

in India, 156;

in Tahiti, 338;

in Central Africa, 338;

in Burmah, 314 f.

—— (Satanic-human) through blood:

among witches, 93 ff.;

among wonder-workers, 95.

Unity of the human race, 57, 96, 178 f.

Vampires:

seeking life in blood, 114 f.;

in the Old World and the New, 115.

Vicarious blood-absorption: 131 f.;

among the Araucanians, 131;

among the Abyssinians, 132;

among the Australians, 133.

Victim, representing a deity, 177 f., 183 f.

Vivifying power of blood. See Blood, life-giving.

Wampum-belts, a covenant record, 326.

Water-of-saffron children, 195.

Wedding, ceremonies of, 69-74.

Wine, symbolism of, 63 ff., 73.

Witchcraft, blood in, 93 ff.

Witness-heap, 62, 266.

Xolotl, rescues a lost race, 112.

Yajna, great sacrifice of, 161 ff.

Zipporah, her act of blood-giving, 222 f.

Zoroastrians, their communion, 169 f.

SCRIPTURAL INDEX.

GENESIS.

TEXTPAGE

4 : 2-5211

4 : 10, 11212

8 : 20213

9 : 3-6214

12 : 6-8268

13 : 18317

14 : 13264, 317

14 : 22235

15 : 6220

15 : 7-18322

15 : 18264

17 : 1-12322

17 : 2, 7-9, 10, 11, 13217

18 : 1317

21 : 12275

21 : 22-24265

21 : 30, 31, 33266

21 : 33317

22 : 1, 2225

22 : 15, 18230

22 : 18267

26 : 25-29268

26 : 30, 31268

28 : 18-22268

30 : 14-17111

31 : 19-36268

31 : 44-47266

31 : 44-54269

34 : 1-31218

41 : 41, 4270

49 : 11191

EXODUS.

2 : 5324

4 : 9231

4 : 20-26221, 222

7 : 17-21231

12 : 1-6231

12 : 7-10153

12 : 7-13232

13 : 3-10, 11-16233

21 : 18-27261

22 : 14-17261

24 : 1-11240

24 : 3-8298

24 : 8299

24 : 5, 6213

29 : 15-25213

33 : 11216

LEVITICUS.

1 : 1-6213

1 : 5, 11, 15249

1 : 10-12213

1 : 13, 17247

1 : 14, 15213

2 : 2, 12247

3 : 8, 26247

4 : 6, 7, 17, 18, 25, 30, 34248

4 : 13, 14247

7 : 26241

8 : 14-22249

8 : 18, 19213

9 : 8-22249

14 : 19, 20249

16 : 3-25249

16 : 14, 15248

17 : 3-6243

17 : 10-12241

17 : 11-14287

17 : 13243

17 : 14241, 309

25 : 25 ff.260

25 : 47 ff.260

27 : 1-8261

NUMBERS.

35 : 12259

35 : 19, 21, 24, 25, 27259

35 : 9-34260

36 : 30-34261

DEUTERONOMY.

6 : 4-9, 13-22234

8 : 3173

10 : 14-16256

12 : 2364

19 : 6, 12259

22 : 13-21223

27 : 9-2647

28 : 1-6847

30 : 1-6257

32 : 14191

JOSHUA.

2 : 18-20236

20 : 3, 5, 9259

JUDGES.

8 : 33218

9 : 4218

9 : 1-6317

RUTH.

1 : 14211

1 SAMUEL.

18 : 1-3270

18 : 4270

19 : 1-7270

20 : 1-13270

20 : 13-17271

2 SAMUEL.

1 : 1-16237

1 : 1075

1 : 26270

7 : 1271

9 : 1-13271

12 : 17264

14 : 11259

21 : 1-9324

1 KINGS.

18 : 26-2890

21 : 17-23313

22 : 35-38313

2 KINGS.

5 : 1-14116

9 : 30-37313

19 : 37168

2 CHRONICLES.

20 : 7216

EZRA.

4 : 2168

ESTHER.

3 : 10-1270

8 : 270

JOB.

3 : 2-946

19 : 25259

23 : 12173

PSALMS.

16 : 463

16 : 4, 5252

19 : 14259

50 : 7-17253

56 : 881

78 : 35259

PROVERBS.

3 : 1-4257

4 : 1878

4 : 23101

6 : 1236

7 : 2, 3257

11 : 15 margin236

18 : 247

22 : 24-26236

23 : 11259

27 : 9338

ECCLESIASTES.

4 : 9, 108

ISAIAH.

1 : 11-17254

25 : 6254

37 : 38168

41 : 8216

41 : 14259

43 : 14259

44 : 6, 24259

47 : 4259

48 : 17259

49 : 7, 26259

49 : 16234

49 : 18235

51 : 10259

53 : 4-6, 12286

54 : 5, 8259

59 : 20259

60 : 16259

62 : 8234

63 : 16259

65 : 11167

JEREMIAH.

7 : 21-23255

22 : 24235

31 : 11259

31 : 31-34258

34 : 18264, 322

50 : 34259

EZEKIEL.

5 : 11235

DANIEL.

12 : 7235

HOSEA.

6 : 4-7255

MALACHI.

1 : 6, 7167

ECCLESIASTICUS.

39 : 26191

50 : 15191

1 MACCABEES.

6 : 34191

MATTHEW.

4 : 4173

6 : 31, 3247

13 : 1247

25 : 2947

26 : 26-28281

27 : 33-54285

MARK.

14 : 23281

14 : 24299

15 : 22-39285

LUKE.

15 : 2270

22 : 44280

22 : 14, 15, 19, 20281

23 : 33-47285

JOHN.

1 : 1-14274

4 : 34173

5 : 26290

6 : 51, 55285

6 : 53, 54299

6 : 53-58276

6 : 60, 63277

6 : 60278

8 : 31, 32173

10 : 10, 18285

13 : 1280

15 : 4-7283

15 : 137, 229, 285

15 : 13-15282

16 : 13173

17 : 1-24284

17 : 19173

19 : 17-37285

20 : 31288

ACTS.

15 : 2-29215

21 : 18-25215

ROMANS.

1 : 18-23311

2 : 26-29257

4 : 3220

4 : 11, 12257

5 : 8-12289

5 : 12-21245

6 : 4-642

6 : 23242, 286

8 : 22272

8 : 32273

12 : 5342

1 CORINTHIANS.

6 : 15342

10 : 14-17293

10 : 21168

11 : 29164

11 : 25281

12 : 27342

13 : 11336

2 CORINTHIANS.

5 : 17288, 336

GALATIANS.

2 : 20289

3 : 6220

3 : 6-9, 16, 29278

3 : 7-9257

3 : 28, 29291

4 : 5195

6 : 17218

EPHESIANS.

1 : 7288

2 : 11-16290

4 : 24336

5 : 30342

PHILIPPIANS.

3 : 3257

COLOSSIANS.

1 : 19, 20290

2 : 9-11291

2 : 1242

2 : 17258

3 : 3288

3 : 9, 10336

2 TIMOTHY.

1 : 10284

HEBREWS.

1 : 1-3274

1 : 14-16278

2 : 14-16274

6 : 13235

9 : 8252

9 : 16, 17284

9 : 19239

9 : 20298

9 : 24-28292

10 : 1-4272

10 : 4252

10 : 5-9275

10 : 10, 14-22, 28, 29292

11 : 4211

11 : 17-19229

11 : 18275

12 : 24212

13 : 20243, 273

13 : 20, 21293

JAMES.

2 : 21-23230

2 : 23216, 220, 221

1 PETER.

1 : 20275

2 : 2-5307

2 : 1745

3 : 18286

2 PETER.

1 : 4289

1 JOHN.

1 : 7288

5 : 11, 12286

5 : 13, 20288

REVELATION.

1 : 5288

6 : 10212

7 : 3154

9 : 4154

13 : 8275

13 : 16154

14 : 1154

20 : 4154

22 : 4154

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“This is one of the noblest historical monographs that we have, and in some respects surpasses all other books of the kind.... The reader will find this work of our American divine deeply engrossing; combining, in fact, many kinds of interest not often meeting in one volume. We have a fine historical insight running through all the ages; a keen appreciation of the difficulties of the exodus, an intelligent attempt to settle them; an intense enthusiasm for the biblical history as such, and the dramatic skill of a modern traveler.... It is a book which our young Hebraists and students of the Old Testament should read over and over again.”

From Professor A. H. Sayce, of Oxford University.

“It is one of the most ‘thorough’ books I have ever come across. Among other points proved by you, your identification of the desert of Shur is perhaps the neatest and most important.”

From Professor Dr. Franz Delitzsch, of Leipzig University.

“As an apple of Tantalus, your splendid work concerning Kadesh-Barnea sways above me. I am not yet filled with it; ... but it is unbearable that I should longer refrain from thanking you.... It is a great service that you, following the lead of the sainted Palmer, have made Ên Kudeîs the object of your investigation.... My commentary on Genesis is out of print.... Would that I could yet once more work over this commentary.... Then I would have an opportunity to show my thankful appreciation of your work.”

From Dr. Hermann Guthe (Secretary of the German Palestine Society) in the Theologische Literatur-Zeitung, of Leipzig.

“Trumbull appears to me to be specially felicitous in his determination of the three roads leading out from Egypt to the East, which are of great importance for the general history of the further East.... The happy result of his journey is very gratifying, and we have to thank his diligent studies for a valuable contribution to biblical geography.”

From Professor C. A. Briggs (of Union Theological Seminary) in The Presbyterian Review.

“This is the most important work upon the geography of the Holy Land produced in America since the Biblical Researches of Edward Robinson.... Dr. Trumbull ... has established the site of Kadesh-Barnea so thoroughly, and so fortified his conclusions on every hand, that we believe no one will hereafter think of questioning them.... The book is written in an interesting and fervent style. The author grapples with his reader. His enthusiasm is contagious. The critic has to take care and stand firm lest he be swept off his feet. We thank Dr. Trumbull for his labor of love and enthusiasm. He has done honor to American pluck and indefatigable research. We are proud of the book and the man.”

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