John E. Remsburg

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, 321ff.

ANTIOCH, disciples first called Christians at, 247.

APOCALYPSE, the, 149ff;
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, 271ff.

ATHANASIUS, Esther rejected by, 35.

AUGUSTUS CÆSAR, 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.

BENDER, Kate, 355, 356.

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.

CÆSAR, 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 IrenÆus, 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.

CANTICLES, 100, 101.

CAPTIVITY, number of Jews who came out of, 231ff.

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, 345ff;
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 9th 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 IrenÆus, 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, 243ff.

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, 51ff;
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.

ELIJAH, 82, 87.

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? 321ff.

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, 33ff;
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, 238ff.

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.

HABAKKUK, 89, 92.

HAGGAI, 89, 92.

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.

HOLINESS code, 69, 71.

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.

IRENÆUS, 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, 294ff.

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, 144ff, 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, 339ff.

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.

JOEL, 89, 91.

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.

KORAN, the, 8, 9.

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.

MALACHI, 89, 90, 91.

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.

NAHUM, 89, 92.

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.

NOBAH, time of, 60, 61.

NORTON, Prof., on supposed date of Pentateuch, 56;
his admission as to evidence of apostolic fathers, 112.

OBADIAH, 89, 92.

OBSCENITY OF THE BIBLE, 391ff;
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.

PAULINE SECTS, 27, 28.

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.

PERIZZITES, the, 62, 63.

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 CHURCHES, 27, 28.

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, 68ff;
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.

STEALING, 349, 350.

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.

SWINE, see ZOOLOGY.

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.

SYRIAC, N. T., 172, 438.

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. CÆSAR, 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, 167ff.

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.

ZEPHANIAH, 89, 92.

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.