terpretation of Scripture, 166.
Jude, Epistle of, 455. Judges, powers of, 247. Judges, Book of, 375.
Judicature, Jewish Courts of, 258 -261. Roman Courts of, 261 -263.
Judith, Book of, 410. Justice, Seat of, 258.
KARKAPHEMIAN Version, 96. Kindred Languages, and their use, 88-90.
Kings (Israelitish) powers and revenues of, 247-250. Du- ration of the monarchies of Is- rael and Judah, 251. Kings, two Books of, 378, 379.
LAKES of the Holy Land, 236, 237. Languages (Original) of Scrip-
ture, account of, 85-88.; use of the analogy of, 158-160. Latin Versions Antient, 98. Modern, 100-109. Latinisms, 88.
Laws, Promulgation of, 250. Laws of Moses, Observations on the, 372-374.
Legal Proceedings, 258–261. Leprosy, 327.
Letters, form of, in Manuscripts, 114, 115.
Levites, account of, 304, 305. Leviticus, Book of, 369. Libertines, 303.
Literal Sense, what, 136. Lots, Feast of, 320. Luke (St.), Gospel of, 418, 419. Acts of the Apostles written by him, 422.
MACCABEES, state of the Jews under, 253.; Apocryphal books of, 413, 414. Magistrates, crimes against, 266. Malachi, Book of, 408, 409. Malice, crimes of, 268.
Manasses, apocryphal prayer of,
Manslaughter, 268.
Manstealing, punishment of, 267. Manuscripts (Hebrew) of the Old Testament, account of, 110- 113. Of the Samaritan Penta- teuch, 113. Observations on Greek Manuscripts, 114, 115. Manuscripts of the Old and New Testaments, 116-119. Mark (St.), Gospel of, 418. Marriage customs of the Jews, 338-340.
Masora, notice of, 121. Matthew (St.), Account of, and of his gospel, 416-418. Meaning of words, how to be ascertained, 135, 136. 141- 143.
Measures, table of, 460, 461. Meat Offerings, 313. Medicine, state of, among the Jews, 363.
Messiah, Table of Prophecies concerning, 512-520. Ob- servations on the accomplish- ment of those prophecies, 202, 203.
Metaphors, interpretation of, 181, 182.
Metonymy, nature of, 178. In- terpretation of Metonymies,ibid. 179-181.
Micah, Book of, 399.
Military Affairs of the Jews and other Nations, 282-287. Military Schools, 285. Military Sports, 359. Ministers of the temple, 304-
Miracle, defined, 29. Evidence of, 30. Design, 31. Credi- bility, 32-34. Criteria of, 35. Examination of some of the Old Testament Miracles, 36.; and of the New Testament Miracles, 37-41.; particularly of Christ's Resurrection, 41- 44. Comparison of Scripture Miracles with those ascribed to Heathens, 45.
Misna, notice of, 164.
Mohammedism, prevalence of, no objection to prophecy, 56. Money, tables of, 461. Months of the Jews, 275. Moral Parts of Scripture, Inter-
pretation of, 206-208. Moral Sense of Scripture, 138,
Moralityof the patriarchal religion, 59. Of the Jewish code, 60. Of the Gospel, 65, 64. Ob. jections of Unbelievers to the Morality of the Bible refuted. 65-73. Moses, Credibility of, as a writer,
12, 13. Summary of the Doc- trine and Morals taught by him, 59-61. Observations on the Laws of Moses, 372-374. Mountains of Palestine, 238- 241.
Murder, punishment of, 267. Music of the Jews, 354. Mystical Sense of Scripture, 137. Rules for the Mystical Inter- pretation of Scripture, 193- 195.
NAHUM, Book of, 400. Nazareate, vow of, 323. Nazarites, 308. 323. Neder, or Vow of Dedication, 323.
Nehemiah, Book of, 382. New Moon, feast of, 287. New Testament, Genuineness and Authenticity of, 7-9. Its un- corrupted Preservation, 10, 11. Credibility, 13-16. Confirmed by profane Writers, 22-24. ; and by antient Coins, Medals, and Marbles, 24-28. Why written in Greek, 86. Account of its style and idioms, 87, 88. Origin of chapters and verses in, 123. Analyses of the se- veral Books of, 416-459. Table of their dates, 462. Edi- tions of the Greek Testament, 475-477.
Numbers, Book of, 370.
Obadiah, Book of, 405. Oblations,ordinary, voluntary,and prescribed, 313, 314. Old Age, laws concerning, 281. Old Testament, Genuineness and Authenticity of, 4-6. Its un- corrupted Preservation, 9, 10. Its Credibility, 12. Confirmed by natural and Civil History, 17-22.; and by Antient Coins, &c. 25. Divisions of, 119- 122. Analyses of the several Books of, 367-409. See Ma- nuscripts, Versions. Olympic Games, allusions to, 360, 361.
Oracles, heathen, difference be- tween, and the predictions of the Scriptures, 46. Oratories of the Jews, 399. Origen's Biblical Labours, notice of, 93.
PALESTINO Syriac version, 96. Palestine, 220. Fertility of, 21.
Parables, nature of, 184. Inter- pretation of, 185, 186. Parabolic sense, 137, 138. Parallel Passages, use of, for interpreting Scripture, 144- 147.
Parallelism, nature of, especially the poetical parallelism, 189- 193.
Parents, crimes against, 267. Parentheses, importance of, 154. Passover, Feast of, 317, 318. Patriarchal Religion, summary of, 59. Government, 246. Paul (St.), brief account of, 424, 425. Analysis of his Epistles, 426-442.
Peace Offerings, 311. Pentateuch, genuineness and au- thenticity of, 5, 6. Observ-
ations on, 367. Manuscripts of the Samaritan Pentateuch, 113, 114. Analysis of the several Books of, 368–372. Pentecost, feast of, 318.
Persian Version, 97. Peschito, or old Syriac Version, 95, 96.
Peter (St.), first Epistle of, 445- 447. Second Epistle of, 447. Pharisees, sect of, 330. Philemon, Epistle to, 440. Philip, the Tetrarch, 254. Philippians, Epistle to, 434. Philo-Judæus, notice of, 165. Philoxenian, Syriac Version, 96. Pilate, account of, 256.
Plains of the Holy Land, 243. Poetry of the Hebrews, nature of, 189-193. 353. Analyses of the poetical books, 383-390. Political Antiquities of the Jews, 246-287.
Polyglott Bibles, editions of, 478. Poor, laws concerning, 281, 282. Practical reading of Scripture,
50. Prophecies directly a nouncing the Messiah, 54. Pr phecies by Jesus Christ and his apostles, 53. Objections to pro- phecy refuted, 54-57. Rules for ascertaining the sense of the prophetic writings, 198-200. On the accomplishment of Scripture prophecy, 200—202. Particularly respecting the Mes- siah, 202, 203. Table of the principal prophecies relative to the Messiah, 512-520. Proselytes, 303.
Proseuchæ or Oratories of the Jews, 299.
Proverbs of Scripture, interpret- ation of, 186, 187.
Proverbs, Book of, 387, 388. Psalms, Book of, 385, 386.
Table of, according to their subjects, 463, 464. Publicans, 278, 279. Punctuation of the New Testa- ment, 123.
Punishments mentioned in Scrip- ture, 269-273.
Purifications of the Jews, 326— 328.
Purim, Feast of, 320.
Romans, Epistle to, analysis of, 428-430.
Rulers of the Synagogue, 300. Rural and Domestic Economy of the Jews, 346-350. Ruth, Book of, 376.
SABBATH, how solemnised, 315, 316.
Sabbatical Year, 320, 321. Sacred Obligations and Duties, 322-328.
Sacred Persons, 302-309. Sacred Places, 288-302. Sacred Things, 310-314. Sacred Times and Seasons, 315— 321.
Sacrifices of the Jews, 310-313. Sadducees, sect of, 329. Salutations, form of, 343, 344. Sanhedrin, powers of, 259. Samaritans and Samaritan Penta-
teuch, account of, 113, 114. Samuel, Two Books of, 376,377. Scholia, use of, for ascertaining the sense of Scripture, 150, 151.
Sciences of the Jews, 350-355. Sclavonic Version, 99. Scope defined, 156. ascertaining it, 157.
Scourging, 269.
Scribes, 259. 331.
Scriptures, genuineness and au- thenticity of, 4-9. Their un- corrupted Preservation, 9-11. Credibility, 12-28. Inspira- tion, 28, 29. External proofs
Seasons of the Holy Land, 231- 233.
Sects of the Jews, 329-332. Seed-time, 232.
Selah, import of, 386. Self-Interdiction, vows of, 323. Sense of Scripture, 136-141. Means of ascertaining it, 141 -174.
Sentences, pronunciation and ex- ecution of 260 262. Septuagint Version, history of, 92
-94. Editions of, 478,479. Shew-bread, Table of, 296, 297.
Sin Offerings, 269. 11.
Slaves, condition of, 340-343. Slaying with the sword, 270. Soldiers, Jewish, 285. Roman, 286.
Solomon, Proverbs of, 387, 388.
Apocryphal Book of, 411.
Song of Solomon, analysis of, 389, 390.
Song of the three Children, 413. Spiritual Interpretation of Scrip- ture, 193-195.
Spiritual Sense of Scripture, 137. Stoning, 271.
Strangers, laws concerning, 280. Subject Matter, Study, and Use of, 155, 156.
Subscriptions to Books of New Testament, 123.
Susanna, apocryphal Book of,
Symmachus, Greek Version of,
Synagogues of the Jews, and the mode of worship there, 300- 302. Representation of a Sy- nagogue Roll of the Penta- teuch, 110. Description of it, ibid.
of: 95. - Miracles, 29–45. And Prophecy, 45—57. Internal Evidences of, 58-79. Ina- bility to answer all objections, no just cause for rejecting them, 80. Moral Qualifications for reading them, 83. Literary His- tory and Criticism of, 85-134. Interpretation of Scripture, 135 -213. Practical Reading of Scripture, 213-217. Table of Select Chapters of, 463-473. Select List of Books facilitating the study of, 474-507. Seas of the Holy Land, 236, 237.
Synecdoche, 187. Syriac Language, 89. Syriac Versions, 95-97. Syro.Estrangelo version, 96.
TABERNACLE, account of, 288- 291.
Tabernacles, feast of, 318.
Talmud, notice of, 164. Targums, notice of, 91, 92. Temple of Jerusalem; the first, 294. The second, 295-297. Its ministers, 304-307. Temple, Heliopolitan, 298. Temple on Mount Gerizim, ibid. Testament. See Old and New Testament.
Testimony, human, value of, 32
Theatrical Performances, allusions
to, in the New Test., 359, 360. Theft, punishment of, 266, 267. Theocracy, 246.
Theodotion, Greek Version of, 95. Thessalonians, first Epistle to,
435. Second Epistle to, 436. Time, computation of, 273-277. Timothy, first Epistle to, 436-
438. Second Epistle to, 438. Tithes, 314.
Titles of the Books of New Tes- tament, 123.
Titus, Epistle to, 439.
(Emperor), triumphal arch
Tobit, Book of, 410. Travelling, 346.
Treaties, how made, 279.
Trespass Offerings, 269. 311, 312. Tribunals, judicial, 268, 269. Trials, 259, 260.
Tributes and Taxes, 278-280. Triumph, Roman, 287. Tropes and Figures, Interpret- ation of, 175-178. Trumpets, feast of, 319. Types, interpretation of, 195- 197.
Typical Sense of Scripture, 187.
UNBELIEVERS, Objections of, to doctrines and moral precepts of the Bible refuted, 65-73. Unbloody Sacrifices, 313. Unclean, who were deemed so,
Usus Loquendi, defined, 141.; subsidiary means for ascertain- ing it, 143-174.
VALLIES of Palestine, 242. Various Readings, Origin and Nature of, 124, 125. Vatican Manuscript, 118. Verses, origin of, 123. Versions, Antient, of the Scrip- tures, 90. Chaldee, 91, Greek, 92-95. Oriental, 95-97. Western, 98, 99. Use of Antient Versions, 148-150. Modern Versions, 99. Mo- dern Latin Versions, 100-102. Editions of Versions, 478- 480. Tables of Versions in the Modern Languages of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, 103 -105. Account of English Versions, 106-109. Vows, different kinds of, 314. 322 -324.
Vulgate Latin Version, 98.
WARS, how conducted, 282, 283. Watches, a division of time, 274. Weeks, 274, 275.
Weights and Measures, table of, 460, 461.
Wells, remarkable notice of, 238. Wilderness of Palestine, 244. Winter, in the Holy Land, 232. Wisdom of Solomon, apocryphal
Book of, 411.; and of Jesus the Son of Sirach, ibid. Woods in Palestine, 244. Words, Rules for investigating the meaning of, 141-143. Writing, art of, among the Jews,
YEARS, sacred and civil, of the Jews, 275, 276.
ZEALOTS, 332.
Zechariah, Book of, 408.
Zephaniah, Book of, 400.
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