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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1870. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Abarbanel, E. Isaac, it. 385. Aben Ezra, ii. 163, 384. Abraham, the accounts of tbe twofold denial of bis wife consistent, i. 117. Abu Baracat, ii. 279. Abu Said, ii. 279. Accents, the Masoretic system of, ii. 209. "Acts, the, of Uzziah," ii. 72. Agag, i. 192. Agur, i. 477, 478. Ahashverosh, ii. 121, 125. Aids to the study of the text of the Old Testament, ii. 180-182. Alexandrian Canon of the Old Testament, ii. 340. Alexandrian version. See Septuagint. Alexandrian and Hellenistic Jews, their bermeneutical treatment of the Old Testament, ii. 386. Allegorical exposition among the Hellen- istic and Alexandrian Jews, ii. 386, 3S7, 3S8. Alphabetical Psalms, the, i. 446, 447. Alting, Jacob, ii. 170. Amos, the prophet, i. 384, 385. Amos, the book of, commentaries on, 384; contents of, 387-3S9. Angelology, the, of the book of Daniel, ii. 38. Anglo-Saxon translation of the Vulgate, the, ii. 293. Antiochus Epiphanes, and the heathen kings of Daniel, their different attitude towards Israel, ii. 39, 40. Antwerp Polyglot, the, ii. 323. Apocalyptic character of the prophecies of Daniel, ii. 34. Apocrypha, the, not received into tbe Palestinian Canon, ii. 337, etc.; often quoted by the most ancient Fathers as they quote tbe canonical Scripture, 350, 351; some of the books of, included in catalogues of the Canon, 353, 354; the reading of, forbidden by the Greek Church, 355, 359; not received by the ancient Syrian Church, and not in- cluded in the Peshito, 355, 300; received by the Latin Church, 360; yet some learned Fathers continued to exclude it from the Canon, 360, 301; the distinction between, and the cano- nical Scriptures gradually obscured in the West, 300, 304-30G; rejected by the Protestant Church, 366, etc.; all the books of, included in the Vulgate, recei...
