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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. 1910. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Index Abraham, history of--parallels in Hammurabi, 27: his- torical character, 149-162: "Field of Abraham," 157. Adapa myth, 14 f.: intro- duced to Palestine, 26, 43. Ahab, only blamed in Old Testament, 112. Amarna period, 27. Amarna tablets, 4-43, 47. Amenophis, Pharaoh, 41. Amos, position as prophet, 211 fF.: how he became a prophet, 225. Asher, tribe of, 160: remained in Canaan, 161, 168. Asherah, symbol of Astarte, 51: symbol of Jahwe, 181. Assyria, see also Babylonia: at the time of the prophets, 206 ff. Astarte, chief deity of the Canaanites, 53. Astruc, physician-in-ordinary to Louis XIV., 71. Authentic results, what is meant by, 1-8. Authenticity of scientific re- sults, grades of, 1-8. Baal, chief deity of the Canaanites, 51: worship of, 51-56: no images of, 52 f.: influence of his worship upon Israel, 176 fF. Babylonia, supreme in Pales- tine, 26: Babylonian par- allels to the Biblical narra- tives, 9-24: Babylonian legislation in Palestine, 26-28: Babylonian myths current in Palestine, 2fi, 43: Babylonian civilisation in Palestine, 32, 42 f.: Babylonian expectation of a future Saviour, 241: Baby- lonian penitential psalms, 130, 277 ff. Balaam, the seer, 227 f.: his oracles, 244 f. Bes, Egyptian deity wor- shipped in Palestine, 52. Book of the Covenant, 28-40: authorship and date, 37- 40: relation to Hammu- rabi, 29 f. Bronze used in Palestine, 35, 48, 51. Canaan, see Palestine: the Canaanite civilisation, 50 f.: the Canaanite religion, 51 ff.: pre-Israelitic settle- ment of the land of Canaan, 54-59: influence of the Canaanitish religion on the Israelites, 176 ff.: Canaan- itish religious orgies, 180. Canticles, 126 f. Causality in Gen. i., 266. Child-sacrifice practised by the Canaanites, 54: con- demned in Israel, 181 ff. Chronic...
