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Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,

That host with their banners at sunset were seen :
Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown,
That host on the morrow lay withered and strown.

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For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast,
And breathed in the face of the foe as he pass'd;
And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill,
And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still!

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THE British and Foreign Bible Society has translated the Scriptures into the following languages, for the use of the various nations who inhabit the vast empire of Russia. Sclavonian, Russian, Hebrew ancient Greek, modern Greek, German, French, Polish, Finnish, Esthonian of the dialect of Dovpat, ditto of the dialect of Revel, Litheronian, Georgian, Amenian, Samogitian, Carelian, Tcheremissian, Mondorwian, Ossetinian, Moldavian, Bulgarian, Tyrenian, Persian, Calmuc, Mongal of the Bouriales, Turkish-Tartaric, Tartaric, Tartaric of the dialect of Ovenbourg, Tartaric Hebrew; in all, 29 languages, or dialects. The translation of the Gospel is still going on in various other languages, or dialects.

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Among the precious relics of antiquity preserved in the Harleian Library is a noble exemplar of the four Gospels (No. 2788.), in capital letters of gold; which in point of antiquity (being written in the eight century) as well as elegance, greatly surpasses the Codex Aureus of the Escurial Library. In many respects this MS. may be said to vie with any other now extant: every page of the sacred text, consisting of two separate columns, is enclosed within a broad and beautifully illuminated border. The pictures of the Evangelists, with their symbolic animals, are curiously painted in the front of their respective Gospels: and the initial letter of each Gospel is richly illuminated, and so large as to fill an entire page. To the whole are prefixed the prologues, arguments, and breviaries, and two letters to Damasus, by St. Jerome,-the canons of Eusebius, his letters to Carpian, and a capitular of the Gospels for the course of the year, all of them written in small golden characters.

In the same noble collection also is deposited a MS. (No. 2821.) of the four Gospels, of St. Jerome's version, together with his prologues. &c. the canous of Eusebius, and the parallel passages, written in letters of gold in the tenth cenury. This MS. is superbly illuminated, and adorned with pictures of the following subjects, painted on purple grounds, viz. before the Gospel of St. Matthew, in a circle, are, first the representation of our Saviour, sitting as enthroned, holding in his right hand thr book of the New Law, that of the Old Law lying in his lap, with the four Evangelists in the angles kneeling ;-secondly, our Saviour standing with the Evangelist John resting his head on his bosom ;-thirdly, the portrait of St. Matthew; and fourthly, the salutation of the Virgin. Before St. Mark's Gospel are, the portrait of that Evangelist, and the salutation of the Virgin Mary. At the beginning of St. Luke's Gospel are, his portrait, and the crucifixion of our Saviour; and before the Gospel of St. John are, the picture of that Evangelist, and the ascension of our Lord.

END OF VOL. I.

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THE FIRST VOLUME.

Abilene, account of, 206.
Absalom, pillar of, 249.

Abyssinian inauguration of Kings, 304
-306

Acrostic poetry of the Hebrews, 80-
84. 370, 371.

Ahab, death of, 95, 96.

Alexander's revision of the Bible, notice
of, 46, 47.

Alexandrine Version, account of, 230
-238.

Allegory, different species of, 446.
Rules for the interpretation of, ibid.
Almanacs, Runic or Clog, account of,
146, 147.

Amos, his character as a writer, 448.
Analogy between the sons of Israel and
the 12 signs of the Zodiac, 230. note 2.
Analysis of the Holy Bible, by Talbot,
noticed, 267.

Antiochus Epiphanes persecutes the
Jews, 392, 393. 438.

Antiquities confirm Scripture facts,
471-477.

Antithetic parallel. See Poetry.
Ape. See Serpent.

Arabic Language, 366, 395.

Arabs, marriages among, 5. Hospitality

of, 289-292.

Arbela, city of, 18.

Archelaus, account of, 439, 440.

Aristeas, his account of the Septuagint,
231-233.

Artemias, city of, 18.
Ascetics, 99. note.

Asia first peopled after the deluge, 14.
Situation, extent, and boundaries,
ibid. Climate, 15. Chief countries
of, mentioned in Scripture, ibid.
Asphaltites, lake. See Dead Sea.
Assyria, geographical description of,
16. Rivers, climate, ibid. Cities
and towns, 17-19. History of, 19
-21.61-69. Government and laws,
115-117.

Assyrians, slaughter of, 65. Marriages
among, 116, 117.

Authenticity of the Old Testament,

proofs of, from internal evidence,
128-134.

Authors, (Sacred) character, style, and
composition of, 448-450.
Autograph of Ezra, account of, 134-136
Babel, confusion at, 311, 312.

VOL. J.

Babylon, destruction of, 192.
Balm of Gilead, 355, 356.
Balsam-tree, cultivated in Judæa, 355.
Banians, marriages of the, 6.
Bashan or Batanæa, 207. Oaks of,
253, 254.

Beards, indignity of cutting, in the
East, 3, 4.

Beasts of the earth, (Gen. i. 24.) 119.
Bedouin Arabs, their customs relative
to marriage, 5, 6.

Beresbith Rabba on Gen. i. 2. 27.
Bible, authenticity of, 128-134. Gene-
ral arrangement of, 446, 447. Facts of,
confirmed by Pagan antiquities, 471
-477; and by traditions, 91--94. First
printed edition of, 95. Jewish divi-
sion of, 266. Literature of, 308.
Language of, 309.360. 395.
Sale of, in the island of Cuba, 480.
Birth of Christ, 28.

Book, origin of the word, 148. Ante-
diluvian, 443.

Boothroyd, his edition of the Hebrew
Scriptures noticed, 267.

Boustrophedon,ancient mode of writing,
145-148.

Bride, purchased in the East, 4-7.
Boundaries of Palestine, 160-167.
Britons, (ancient) original manner of
writing among, 146.

Brook. See River.

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Chyniladon, account of, 67.
Church (christian), the temple of God,
386, 387.

Churning, method of, in Curdistan, 436.
Circumstantiality of the Old Testament

narratives, a proof of their authen-
ticity, 130-134.

Clarke, (Dr. A.) strictures on his ex-
position of Gen. iii. 1. 214-226.
Climate, of Assyria, 16. Of Palestine,
341-343.

Clouds, singular appearance of, in the
East, 347, 348
[236.
Codex Alexandrinus, account of, 235,
Context, importance of attending to, 451,
452.

Corn, mode of threshing, in the East,
193. 435, 436.

Corner-stone, Christ the, 386, 387.
Courtship in Guinea. 6, 7,

Coup-de-soliel, known in Palestine, 343.
Creation of the world, 24-26. Of
beasts, &c. 117-119. Of heaven and
earth, 169. Of man, 120. 221. Of
woman, 172.

Creeshna, account of his combat with

the great serpent Kali-Naga, 91–94.
Criticisms. See INDEX OF TEXTS, and
WORDS.

Crowns used in the Olympic Games, 109.
Ctesias, his history of Assyria impro-
bable, 20, 21.

Ctesiphon, city of, 18, 19.
Curds, marriages of, 6.
Cush, land of, 244, note 2.
Danes, materials used for writing,
among, 147. 148.
Daniel, his writings, 449.

David, his lamentation for Saul and
Jonathan, paraphrased, 238, 239. His
character as a writer, 448. and note 4.
Dead Sea, account of, 257, 258. Water
of, 258-260. Peculiarities of, 258
-260. Origin of, 261.
Decapolis, account of, 207.
Deserts in the Holy Land, 250-253.
Horrors of travelling in the Great
Desert of Arabia, 338-340.
Destruction of Semnacherib, 478, 479.
Deuteronomy, (book of) title, chro-
nology, author, 374, 375. Contents
and importance of, 375-377. Pre-
diction of Messiah, 377, Analysis
of, 378, 379.

Dews of Palestine, 349,

Dialects of the Old and New Testa-
ments, 364-366.

Diana, account of her temple at
Ephesus, 387. [be relied on, 20.
Diodorus, his history of Assyria not to
Diodorus, his account of the marches of
Semiramis, 461.

Dowson's

Theological Dictionaries,
notice of, 287, 288.

Eastern hospitality, 246, 289–293.
Egypt, plagues of, 186-189.
Elah, valley of, 250,

Elders, Jewish, 8. 57, 58.
Elegiac Verse, 373.

Elohim, import of the word, 21-24.
Emphases, importance of, in the Sacred
writings, 431.

Encyclopædia, Scripture, 265.308,360.
395. 442.

Epaphroditus, remarks on St. Paul's
allusion to him, 49-52.
[254.
Ephraim, mount, 212, 213. Forest of,
Epistles or letters, Oriental, 445.
Esarhaddon, account of, 66, 67.
Esdraelon, plain of, 251.
Ethiopic language, 366.
Evening, Jewish, 167, 168.
"Excellent of the earth," origin of
the expression, 389.

Exodus (book of), title, 183. Author,
184. Authenticity of, confirmed by
the testimony of Pagan writers, 42.
notes 2 and 3. Scope, 184. Predic
tions, 185, Importance of, 185.
Plagues recorded in, 186-189.
Types, 189. Analysis of, 189, 190.
Ezekiel, character of, as a writer, 449.
Ezra returns from the captivity with

part of his nation, and restores the
Theocracy, 437. Autograph of,

134-136.

Fertility of Palestine, 350-354.
Fig tree, account of, 356, 357.
Figurative language, origin of, 446.
Rules for the interpretation of, ibid.
Firmament, what, 70, 71.
Fletcher's (Rev. J.) remarks on the
excellency and diffusion of the Scrip.
tures, 327, 328.

Forests in Palestine, 253, 254.
Forgery of the Scriptures rendered im-
probable by their circumstantiality,
132, 133.

Fornication punished with excommu-
nication in the primitive church,
194-196.

Fowl, in Gen. i. 118.

Fruits of Palestine, 356-360.
Fulfilled, that it might be, import of
the phrase, 123-125.

Galilee, account of, 204. Sea of, 261
-263.

Gataker, refutation of his argument

against the existence of a triple
climax in Psal. i. 1, 272, 273,
note.

Gaulonitis, account of, 207.
Genealogy, Matthew and Luke's recon-
ciled, 467.

Genesis (book of), title, author, inspi-

ration, and chronology, 136, 137.
Scope, 137, 138. Jews forbidden to
read the beginning of this book until
they had attained the sacerdotal age
of thirty years, 139. Analysis of,
139.

Gennesareth, lake of, 261-263.
Geography, sacred, 13. 61. 115. 157.
202. 247. 341. 390.
Gideon, war-song of, 432.
Gilead, mountains of, 213.
Goat, rock, account of, 470. notes.
God forbid! impropriety of the phrase,
388, 389.

God save the king! origin and impro.
priety of the phrase, 388.

God, on the name of, 21-24.
Gospels, exemplars of, in the British
Museum, 480.

Government, of the Patriarchs, 7, 8.

Of the Israelites, a theocracy, 9-11.
54-60. By the Judges, 155–157.
By kings, 197. 301. After the Baby.
lonish captivity,-under the Asmo-
nean and Herodian princes, 438-440;
under the Roman Procurators, 440
-442.

Government of the Assyrians, 115-117.
Gradational parallel. See Poetry.
Grammar, definition of, 396.
Grammatical view of the Scriptures,
396-400.

Grapes of Palestine, extraordinary
size of, 359.

Greek Language, principal terms of,
313, 314. Of the New Testament,
363, 364.

Guinea, marriages in, 6, 7.
Hail-stone in Palestine, 345.
Harvest in Palestine, 346-348.
Harmer's Miscellaneous Works, notice
of, 382, 383,

Harper's Sermon on Christianity, notice
of, 380, 381.

Heads of tribes or families, 57-59.
Hebrew republic, form of, 56–60.
Hebraisms of the New Testament, 364.
Hebrew Language, antiquity of, 311.
Origin of its appellation, 361, 362.
and note 1. Cessation of, 362, 363. Let-
ters of, 397. Vowel-points, 398. Prin-
cipal terms of, 312, 313. Construc-
tion of sentences, 399.
Hebrew Scriptures, first printed edition

of, 95. Idioms and Pronunciation,
399. See Letters. Poetry.
Help-meet, import of the phrase, 171.
Herod the Great, account of, 438, 439.
His murder of the Innocents, 174, 175.
Hiddikel or Tigris river, 16.
Indoo house, purposes of, 246,

Hinnom, valley of, 247, 248.
Historical Books of the Old Testament,
general observations on, 415. collect-
ed from authentic records, ibid. Com-
piled by Jeremiah and Ezra, 416.
Various eras assumed in, ibid. Im-
portance and authority of, ibid.
History, of the Septuagint Version, 230
-238. Of Jerusalem, 390-394.
Holy Land, why so called, 159. See
Palestine.

Honey, procured from rocks and trees
in the East, 463–466.
[433.
Horn, worn on the head in the East,
Horne (Rev. T. H.) Introduction to the
Critical Study, &c. of the Holy Scrip-
tures, notice of, 43-45. 268.
—a mistake of, relative to the cha-
racteristics of Hebrew poetry, point-
ed out, 79. note.

Horsley, his translation of the Psalms
noticed, 190. Translation of Psalm

xxiv. 191,192. Of Isaiah xviii, 244, 245
Hosea, character of as a writer, 448.
Hospitality in the East, 246.289-293.
Idioms, Hebrew, 399.

Illustrations. See INDEX of TEXTS and
WORDS.

Illustrations of Biblical Literature, by
Townley, notice of, 286.
Incarnation, poem on the, 428.
Innocents, murder of, by Herod, 174,
Internal evidence of the authority of

[175.

the Old Testament, 128-134.
Introverted Parallel. See Poetry.
Isaiah, metrical translation of chap.
xviii. 244, 245.
[129, note.
Israelites, departure of, from Egypt,
Ituræa, account of, 207.

Jacob's Farewell Address to his children,
metrical translation of, 226-230.
Jacob's Well, account of, 264.
Jebb, (Bishop) strictures on his re-
marks on Bishop Lowth, 82, 83, 86,
87. notes. His Sacred Literature no-
ticed, 444, note 4.

Jehovah, name of, 169, 170. Known to
the heathen, 171.
Jehosaphat, valley of, 248, 249,
Jeremiah, character of his writings, 449.
Quoted by Matthew, 466, 467. The
title given to the Prophets, ibid.
Jerusalem, history of, 390-394.
Jericho, plain of, 252.

Jesus, name of, 29-31. See Christ.
Jewish Antiquities, 7, 54, 153, 197,
301, 437.

Jewish Nation, political state of, from
the Patriarchal times to the Babylo-
nish captivity, 7, 54, 153, 197, 301.
From their return from the captivity
to the subversion of their civil and

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