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INDEX IV.

GENERAL INDEX OF MATTERS.

Abarbanel, Commentary of, when
composed, 462. Its character, 462
-464.
Abulpharagius, Gregory, account of
him and of his writings, 518 s.
Why the time when he lived was
peculiarly interesting, 519. The
valuable libraries from which he
obtained the materials of his His-
tory, ib. The three parts of which
it consists, 518. His assertion, in
regard to the Syriac Version of the
Old Testament, 505. When and
why he composed an abridgment
of his History, in Arabic, ib. The
time occupied in making this
abridgment, ib. The manuscript
copy of the original work, in the
Vatican, used by Asseman, 519.
Why a copy of it for the Universi-
ty of Göttingen, proposed by Ba-
ron von Münchhaussen, was not
obtained, 519, 520. The printing
of the entire work proposed by
Prof. Bruns, 520. Where he made
his MS. copy of the work, ib. (See
Bruns.) Edw. Pococke's edition
of the Arabic abridgment, 518.
Sce Pococke.

Eneas, landing of, in Italy, 159 s.
Aeons, of the Gnostics, writers who

treat of them, 354.

heretics, and why, 289. Case of,
considered, 349.
Alexandrian Christians, their admira-
tion of the Apocrypha, 31. 33.
Alexandrian Version; See Septua-
gint.

Amos, his prophecy ix. 11 s. consider-
ed, 199. 200. See Minor Prophets.
Angels, ministry of, 268. Whether
they were worshipped by the Es-
senes, 355. 356.
Antiochus Epiphanes, his intolerant
edict, 41.
Apamaca, 167.
Apocalypse, difference of its style
from that of the other writings of
St. John, 373.
Apocalypse of Elijah, cited by St.
Paul, 31.

Apocrypha, when added to the Greek
Bible, 32 Some of them, in a
translation, very early in the hands
of the Egyptian Jews, 48. Why
translated into Latin at an early
period, 33
Cited by St. Paul, 31.
Not cited by Philo, 59. What
books are to be so called, in the
opinion of Josephus, 75. Not al-
lowed to be read in public, 35.
Canonical authority attributed to
them by Councils, 33.
Apocryphal, meaning of, 35 s.

Alexander, not to be classed among Apostles, make a distinction between

Canonical and Apocryphal writ-
ings, 32. Unlearned men, 389.
Apostolic Fathers, and the Apostles
and Ecclesiastical Writers, repre-
sented as making no distinction
between various pseudepigraphs,
and the canonical books of the O.
T., 31.

Aquila, character of his Version of
Isaiah, 411 s.

Arabic Language, the vernacular lan-
guage of some Jews under the Sa-
racens, 486. Compared with the
Hebrew, 493. Its illustrations of
Hebrew, fewer than those derived
from the Syriac, 495. Used in il-
lustrating the Greek of the New
Testament, 498.

Versions, why useful, 510.
Necessary at an early date, ib.
Versions of the Psalms, notice
of, 509.

Version of the Prophets, in the
London and Paris Polyglots, found-
ed on the Alexandrian, 439.

Version of Job, made from

the Syriac, 509.

434.
tions,

Version of Saadias, notice of,
Follows Jewish interpreta-
433. Its characteristics,

434 ss.
Aramaean Language, when spoken
by Jews, as their vernacular lan-
guage, 495. Spoken by Christ and
the Apostles, 497. Nearly allied to
Hebrew, 493. Its influence on
Hebrew, 495.
Aristeas, his account of the Septua-
gint Version, 47 s. See Septua-
gint.

Arnold, his opinion respecting the
Gnostics, 278.

Artaxerxes Longimanus, why Jose-

phus closes the Canon of the O.
T. with his reign, 68.

Asseman, J. S., his Oriental Library
commended, 487, 516. 521.

tyrs valuable, 516. His translation
of Ephrem censured, ib.
Assumption of Moses cited by St.
Jude, 31.

Augusti, J. C. W., character of his
Handbuch des A. T., 474.. Of his
translation of Isaiah, 476.
Augustine, character of his Doctrina
Christiana, 7.

Aurivillius, character of, as an inter-
preter of Isaiah, 479.
Authenticity, of the Books of the Old
Testament, 21 ss. Evidences of it,
24 s.

Bambyce; See Mabog.

Barhebraeus, Gregory, see Abulphara-
gius.

Baruch, held a place in the Canon of
Origen, 88.

Buer, G. C., notice of his Scholia,
474.

Bava Bathra, see Talmud.
Bayle, blunders of, relative to Bo-
chart, 122 149.

Bible, Introductions to; See Intro-
ductions.

Versions of; See Arabic, Sy-
riac, &c.

ib.

Polyglot: See Polyglot.
Bochart, his birth, 110. Ancestry,
Education 10 ss. Character,
140. Acquirements, 141. Person,
139. Controversy with De la
Barre, 130 s. Correspondence
with Morley, 121 s. Dispute with
Veron, 115 ss. Journey to Swe-
den, 124. Visit to England, 113.
Settles at Caen, 114. Publishes
his Sacred Geography, 119 s. In-
vited to Leyden, 121. Sermons
on Genesis, 118 s. Minor Writ-
ings, 136, 158 ss. Plan of a Scrip
ture Natural History, 158. Merits
as a writer, 160 ss. Difficulties
caused by the death and removal
of his colleagues, 132 s. His death,
137 s.

S. E., his Acts of the Mar- Bomberg, Daniel, first introduced the

present division of the Books of
Scripture, in his edition of the
Hebrew Bible, 88.
Bossuet, suppresses Simon's History
of the Old Testament, 9.
Bourdelat, physician to Christina,
Queen of Sweden, 125 s.
Brucker, his theory in regard to the
Gnostics, 279 His definition of
their Eong, 354

Bruns, his discovery of the Chronicle
of Barhebraeus in the Oxford Li-
brary, 520. His publication of a
specimen of it, ib. And proposed
edition of the entire work, ib
Brynacus, corrects errors of Bochart,
167.

Büsching, his use of Syriac works in
his Des ription of Asia, 525. His
Geography translated into English,

ib

Caen, literary society and academy
of, 129.

Calmet, notice of his Commentary,
472.

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ducees and Samaritans, 60 s That
of the Therapeutae, ib. The Epistle
of Jeremiah never a part of it, 89.
See Josephus, Origen, Melito, Philo.
Canonical, meaning of the word, 34.
The same as inspired, 35.
Carpzov, character of his Introduction
to the Old Testament, 10.
Castell, his Hebrew Lexicon the best
extant, 491. His Chaldee Lexicon,
when and where published, 532.
Aided in its execution by Bishop
Beveridge, ib. See Michaelis, J. D.
Celene or Apamaea, 167.
Cellarius, his views more correct than

those of Bochart, 524. Less valued
than Bochart, in Germany, ib.
Chaldaisms, ahound in Jeremiah and
Ezechiel, 21.

Chaldee Language, our reading in it
limited, 489. When the authors,
extant in it, wrote, ib. How foreign
words were introduced into it, ib.
More used than Syriac, in illustra-
ting Hebrew, 485.

130.

Chrestomathies, Syriac, notices of the
best, 532 s.

Calvin, character of his Commentary Charenton, decree of the Synod of,
on Isaiah, 466 s.
Canon, the acceptation of the word
among early Ecclesiastical Writers,
34 s. 37 Consequences resulting
from its unsettled meaning, 37.
Why the word ought not to have
been used in reference to the O.
T., 36. Determination of its mean-
ing, 38 s. Closed by the Jews un-
der Artaxerxes Longimanus, 68.
Of what it consisted in the time of
Christ and the Apostles, 95 Settied
after the Babylonian Captivity,
96 Contains the books of our pre-
sent Bibles, 96 The Jews of Egypt
are sources of information concern-
it, 42 s The Jews of Palestine
also, 60 ss. Of the Egyptian and
Palestine Canon in general, 39 s.
Are one and the same, 41 ss.
Whence this results, 42. The Ca-
non of Philo. 59. That of the Sad-

Christ, his sufferings before he enter-
ed on his kingdom, much insisted
on by himself and his apostles, 176
-178. In what respect he suc-
ceeded to David's place, 198. His
proof of the Resurrection, 62. His
discourse on pride and offending,
502. The passage of Isaiah xxv.
6-8. interpreted of him, 513 s.
His vernacular language, 497. See
Chur h of Christ.
Christians; See Egyptian.
Chronicles, the two books were only
one at first, 87. Closed the Canon
of the O. T., 70. They are not
mentioned by Philo, 58. No di-
rect quotation from them in the
N. T., 102. Are used by Josephus,
80. Are found in the Canon of

Of

Melito,, 84. Of Origen, 87.
Jerome, 91. And of the Talmud,
94.

Church of Christ, its nature and pro-
gress, 235.

Citations, see Quotations.

Clement of Alexandria, his testimony
as to the period when the Gnostic
heresy prevailed, 282. Thoroughly
skilled in Oriental learning, 283.
Character given to him by Euse-
bius, 305. His silence respecting
the Oriental philosophy, ib.
Clement of Rome, cites the spurious
Ezechiel, 31.

Cocceius, character of, as a critic, 469.
491. His Hebrew Lexicon next
in value to that of Castell, 491.
His translation of Isaiah, 1. 22. ib.
Colossians, Epistle to, scope and
meaning of the first two chapters of,
322-344.

Conjecture, Bochart charged with an
excess in the use of it, 164. J. D.
Michaelis' conjectural reading of
Deut. VIII. 3. 16. And of Isaiah
XXV. 7. 512 s.

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David, the epithets applied to him by
Philo, 56 s. Inferiority of his go-
vernment to that of Christ, 201.
De Dieu, Louis, character of his me-
thod of exposition, 467 s.
Death, differently depicted by diffe-
rent nations, 498 See Taste of
Death

Dereser, notice of his translation of
Isaiah 477.

Descent, of Christ into hell, Bochart
on, 160. 168.
Deuteronomy, the

epithet applied to
it by Philo, 55. See Moses.
Diffusiveness, Bochart not to be charg-
ed with, 160.

Döderlein, J C., notice of his Latin

Version of Isaiah, 477.

Eastern, what nations were so called
by the Hebrews, 278.

Context, use of, in interpretation of Eßgalwv Biß, what is to be under-
Parables, 241.

stood by the phrase, 73.

Critici Sacri, comparison between it Ecclesiastes, not cited by Josephus nor

and Poole's Synopsis, 468

Criticism, of the O. and N. Testament,
how divided, 4. Questions relat-
ing to the Old Testament brought
into view by Higher Criticism, 11.
Questions relating to the New Test,
13 The use of Higher Criticism,
26 s.

Cyril of Alexandria, character of his
Commentary on Isaiah, 449. Year
of his death, ib

Daniel, his Book originally in sepa-
rate treatises, 26. And in different
dialects, ib. The Jews have diffe-
rent opinions of its value and au-
thority, 30. Not mentioned by
Philo, 58. No direct quotation
from it in the N. T.. 102. In the

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Philo, 59. 81 But by Melito, Ori-
gen and Jerome, 84. 87.91
Ecclesiastical History, receives im-
portant accessions from Syriac li.
terature, 521.

Edessa, Jacob of, see Jacob.
Egyptian Christians, their opinions
on the Canon, 46.

Jews, held the Apocrypha
in no repute, 46. Had the same
Canon as the Palestine Jews, 41 ss.
See Canon.

Eichhorn, opinion of, as to the period

when Jonathan Ben Uzziel lived,
413. His theory in regard to the
writings of Isaiah, 476. His Trea-
tise on the Canon of the O. T., 17
-104. Account of its first publi-

cation, 19. Four editions of his
Introduction, ib. His opinion on
the use of the Paragogic Nun of
the Preterit, 494.

Eleazar, whether he sent to Egypt a

Hebrew MS. for forming the Sep-
tuagint Version, 47.

Enock, Books of, cited by St. Jude,

31.

Episcopacy, Bochart's letter on, 122.
Epistle of Aristeas; See Septuagint.

Jerome, 91. And of the Talmud,
94. The Syriac Version accords
with the Greek more frequently in
this, than in the other books of the
O. T., 506.

Ezra, not cited in the New Testament,
64, 102. Cited by Philo, 55. Used
by Josephus, 80. In the Canon of
Melito, 84. Of Origen, 87. Of
Jerome, 91. And of the Talmud,
94.

216 ss.

Classification of, 219 s.
Nature of, 223.. Use of, proper,
219. 221. Utility of, 232 s.
Fathers, after Origen's time, until the

Ephrem Syrus, when, where, and by Fables, how different from parables,
whom his Works were published,
516. 487. S. E. Asseman's Latin
translation of them censured, 516.
Commended in lofty terms by
Greeks, Latins, Copts and Arme-
pians, 527. Entitled by the Sy-
rians Master of the World, ib. His
mode of interpretation illustrated
by examples, 527 s. Comments
on the Syriac Version, and not on
the original text, 527. Character
as a Commentator, 527. 454 s.
Character of his Commentary on
the Syriac Version of Isaiah, 454 s.
Quotes Rev. of St. John, 523.
Essenes, had sacred books, 60. Whe-
ther they worshipped angels, 335 s.
Esther, is not held in the same repute
by all Jews, 30.

fifth century, almost entirely igno-
rant of the Hebrew text, 446 s.
Their opinion on the number of
the Books of the O. T., 70 s. And
on the sacred books of the Saddu-
cees,
pha, 31.
Firmilian, testimony of, as to the
date of the Gnostic heresy, 286 s.
Forerius, notice of his Commentary
on Isaiah, 467.

60 s. And on the Apocry-

Fox and Grapes, fable of, 227.
Franciscan Friar, anecdote of, 133.
Future Paragogic, more common in
Arabic than in Hebrew, 493.

Ethiopians, their division of the books Gabriel Sionița; see Sionita.
of the Old Testament 89.
Etymological interpretation, Bochart's
overweening attachment to, 165.
Eunapius, what he means by Chal-
daic philosophy, 310 s.
Eusebius, his Ὑπομνήματα εἰς Ἡσαΐαν

first published by Montfauçon, 447.
Character of this work, 447-449.
Exodus, the epithet applied to it by
Philo, 55.

Ezechiel, abounds in Chaldaisms, 21.

Not certainly included in the Canon
of Philo, 59. Not cited in the N.
T., 102. Found in the Canon of
Josephus, 71. 77. And of Melito,
84. And of Origen, 87. And of

Gamaliel, Rabbi, his proof of the re-
surrection of the dead, 62.
Gems, of Scripture, 158.
Genesis; see Moses.
Geography, derives important aid from
Syriac learning, 524. Geographi-
cal tables of the Monophysite and
Nestorian Sees and Monasteries,
ib. Bochart's errors in, ib. And.
those of Cellarius, ib. See Mabog.
Gesenius, W., his History of Intro-

ductions to the Scriptures, 1—15.
And his History of the Interpreta-
tion of the prophet Isaiah, 401-
479. His criticism on the Hiero-
zoicon of Bochart, 156.

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