alyses of the poetical books, 288-| Resurrection, evidences of the truth
294
of, 34-36
Practical reading of Scripture, 155 Revelation, (Divine) necessity of, 1
-3
Preservation (uncorrupted) of Old
and New Testaments, 8-10. A
proof of their divine origin, 58
Priests, account of, 227, 228
Prisoners, treatment of, among the
Romans, 194
Promises and Threatenings of Scrip-
ture, interpretation of, 152-154
Property, crimes against, 198
Prophets, account of, 230, 231. Gene-
ral observations on, and on their
writings, 294, 295. Table of, 296.
Analyses of the prophetical books,
297-310
Prophecy defined, 37.
between the pretended predictions
of heathen oracles, and the Scrip-
ture prophecies, 37, 38. Use and
intent of Prophecy, 38. Prophecies
relating to the Jews, 39-41. To
the nations or empires neighbour.
ing to them, 41, 42. Prophecies
directly announcing the Messiah,
42. Prophecies by Jesus Christ
and his apostles, 43. Objections
to prophecy refuted, 45-47. Rules
for ascertaining the sense of the
prophetic writings, 145-147. On
the accomplishment of Scripture
prophecy, 147. Particularly re-
specting the Messiah, 148. Table
of the principal prophecies rela-
tive to the Messiah, 468, et seq.
Proselytes, 226
Proseucha or Oratories of the Jews,
Revelation of St. John, analysis of
the Book of, 447-449
Revenues of the Israelitish Kings,
185
Rivers of the Holy Land, 172, 173
Roman mode of treating prisoners,
194; of computing Time, 204. Al-
lusions to the Roman Discipline,
213
Romans, Epistle to, analysis of, 327,
327
Ruth, Book of, 282
Sabbath, how solemnized, 236, 237
Sabbatical Year, 241
Sacred Obligations and Duties, 242
-245
Sacred Persons, 225-231
Sacred Places, 214-225
Sacred Things, 231-235
Sacred Times and Seasons, 236-242
Sacrifices of the Jews, 231-234
Sadducees, sect of, 246
Salutations, form of, 259
Sanhedrin, powers of, 191
Samaritans and Samaritan Penta-
teuch, account of, 68, 69
Samuel, Two Books of, 282, 283
Sciences of the Jews, 265-271
Scalvonic Version, 89
Scope defined, 115. Hints for ascer-
taining it, 116
Scourging, 200
Scribes, 248
Scriptures, genuineness and authen-
ticity of, 1-8. Their uncorrupt-
ed Preservation, 8-10-58. Cre-
dibility, 10-23. Inspiration, 24.
External proofs of:-Miracles, 25
-37. And Prophecy, 37-47. In-
ternal Evidences of, 54-62. Ina-
bility to answer all objections, no
just cause for rejecting them, 63.
Moral Qualifications for reading
of them, 66. Literary History and
Criticism of, 67-112. Interpreta-
tion of Scripture, 112-154. Prac-
tical Reading of Scripture, 154-
157. Table of Select Chapters of,
355-363
Seas of the Holy Land, 173, 174
Seasons of the Holy Land, 169-171
Sects of the Jews, 246-248
Septuagint Version, history of, 84-
Slaves, condition of, 257, 258
Slaying with the Sword, 201
Solomon, Proverbs of, 291, 292, Apo-
cryphal Book of, 312
Song of Solomon, analysis of, 293,
294
Song of the three Children, 313
Spiritual Interpretation of Scripture,
140-142
Spiritual Sense of Scripture, 146.
Rules for the interpretation of,
141, 142
Stoning, 202
Typical Sense of Scripture, 141
Unbelievers, Objections of, to the
doctrines and moral precepts of
the Bible, refuted, 53-58
Unbloody Sacrifices, 234
Unclean, who were deemed so, 244
Various Readings, Origin, and Na-
Valleys of Palestine, 178, 179
ture of, 100, 101
Vatican Manuscript, 76, 77
Subscriptions to Books of New Tes-Verses, origin of, 80, 81
tament, 81, 82
Susanna, apocryphal Book of, 313
Symmachus, Greek Version of, 86
Synagogues of the Jews, and the
mode of worship there, 223-225.
Representation of a Synagogue
Roll of the Pentateuch, 71. De-
scription of it, 71
Synedoche, 139
Syriac Versions, 86, 87
Syriasms, 70
Tabernacle, account of, 214-216
Tabernacles, feast of, 239
Targums, notice of, 82, 83
Temple of Jerusalem; the first, 218.
The second, 218-2-3. Its minis-
ters, 226-230
Testament.
Sce Old and New Tes-
tament
Theatrical Performances, allusions
to, in the New Testament, 271.
272
Theft, punishment of, 198
Theocracy, 182
Theodotion, Greek Version of, 86
Thessalonians, first Epistle to, 332,
333. Second Epistle to, 333
Time, computation of, 204-207
Timothy, first Epistle to, 334, 335.
Second Epistle to, 335, 336
Tithes, 235,
Titus, Epistle to, 336, 337
Versions, Ancient, of the Scriptures,
82. Chaldee, 82, 83. Greek, 83-
86. Oriental, 86, 88. Western,
88, 89. Use of Ancient Versions,
90. Modern Versions, 90. Modern
Latin Versions, 90-92. Tables of
Versions in the Modern Languages
of Europe, Asia, Africa, and Ame-
rica, 94-96. Account of English
Versions, 97-100
Visits of the Jews, 260
Vows, different kinds of, 242-244
Vulgate Latin Version, 88, 89
Watches, a division of time, 204
Weeks, 205
Weights and Measures, table of, 351,
352
Wildernesses of Palestine, 179,180
Winter in the Holy Land, 170
Wisdom of Solomon, apocryphal
Book of, 312; and of Jesus the
son of Sirach, 312, 313
Words, Rules for investigating the
meaning of, generally, 114, 115.
Aids for investigating the mean-
ing of Words, 115-128
Writing, art of, among the Jews,
266, 267.
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