orators, 453-philosophers, So-
crates and Plato, 453-public
courtezans, 454-Aspasia and
Phryne, 455-pæderastia of
the Greeks, 457-prostitution
as a part of heathen worship,
457-bestiality, 459--compar-
ative purity of morals in an-
cient Rome, 459-not without
exceptions,460--degeneracy and
profligacy under the emperors,
461-the vices of heathenism
justified by appeals to their gods,
463-native impotency of hea-
then religions, 465-historical
view, 466-Christianity alone a
universal religion, 466-Hea-,
thenism incapable of developing
either natural or individual char-
acter, 468-nor the intellectual
powers, 469—nor the powers of
the will, 470-nor the feelings,
471-nor the powers of the soul,
472-Christianity first abolished
slavery, 474-slaves among the
Greeks, 475-among the Ro-
mans, 476-Influence of hea-
thenism on the female sex, 478
-marriage,479-Plutarch's idea
of it, 480-training of children,
483-object of education politi-
cal, 484-want of humanity in
heathenism, 488-human sacri-
fices, 489-Results, preeminence Heroöpolis, i. q. Rameses, 746, 750.
of christian LOVE, 492-Hints Hor, Mount, 779, 788.
on the study of classical litera- Horeb, 768.
ture, 494.
ular, 419-so most of the Latin
fathers, 420-Internal evidence;
personal circumstances, 420—
mind of the writer, 421-ar-
rangement and characteristic
particulars, 422-doubts as to
style, 425-Origen, 425-com-
parison with Paul's acknowl-
edged writings, 426-Results,
429-Canonical authority, inde-
pendent of Paul's being the au-
thor, 430-written during the
apostolic age, 430-quoted by
Clement of Rome; examples,
430 other evidences, 433-ad-
dressed to the church in Pales-
tine, 434--meaning of the word
Hebrews, 435-sent probably to
the church at Jerusalem, 436–
doctrinal excellence, 438.
Heliopolis, situation of, 746, 753.
Hell, Father, discourages Niebuhr,
624.
Henderson, Dr E. on the various
Hebrews, Epistle to the; canonical
authority of, 411-Was Paul the
author? grounds of evidence;
testimony of Peter, 412-analo-
gy of the epistles of Peter and
the Hebrews, 414-do. of the
two epistles of Peter, 417-ec-
clesiastical tradition,417-Greek
and oriental churches unani-
mous, 418-Eusebius in partic-
readings in 1 Tim. 3: 16, p. 1–—–
remarks on Sir I. Newton's
tract, 4.---See Various Readings.
Hengstenberg, Prof. on the nature
of prophecy, 139--remarks up-
on his Christology, 310-his
work on Daniel, 312-Interpre-
tation of Isa. 52: 13-c. 53, p.
310, 499.
Ignatius on 1 Tim. 3: 16, p. 36.
Inspiration, what is it? 222-
Lowth's view of it, 228.
Interpretation of the Scriptures; is
it like that of other books? 124
-every person by nature an in-
terpreter, 125-the principles of
interpretation depend on nature,
127-the Bible a revelation,
therefore intelligible, 129-was
intelligible to the Jews without
study, 131--intelligible to us
when, by study, we have placed
ourselves in the same situation,
132-art of interpretation a most
simple one, 133-objections an-
swered, 133 sq.-Works on, 582.
of Isaiah 52: 13-c. 53,
p. 310, 499-this passage often
quoted in N. T. 312-Historical
view,Jewish interpretation most-
ly Messianic, 314-other Jewish
interpretations, and applica-
tions of, 320 sq.-in-
terpretation of the passage by
Christians; mostly Messianic,
323-other christian interpreta-
tions, 325 sq.-subject of the
prophecy, 329-contents and
order of the prediction, 330-
Interpretation of 52: 13-53: 9,
p. 331 sq.--do. of 53: 10-12,
p. 499 sq.---Translation, 510
-Arguments against the Mes-
sianic interpretation considered,
512-do. in favour of do. 517–
do. against other interpretations,
524-against the whole Jewish
people as the subject, 535-or
the pious part of the same, 533
-or the collective body of the
prophets, 535.
783-return again to Kadesh,
785-their nomadic character,
787-general summary, 792.
J.
Joel, der Prophet, von Credner,
Jordan, anciently flowed into the
Dead sea, 775, 777.
Journeyings of the Israelites, see
Israelites.
Kadesh, 785-desert of, 786-sit-
uation of, 791.
Kolsum, the ancient Clysma, 753.
L.
Lentulus, Publius, his pretended
letter respecting the personal ap-
pearance of Christ, 367-trans-
lation, 368-editions and manu-
scripts, 369-original in Latin,
373-Arguments against its au-
thenticity; diversity in the in-
scription, 376-no such person
as Lentulus ever existed, 380-
list of proconsuls, 381-of
pro-
curators, 382-historical argu-
ment; no such epistle ever men-
tioned, 384-internal evidence,
style etc. 387-general scope,
388-incongruity of the descrip-
tion of Christ, 389-probable
origin of the epistle, 392.
List of Books, see Books.-Of sta-
tions of the Israelites, 794.
Literary Notices, 215, 407, 590.
Literature, see Theological, Clas-
of 2 Pet. 1: 19 sq. 169, Lexicons, characteristics of a good
240-of Jer. 20: 7 sq. 225.
one, 292-mere helps in the ab-
Israel, kingdom of, see Ten Tribes. sence of vernacular knowledge,
Israelites, their exodus out of Egypt, 294.
743 sq.-route to the Red sea,
750-passage of the Red sea,
753-route to mount Sinai, 758
-Marah, 761-Elim, 762-
-en-
campment by the sea, 763–
Dophka and Alush, 764-Reph-
idim, 765-Sinai and desert of
Sinai, 765--From Sinai to Mo-
ab, 771 sq.-Sinai to Kadesh,
sical, and Samaritan Literature.
Liturgia Damascena, what, 721.
Lowth, his view of inspiration, 228.
Lutheran and Reformed exegesis,
542.
M.
Marah, 761.
Mayer Prof. Tobias, instructs Nie-
buhr, 605-his character, 405-
his mode of instruction, 609.
Merle D'Aubigné, Letters to Rev.
J. Proudfit, 587, 589.
Michaelis, J. D. suggests the expe-
dition to Arabia, 598, 602-his
original plan of it, 602, 650—
proposes Von Haven, 603, 650,
653-Niebuhr, 603, 652, 653-
Forskaal, 651, 654-account of
his 'Questions,' 621, 649, 655—
instance of his levity, 656.
Migdol, perhaps i. q. Bir Suez,
Misr, the former capital of Egypt,
660.
Missionaries, catholic, trained at
Rome, 401-at Naples, 402—
catholic missionaries at Bagdad,
617.
Mortality in Egypt, 675. See Abd-
allatif.
Mount Seir, situation, character,
and present divisions, 777.
Sinai, general character of
the region, and approach, 765
-altitude, 767-convent of,
767-Djebel Mousa and Cath-
erine, 768-valleys around it,
769-identity of it, 770.-Penin-
sula, character of, 772.
Naples, catholic missionary es-
tablishment at, 402.
Nazarenes, who they were, 388.
New Platonists, see under Heath-
enism.
Newton Sir Isaac, Tract on the
readings of 1 Tim. 3: 16, p. 4.
See Various Readings.
Niebuhr, B. G. sketch of his life,
594-literary labours, 595, 596
-his biographical account of
his father, 598 sq.-Corpus
Scriptor. Byzant. 408, 596.
Carsten, Life of, by his son,
593 sq.---Introductory remarks
on his character, 593--reasons for
his accuracy, 597—his birth, 598
-his childhood, 599-studies
surveying, 600-goes to Bremen
and Hamburg, 600-to Göttin-
gen, 601-origin of the Arabian
expedition, 602, (see Michaelis
and Bernstorf,)-plan of it ex-
tended, 603, 651-Michaelis
commissioned to propose the
travellers, 603, 650, 652-pro-
poses Von Haven, 603, 650, 653
--Niebuhr, 603, 652, 653—For-
skaal, 651, 654-interview of
Kästner with Niebuhr, 603—
the latter is accepted, 604-stu-
dies under Mayer, 605-is made
lieutenant of engineers, 606—
character of his companions;
Von Haven, 606-Forskaal, 607
-Cramer and Bauernfeind, 608
-Voyage from Copenhagen to
Marseilles and Malta, 608 sq.-
stay at these places, 610-Con-
stantinople and Egypt, 611-
visits Mt. Sinai, 611-voyage
from Suez to Arabia, and tra-
vels there, 611, 612-death of
Von Haven and Forskaal, 612
-embarks for Bombay, 613-
death of his other companions,
613-himself rescued by ex-
treme moderation in diet, 613-
his remarks on the sickness and
death of his companions, 613-—
residence at Bombay, and re-
ception by the English, 614-
returns from Bombay by way
of Persepolis, 616—character of
these ruins, and their effect on
Niebuhr, 616-returns to Bas-
sora, and thence to Aleppo, 617
-catholic missionaries at Bag-
dad, 617-visits Cyprus and
Palestine, 618-proceeds to
Constantinople, 618-thence by
land over Warsaw and Göttin-
Origen, his judgment on the Epis-
tle to the Hebrews, 425.
gen to Copenhagen, 619-small Paran, desert of, 789-Mount, 790.
expences of the expedition, Paul, author of the Epistle to the
620-first plan for publishing Hebrews, 412 sq.
Pentateuch, Hebrew, supposed by
Gesenius to be later than the
time of Moses, 688—but it came
from the hand of Moses, 689—–
Evidence of this; internal, 689
-other books of Scripture as-
sert it, 690-indirect evidence,
693-Jewish history, 696-uni-
versal tradition,696-Objections
considered; language, 697—
style and conformation, 699-
anecdote of Wolf, 700-denial
of prophecy, 701-later addi-
tions, 702-extravagant claims
of defenders, 703-Septuagint
differs from the Hebrew and
agrees with the Samaritan, 711
-in what particulars, 711-al-
leged grounds of this differ-
ence, 712 sq.-probably differ-
ent recensions before the exile,
714-reasons for this hypothe-
sis, 715-various readings in
great number, but of little con-
sequence, 717.
his works, 621-account of Mi-Peninsula of mount Sinai, descrip-
chaelis''Questions,' 621, 649,
tion of, 772.
655-Niebuhr's remarks on this
point, 622-discouraged from
publishing his astronomical ob-
servations by Father Hell, 624
-the Danish government cause
the plates for his works to be
engraved, 625-his Description
of Arabia, 625-French trans-
lation of it unsuccessful, 626-
arrival of a Mohammedan am-
bassador, 626-Niebuhr derives
information from him as to Af-
rica, 627-wishes to travel in
Africa, 627-his marriage, 628
-his Travels, vol. I, 628--pub-
lishes Forskaal's works, 628—
his Travels, vol. II, 629-re-
moves to Meldorf, 630-losses
and troubles, 631-his life at
Meldorf, 632 sq.-his judgment
of Bruce's Travels, 636-cor-
respondence with Dr. Russell,
637-with Rennell and De Sa-
cy, 638--propositions from Eng-
land to publish the third vol. of
his Travels, 640-his corres-,
pondence with Von Zach, and
publication of his observations,
641-duties of his office, 642
becomes blind, 642--and
lame, 645-his death, 646-
and character, 647.
Nile, state of its waters during the
years of famine and pestilence,
671, 679-spoken of as the sea,
669.
Numa Pompilius, his influence on
the religion of Rome, 256.
Samaritan, in the He-
brew language with Samaritan
letters, 720--first notices of it,
681-manuscripts, 682-con-
tests respecting it,♣ 684—Gese-
nius's labours upon it, 685-
his classification of the various
readings, 685-his views of its
origin and antiquity, 686-may
be older than the exile, 703—
even from the time of Jeroboam,
710—its authority, 710-Sep-
tuagint departs from the Hebrew
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