VII.

OUTGROWTHS AND PERVERSIONS OF THIS RITE.

(1.) ELEMENTAL BEGINNINGS, 223. (2.) MAIN OUTGROWTHS, 225. (3.) CHIEF PERVERSIONS, 228.

APPENDIX.

SIGNIFICANCE OF BLOOD IN THE MARRIAGE RITE, 243. EXHIBITING THE EVIDENCES, 245. SUBSTITUTE BLOOD FOR DECEPTION, 248. PUBLIC PERFORMANCE OF THE RITE, 250. BIBLE TESTIMONY, 251. WOMAN AS A DOOR, 252. SYMBOLISM OF THE TWO SEXES, 257. SYMBOLISM OF TREE AND SERPENT, 258. COVENANT OF THRESHOLD-CROSSING, 259. DOORKEEPER, AND CARRIER, 263. PASSING OVER INTO A COVENANT, 266. ENGLAND’S CORONATION STONE, 268.

INDEXES.

TOPICAL INDEX, 273. SCRIPTURAL INDEX, 301.

SUPPLEMENT.

COMMENTS OF SPECIALISTS.

FROM THE REV. DR. MARCUS JASTROW, 307. FROM PROFESSOR DR. HERMAN V. HILPRECHT, 309. FROM PROFESSOR DR. FRITZ HOMMEL, 313. FROM PROFESSOR DR. A.H. SAYCE, 314. FROM PROFESSOR DR. W. MAX MÜLLER, 315. FROM PROFESSOR DR. C.P. TIELE, 317. FROM PROFESSOR DR. E. WASHBURN HOPKINS, 318. FROM THE REV. DR. WILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIS, 319. FROM PROFESSOR DR. JOHN P. MAHAFFY, 324. FROM PROFESSOR DR. WILLIAM A. LAMBERTON, 326. FROM PROFESSOR DR. DANIEL G. BRINTON, 328. FROM THE REV. DR. EDWARD T. BARTLETT, 329. FROM PROFESSOR DR. T.K. CHEYNE, 330. ADDITIONAL FROM PROFESSOR DR. FRITZ HOMMEL, 333.

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THE THRESHOLD COVENANT.

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