God upon Israel. He avenges the blood of his servants upon this people, and purifies the land from sin. (I will not decide, whether in relation to the last word we should read and or from his people. The blessing which follows, as well as that of Jacob, is translated in another work, "Letters on the study of Theology," and need not be repeated here.) This chapter ends like the last of the prophets. The nation is cast forth and banished from the land. Abel, his death, 193-the voice of his blood crying in the language of Oriental poetry, 194. Abraham compared with Enoch, 178—the reason of his wandering, 222-his community of right and possession in Canaan, 223-denial of his wife in Egypt, 223--his friendship with God, 223--a symbol of the covenant with his people, 225—reverence shown for him in Hebrew history, 227. Adonim, 55. Alphabetick writing, its probable origin, &c. 255, 261. Angels, their relation to the Elohim, 56—in the most ancient times, personifications of the word of God, 62. Arabick wisdom, 104. Ass wild, description of, 100. Babel, explanation of the account of, 201-tower of, 201. Behemoth, the hippopotamus, 106. Belial, king of the shades, 175. Brutes, poetical description of, 77, 99-give occasion for fables, 134-follow the destiny of man, 197. Buffalo, description of, 100. Canaan, earliest reference to, 221-poetry of, 235—language of, 244-right of the Canaanites to the land, 246-regard ed by the Shemites as a race of slaves, 246—their religion, 246. Chamois, description of, 99. Chaos of the Greeks unknown to the Orientals, 66. Chart, whether the genealogical register of the sons of Noah was also a geographical chart, 251.. Cherubim, 141–151. Creation, 59, 62, 88-probable preservation of its history, 258the picture of it not of Egyptian origin, 259. Dead, kingdom of the, 170-185. Deluge, 197, 253. Eagle, description of, 102. Earth, picture of its creation, 72-personified, 88. Egyptian, imagery in Job, 105—of the kingdom of the dead, 185-facts of its history in the history of Joseph, 248-hieroglyphics, 259-Egyptian and anti-Egyptian, in the Mosaick laws, 270. Elegy,See Lamentation. Elihu, character of his poetry, 85. Elohim, probable origin of the conception, 55-in Paradise, 132 as beings wiser than men, 136-on the mountains of the gods, 149—Jacob's wrestling with the Elohim, 230— diversity between the traditions with Elohim and those with Jehovah, 365. Enoch, 177. Esau blessed, 234. Fables, arose from observing the characteristics of brutes, 128. Fall in Paradise, 130-a narrative of a real event, 137-the account of it did not originate in Egyptian hieroglyphics, 259. Genealogies are the historical records of the Orientals, 249, 254. God, feeling of his presence in nature, 50-knowledge of him not from slavish fear, 51-earliest notions of him simple, 52--whether polytheistick, 55-unity of God and importance of this conception, 57-God of the heavens and the earth, 58--his word personified, 61-king of the angels, 62-sustainer of creation, 63, 71, 76-description of God in Job, 82--judge among the stars, 82--voice of Jehovah, 158--his address to Job, 88--his intercourse with |