shall all the families of the ground bless themselves, and in thy seed'. In thee because of thy purity the rains descend, and the dews descend because of thy purity. And he saith, I will give the rains in their season'. Also they fasted in the days of Samuel the Less, and the rains descended before the sprouting of the leaves. When the people waited, saying, 'It is the profit of the congregation', he said to them, 'I will tell you what this is like. It is like a servant which seeketh a reward from his master'. He saith to them, 'Give ye to him, and let me not hear his voice again'. Samuel the Less appointed another fast and the rains descended after sunset. When men thought, 'It is their profit', he said to them, 'See, ye are like to a king which was wrath with his son and said unto his steward, "Give him not his daily bread till he weep and make supplication before me". (h) On the 28th thereof the glad tidings reached the Jews that they were not to be restrained from the study of the Law. No mourning. For the kings of the Greeks had determined against Israel that they should not study the Law, and that they should not circumcise their sons, and that they should not keep the Sabbath, and that they should worship idols-and the covenant made with Israel was that the Law should not depart from their midst. For it is said, 'It shall not be forgotten from the mouth of his seed'. And it saith, 'If these statutes depart from before me', and, 'This covenant will I, &c.' What did Judah b. Shammah and his companions? They arose and went unto a certain matron to whom all the great ones of Rome used to resort, and they took counsel of her. She said unto them, 'Go and cry aloud by night'. They arose and cried aloud by night, 'O heaven! are we not your brothers? are we not sons of one father, are we not sons of one mother? Why then are we different from all nations and tongues, that you should issue a harsh decree against us?' And they left not that place till they had received permission to observe the three commandments-to circumcise their sons, to study the Law, and to keep the Sabbath—and that they should not worship idols. The day on which they received permission to observe these three commandments, they appointed a festal day. 230, 399 Bethlehem 400 Bethshemesh 119f., 125 Birds, Offerings of, 23, 404, Blood, Expiatory character of, 76 f. Booths, Feast of, 272, 276, 279, 286, Bread, Offerings of, 399 Bronze Altar 134, 135 ff., 140 f. Cain, Sacrifice of, 2f., 13, 14, 16, 17 Camel 14 f., 24, 369, 402 f. Carthage 27, 28 Celebes 298 Cup-marks 110, 113, 121, 123, 129 Dagon, Priests of, 183 Dan 131, 198, 199, 209, 216f., 218, Daniel 21 Date of Crucifixion 386 ft. Dating of Festivals 271, 276 ff., 286 ff., David 14, 22, 45, 83, 130, 131, 134, 156, 214, 226, 235, 240, 314, 347 Dedication, Festival of, 289 f., 304 Deuteronomy and the Priesthood Deuteronomy, Attitude of, toward Differentia of Hebrew Sacrifice 25 ff. Dolmens 102 ff. Dora 294 Doves 23, 344, 404 Dyaks 298 E-anna 151 Expiatory Sacrifice only occasional Expiatory value of Sacrifice 53 f., Ezekiel 61, 64 ff., 74, 76, 78, 89, 101, Ezekiel's Altar and Temple 98 ff., Ezekiel's Atonement Ritual 275, 309 ff. Earth and Heaven, Correspondence Ezekiel's Festal Calendar 274 f., 287, between, 149 ff. Easter 323 Echa Rabbati 289 Education 221 ff. Egyptian Priests, Hebrew term for, E-khi-li-anna 151 Eleazar (son of Aaron) 229, 262 Eschatological element in Paschal Meal 379 ff., 385, 395 f. Eschatology Ico Eshmun'azar 185 Eskimos 33 Esther 184 Ethical character of Prophetic Teach- Fellowship-offering 11 Firstborn 24, 33 ff. Firstfruits 24 ff., 29, 46, 94, 272, 286, 331, 385, 386, 389, 398, 399, 402 Freewill Offering 6, 273 Full Moon and Festivals 285 ff., 341 Idumaeans 294 Incense, Altar of, 98, 142 ff. Incense, Symbolism of, 145 f. Ingathering, Feast of, 276, 285, 286, Isaac, Sacrifice of, 35, 49, 91 f., 299 Isaiah 14, 42, 43, 89, 93, 201 Ishmael, R., 327 Ishtar, Temple and Priestesses of, Jacob 16, 71, 90, 94, 103, 106, 124, Jamleh 109 Jason 263 f. Jaulan 107 Jebusite Altar 132 f. Jehoash 61 Jehoiada 257, 314 Jehoshaphat 237 Jehozedek 230 Jehuda, R., 312, 328 Jephthah 36, 92 f. Jeremiah 41, 87, 89, 179, 218 Jericho 104 Jeroboam 240, 251, 298 Jeruel 91 Jerusalem, Altars at, 130 ff. Jerusalem, Priests of, 218 f., 223, 255 Jesus Christ, the True Passover, Jethro 198 f., 204, 206 ff. |