[348] For some time before the resurrection Jesus is to descend on earth according to the Moḥammadans near Damascus, or as some say near a rock [or rather a mountain-road] named [´Aḳabet] Afeek, with a lance in his hand, wherewith he is to kill Antichrist, whom he will encounter at Ludd, or Lydda, a small town not far from Joppa. They add that he will arrive at Jerusalem at the time of morning-prayer, that he shall perform his devotions after the Moḥammadan institution, and officiate instead of the Imám, who shall give place to him; that he will break down the cross, and destroy the churches of the Christians, of whom he will also make a general slaughter, excepting only such as shall profess El-Islám.—S. (B.) [349] Either by rejecting and contemning Jesus, as the Jews do; or raising him to an equality with God, as do the Christians.—S. (B.) [350] For the Eastern writers mention a sect of Christians which held the Trinity to be composed of those three; but it is allowed that this heresy has been long since extinct.—S. INDEX OF CHAPTERS. CHAP. PAGE I. (entire) 3 II. 1-6 4 ” 7-19 41-2 ” 21-2 19 ” 28-31 49-50 ” 33-7 51-2 ” 51 121 ” 52-3 121 ” 54 115 ” 57 115-6 ” 58 115 ” 59 38 ” 60-2 116-7 ” 63-9 125-7 ” 87 121 ” 100-1 19 ” 118-20 73-5 ” 130 47-8 ” 133-4 15 ” 141 16 ” 158-60 8 ” 160-2 30-1 ” 166 38 ” 172 35 ” 191 32 ” 247-52 132-4 ” 256 5 ” 260 70-1 ” 261 148 ” 262 73 ” 265 36 ” 266-7 36 ” 273 36 ” 280 37 III. 12-15 29 ” 25-6 6 ” 31-6 149-51 ” 37-43 151-2 ” 43-7 155-7 ” 52-5 164 ” 58-60 75-6 ” 79 38 ” 138 14 ” 139 32 ” 148 32 ” 163-5 30 ” 179-80 16 IV. 51 10-11 ” 80-1 32 ” 88 37 ” 123 30 ” 144 31 ” 155-7 161-2 ” 161 14 ” 169-70 164-5 V. 23-9 122-4 ” 30-5 53-4 ” 56, 62-3 42 ” 85-6 40-1 ” 112-5 157-9 ” 116-8 162