_House_, Syrian use of the word, 241-44; the word in the translation of the Bible, 243; the word precious to the Oriental, 244. House, the Syrian, 242, 269. Housetop, the shouting of wares from, 269, 273; easily reached, 269, 270; making an opening in, 270-72; the construction of, 271; sleeping on, 272; to dwell on, 273; calling from, 273, 274; used for household purposes, 275, 402; praying on, 275-79. _Hûrmat_, term for _wife_, 333; term for _woman_, 342. Husband and wife, according to St. Paul, 326-29, 358. Husks, 158. Hyenas, 307, 308. Imploring, Oriental habit of, 178-81, 217. Importunity, Oriental habit of, 178-81, 217. Imprecations, 88, 91-95, 146. _See_ Swearing. Impressions _vs._ literal accuracy, 115-39. Inaccuracy, intellectual, of the Oriental, 108-14. Increase, the miracle of, 384-87. Indefiniteness, effect produced by, 138, 139. Individualism, 409. Infant, the, in Syria, 28, 29; admittance of, into the church, 37-40. Ingersoll, Robert, 128. Inheritances, division of, 155, 156. Interpretation, sympathetic, a duty of present-day culture, 19. Isaiah, 36. _Jaroosh_ (handmill), 400-02. Jerusalem, arraignment of, 30; Jesus goes on pilgrimage to, 47-51. Jesus Christ, a man without a country, 3; belongs to all races and all ages, 3; as regards his modes of thought and life and his method of teaching, was a Syrian of the Syrians, 4; never out of Palestine, 4; story of his birth, 12; goes on pilgrimage to Jerusalem, 47-51; filial obedience of, 51-55; closing scenes in his personal career, 56, 72; his command to his countrymen to love their enemies, 96; and the money-lenders, 123-25; tendency of, to use parables, 146; his command in regard to swearing, 173, 174; his words to Peter, 183; entertained by Mary and Martha, 207, 335; the anointing of his feet, 226-28; sending his disciples forth, 249; his injunction, "Salute no man by the way, " 255, 257; his first meeting with Nathaniel, 282; on dishonoring the sacred day, 291, 292; and his mother, 340-45; his conversation with the Samaritan woman, 342; as the incarnation of the Logos, 343-45; cure effected by the hem of his garment, 393-95; the crucifixion of, 395-97; conversation of, with Peter after the Last Supper, 399; the Gospel of Christ is triumphing over the theories about, 410; his creed, 410. John, "leaning on Jesus' bosom, " 65-67. John the Baptist, 391, 392. Joseph, story of, 16. Journeys. _See_ Traveling. Judas, the treachery of, 67-71. Judicial contests, swearing in, 169. _Keyyal_ (measurer), 265, 266. _Kherrûb_ (carob), 158, 159. _Kibbey_, a dish of meat and crushed wheat, 233, 234, 402. Killing of the sheep, the, 231-33. Kiss, Judas's, 70, 71. Kissing, among men, a Syrian custom, 70, 71; of the hands of parents, 335. Kneading done in the evening, 373. Kneading-day, 198-200. Kneading-troughs, 374. _Kummer_ (girdle), 252, 253. Lambs, newly born, carried by shepherd, 306, 307.