Ea, god of right side of gate, 95. Early churches, position of altar in, 136. Easter: continuance of Passover, 221; festivities in Jerusalem, 221; threshold of new Ecclesiastical Year, 221. Ebed-melech: his appeal in behalf of Jeremiah, 64. Edersheim, Dr. Alfred, references to, 120, 211 f. Edward I., marriage of, at door, 140. Eggs under threshold in Russia, 19. Egypt: blood welcome at door in, 3; sacrifice of buffaloes in, 7; threshold sacrifice of sheep in, 7 f.; sacrifice at threshold in, 26; bride met at gate of husband’s residence in, 38; door at one side of dwelling in, 55; its influence shown in architecture of doorways, 60; inscribed doors in, 68, 96; uplifted hand in representing deities of, 79, 81, 85; God bringing out of, with strong hand, 83; and Canaan, gateway between, 105; prominence of doorway shrine in, 106; false door as gift in, 107; literature of, 109; oldest temple in, 126; sacredness of doorway in, 126; saints’ tomb as place of worship in, 129; temples of, 145; concerning temple foundations of, 155; boundary customs among, 178; ancient stone thresholds in, 179; Lower, boundary of, 180; southern boundary of, 184; nuptial customs of, 196; ancient deities of, 201; presence of deity in, 201; Virgin of Israel in, 218; reverence for phallic emblems in, 230; kings of, and serpent, 234; and serpent as symbol, 235; bloody cloth in marriage in Upper, 243; marriage customs in, 243, 245. Egyptian: sacrifice before door, 14; king, power imparted to, by touch, 85; hieroglyph for house or temple identical, 100; temple, oldest form of, 100, monumental temple gateway, 127, history of, 155; priest, prostrations of, at threshold of shrine, 127 f.; idea of future life, 128; “Book of the Dead,” 128 f., 257; empire and Heh, boundary marks between, 179; sacrifices at boundaries of empire, 184; twofold sex symbols, 200; attitude towards Jehovah, 205; passover rite, 212, 214, 216. Eki as boundary mark, 178. _El Gisr_ or threshold, 180. Eleusis, temple of Artemis Propylæa at, 134. Eliezer, Rabbi, references to, 200, 253. Elisha and Naaman, Syrian, 161. Elliot, Sir Henry M.: cited, 16 f. Ellis, Rev. William: cited, 83, 111, 148, 150 f., 202. _Embatikon_, gift of in-going, 31. Embleton, wedding custom at, 142. Emerson, Ralph Waldo: cited, 176. Enemy, appeal of, for protection among Arabs, 59. Entering “not by door,” 6. Entrance-way, importance of, 3. Episcopal, Protestant, churches, location of baptismal font in, 147. Epithalamium of Hebrew Scriptures, 214. Erman, Adolf: cited, 55, 100, 103, 106, 127, 234; quotation from, 106 f., 155; reference to, 128. Erzas: marriage custom of, 41; earth from under threshold for bride, 43. Esarhaddon, his search for boundary lines, 154, 177.