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The Threshold Covenant; or, The Beginning of Religious RitesTrumbull, H. Clay (Henry Clay)

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The Threshold Covenant; or, The Beginning of Religious Rites

Name: The Threshold Covenant; or, The Beginning of Religious Rites
Author: Trumbull, H. Clay (Henry Clay)

Trumbull, H. Clay (Henry Clay)

Covenants -- Religious aspects

baptismal font in, 147;
    marriage ceremonies in, 148.
  Psalmist:
    his reference to lifting up hand, 82;
    to honorable position of doorkeeper, 120.
  Puberty celebrated among Jicarilla Apaches, 88-91.
  Pueblos:
    prominence of red hand among, 87;
    references to, 88, 92.
  Puhonuas, cities of refuge in Hawaii, 151.
  Purity of primitive threshold covenant, 233.
  “Put your right foot first,” 37 f.
  _Puthmēn_, meanings and uses of, 255.
  Pylon. See _Propylon_.
  Pyramid, stepped:
    many early temples in form of, 83, 111;
    of Meydoom, 126;
    references to, 144, 148, 229.
  Pythagoras: cited, 37.
  Pythagoreans, reverence for threshold among, 12 f.


  Quarrels as result of shaking hands over threshold in Finland, 12.
  Quarterly Statement of Palestine Exploration Fund, reference to, 29.
  Queen of Heaven, statue of, in Carthage, 130.
  Qurân, sentences from:
    on gates, fountains, bridges, and houses, 70;
    on houses of worship, 163.

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  Rahab, blood-colored thread on house of, 211.
  Raja Pasupati, reference to, 157.
  Ralston, W.R.S.:
    cited, 12, 19, 24, 32, 54 f.;
    quotation from, 23.
  Rameses II., reference to, 180.
  Ram’s horn on door-post in Tell-el-Hesy, 58.
  Ramsay, Prof. W.M.: cited, 229.
  Rawlinson, George: cited, 14, 105, 111 f.
  Rawlinson, Sir Henry C.:
    cited, 110, 153, 178, 184, 234;
    quotation from, 167-169.
  Recognition, Mount of, reference to, 164.
  Records, Book of, or Shoo King, reference to, 158.
  Red cloth on altar at marriage, 34.
  Red hand:
    as sign of covenant, 74 f.;
    in Morocco, 74;
    in Palestine, 74-76;
    in Turkey, 74, 77;
    in Babylonia, 75;
    on lintel, 75;
    Aryan origin of, 75;
    among Sephardeem, 76;
    in Mosk of St. Sophia, 77;
    in Central America, 81 f.;
    among aborigines of America, 83;
    among Dacotahs, Winnebagoes, 84;
    among Omahas, 85;
    among Ioways, Sauks, Foxes, Sioux, Arickarees, Cheyennes, Arapahoes,
       Comanches, Apaches, Jicarillas, and Pueblos, 87;
    among Pecos, 87 f.;
    among cliff-dwellers of Chelly Canyon, 87.
    See, also, _Bloody hand_.
  Red seal on documents, probable meaning of, 94.
  Redwan, village of, 190.
  Refuge, cities of, 151.
  Remondino, Dr. P.C.: cited, 196.
  Renouf, Le Page: cited, 128 f., 257.
  _Rere_, name for altar, 150 f.
  Réville, Albert: cited, 73, 111, 144 f., 235.
  Rhodes, doorway marked with honey in, 30.
  Rice:
    as offering among Hindoos, 15;
    on heads of bridal couple among Hindoos, 36;
    presented to bride in China, 40;
    as offering at threshold in Japan, 125 f.
  Richon’s Dic. of Bib. Antiq., reference to, 103.
  Rig Veda:
    reference to, 157;
    on production of sacred fire, 198.
  Right foot first to cross threshold of mosk, 123.
  Rio de Padrāo, or Pillar River, 182.
  Rites:
    religious, beginning of, 36, 199, 225;
    and symbols of New Testament, 215.
  Ritual of Old and New Testament, basis of, 228.
  Rituals, ecclesiastical, origin of, 226.

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The Threshold Covenant; or, The Beginning of Religious RitesTrumbull, H. Clay (Henry Clay)

Religion

The Threshold Covenant; or, The Beginning of Religious Rites

Trumbull, H. Clay (Henry Clay)

Covenants -- Religious aspects

baptismal font in, 147;
    marriage ceremonies in, 148.
  Psalmist:
    his reference to lifting up hand, 82;
    to honorable position of doorkeeper, 120.
  Puberty celebrated among Jicarilla Apaches, 88-91.
  Pueblos:
    prominence of red hand among, 87;
    references to, 88, 92.
  Puhonuas, cities of refuge in Hawaii, 151.
  Purity of primitive threshold covenant, 233.
  “Put your right foot first,” 37 f.
  _Puthmēn_, meanings and uses of, 255.
  Pylon. See _Propylon_.
  Pyramid, stepped:
    many early temples in form of, 83, 111;
    of Meydoom, 126;
    references to, 144, 148, 229.
  Pythagoras: cited, 37.
  Pythagoreans, reverence for threshold among, 12 f.


  Quarrels as result of shaking hands over threshold in Finland, 12.
  Quarterly Statement of Palestine Exploration Fund, reference to, 29.
  Queen of Heaven, statue of, in Carthage, 130.
  Qurân, sentences from:
    on gates, fountains, bridges, and houses, 70;
    on houses of worship, 163.

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  Rahab, blood-colored thread on house of, 211.
  Raja Pasupati, reference to, 157.
  Ralston, W.R.S.:
    cited, 12, 19, 24, 32, 54 f.;
    quotation from, 23.
  Rameses II., reference to, 180.
  Ram’s horn on door-post in Tell-el-Hesy, 58.
  Ramsay, Prof. W.M.: cited, 229.
  Rawlinson, George: cited, 14, 105, 111 f.
  Rawlinson, Sir Henry C.:
    cited, 110, 153, 178, 184, 234;
    quotation from, 167-169.
  Recognition, Mount of, reference to, 164.
  Records, Book of, or Shoo King, reference to, 158.
  Red cloth on altar at marriage, 34.
  Red hand:
    as sign of covenant, 74 f.;
    in Morocco, 74;
    in Palestine, 74-76;
    in Turkey, 74, 77;
    in Babylonia, 75;
    on lintel, 75;
    Aryan origin of, 75;
    among Sephardeem, 76;
    in Mosk of St. Sophia, 77;
    in Central America, 81 f.;
    among aborigines of America, 83;
    among Dacotahs, Winnebagoes, 84;
    among Omahas, 85;
    among Ioways, Sauks, Foxes, Sioux, Arickarees, Cheyennes, Arapahoes,
       Comanches, Apaches, Jicarillas, and Pueblos, 87;
    among Pecos, 87 f.;
    among cliff-dwellers of Chelly Canyon, 87.
    See, also, _Bloody hand_.
  Red seal on documents, probable meaning of, 94.
  Redwan, village of, 190.
  Refuge, cities of, 151.
  Remondino, Dr. P.C.: cited, 196.
  Renouf, Le Page: cited, 128 f., 257.
  _Rere_, name for altar, 150 f.
  Réville, Albert: cited, 73, 111, 144 f., 235.
  Rhodes, doorway marked with honey in, 30.
  Rice:
    as offering among Hindoos, 15;
    on heads of bridal couple among Hindoos, 36;
    presented to bride in China, 40;
    as offering at threshold in Japan, 125 f.
  Richon’s Dic. of Bib. Antiq., reference to, 103.
  Rig Veda:
    reference to, 157;
    on production of sacred fire, 198.
  Right foot first to cross threshold of mosk, 123.
  Rio de Padrāo, or Pillar River, 182.
  Rites:
    religious, beginning of, 36, 199, 225;
    and symbols of New Testament, 215.
  Ritual of Old and New Testament, basis of, 228.
  Rituals, ecclesiastical, origin of, 226.

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