Pastorals, their origin, 14 Peace-offerings, 307 Perfumes used by the Israelites before musk and ambergrise 122 Perea described, 274 Pharisees, their principles, 213-gave alms in public, 217 Phylacteries, what they were, 215, note-curious account of Physicians, first in Egypt, 17, 18-originally surgeons, 78 Plato's commonwealth realized among the ancient Hebrews, 29 Plural, when first used in speaking to one person, 112 Polygamy, the reason of it, 90-reasons why tolerated, 91 Presbyter, whence, 164 Priests not excluded from civil offices, or bearing arms, 133, Prophets, when most numerous, 140-lived in societies, 141 -of low circumstances, ib.-wore sackcloth, ib.-often Proselytes, of two sorts, 80, 260-153,600 of them in Judea Proselyte of habitation, 260-of justice, 262-ceremonies on Publicans, who, 211 Pulse the most common food of the antients, and which gave Q. Queen of Sheba, her hard questions or enigmas, 99, 100-who R. Rain, morning and evening, means spring and autumn in Scrip- Rashim, who, 171 Rechabites, who, 313-their institutions, 330 Resurrection believed by the antient Jews, 126 Riddles among the antients, 99, 100 Rising early, what it denotes in Scripture, 69 Rivers of Judea, 268, 269 Romans, their esteem for husbandry, 29, 30-their genius, S. Sabbath, its meaning, 283-when it began, ib.-signifies some- Sabbatical year, 283, 284—no debts exacted in them, 45-slaves Sacrifices ordinarily presented and slain by the people at the Sacrificing, what it implies, 298, 299-the end of all religion, 298-time of, 298, 303 Sadducees, their tenets, 213 Sagan, high-priest's deputy, 323 Samaria described, 272, 273 Samaritan letters the antient Hebrew, 96, 189 temple destroyed, 205 MS. in Marsh's Library, Dublin, 354 Samaritans, their origin, 337-monstrous idolatry, 339-build 354 Sanhedrin, or council of seventy-two, 209-name explained, Sceptre not departing from Judah, what meant by it, 157. See note. Schools for study little in use among the Hebrews, 104-whence Scriptures, why read to so little purpose, 2, 3—in their style Septuagint, account of, 196-history of, by Aristæus, probably Sense and sound, curious combinations of, in the Hebrew Seers, who, 331 Sheliuch Zibbor, who, 327, note Shemoneh Esreh, or eighteen prayers of the antient Jews, 358 Shields, Solomon's three hundred, value of, 252 Shiggaion, what, 234 Shoshanim, what, 235 Silk not known to the antients, nor till late, on this side the Sin-offering, 305, 306 Sirim, what, 172 Sirnames of Roman families, 25-Grecian explained, 23 Slaves antiently lived happier than our country people, 34- came so to their brethren, 158-recovered their freedom Solomon, his immense riches, 181-revenues, 182 what his Songs more antient than letters, 100 Sopherim, the learned men or scribes, so called, 96 Sophetim, or Shophetim, judges, 165, 171 Soterim, or Shoterim, inferior officers of justice, 165, 171 Soul, its immortality believed by the antient Jews, 125 Spain had once the same customs with Africa, now more re- sembles Germany, 5 Sternhold and Hopkins quoted, 243 Stones of the temple remarkable, 68-burdensome, what, 93 Strangers, why avoided by the Israelites, and by other nations, Susanna, story of, probably a fable, 188 Swine's flesh abstained from by Egyptians as well as Jews, 72 T. Tacitus, his false account of the Jews, 200-a notorious liar, Talent, value of, 250, &c.-how to reduce it into English mo- Tapestry rarely used in the East, 65 Targets, Solomon's two hundred, value of, 252 Temple, why only one, 126, 127-no trees about it, 127- Temple, its magnificence described by Maimonides, 316, &c. Tenths, 310, 311 Tephillin, what, 215 Thee and Thou the language of antiquity, 112 Thigh, what meant by it in Scripture, 113 Tithes, 310 Time, how measured among the Hebrews, 279, &c. Totaphot, what, 215 Trades and Arts, 49–55 Traditions, Jewish, very frivolous, 246 Tribes, into how many the Israelites and other nations were Tribute, how much paid by Palestine, and how much by Baby- Tropics, what, 289 Tsitsith, what, 215 Tunic, what, 56, note Twelve tribes divided into their families, 257, &c. U. Urim and Thummim, what, 326 V. Vases Etruscan in the British Museum, and in Warwick Castle, Virgil his account of Roman employments, 199 Virginity antiently not reckoned a virtue, 89 Vows, 136, &c.-in what they chiefly consisted, 138-of the W. Wars, 173, &c. Week, 282-week of days, 283 Women, their employment among the antients, 82, 83—often Worship, among the Jews, attended with sensible mirth mixed Writing probably invented before the deluge, 8, 9—not men- |