The Threshold Covenant; or, The Beginning of Religious Rites

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H. Clay Trumbull. The Threshold Covenant; or, The Beginning of Religious Rites

The Threshold Covenant; or, The Beginning of Religious Rites

Table of Contents

I. PRIMITIVE FAMILY ALTAR

1. A BLOOD WELCOME AT THE DOOR

2. REVERENCE FOR THE THRESHOLD ALTAR

3. THRESHOLD COVENANTING IN THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY

4. STEPPING OR BEING LIFTED ACROSS THE THRESHOLD

5. LAYING FOUNDATIONS IN BLOOD

6. APPEALS AT THE ALTAR

7. COVENANT TOKENS ON THE DOORWAY

8. SYMBOL OF THE RED HAND

9. DEITIES OF THE DOORWAY

II. EARLIEST TEMPLE ALTAR

1. FROM HOUSE TO TEMPLE

2. SACREDNESS OF THE DOOR

3. TEMPLE THRESHOLDS IN ASIA

4. TEMPLE THRESHOLDS IN AFRICA

5. TEMPLE THRESHOLDS IN EUROPE

6. TEMPLE THRESHOLDS IN AMERICA

7. TEMPLE THRESHOLDS IN ISLANDS OF THE SEA

8. ONLY ONE FOUNDATION

III. SACRED BOUNDARY LINE

1. FROM TEMPLE TO DOMAIN

2. LOCAL LANDMARKS

3. NATIONAL BORDERS

4. BORDER SACRIFICES

IV. ORIGIN OF THE RITE

1. A NATURAL QUESTION

2. AN ANSWER BY INDUCTION

3. NO COVENANT WITHOUT BLOOD

4. CONFIRMATION OF THIS VIEW

V. HEBREW PASS-OVER, OR CROSS-OVER, SACRIFICE

1. NEW MEANING IN AN OLD RITE

2. A WELCOME WITH BLOOD

3. BASON, OR THRESHOLD

4. PASS-OVER OR PASS-BY

5. MARRIAGE OF JEHOVAH WITH ISRAEL

VI. CHRISTIAN PASSOVER

1. OLD COVENANT AND NEW

2. PROFFERED WELCOME BY THE FATHER

3. BRIDEGROOM AND BRIDE

4. SURVIVALS OF THE RITE

VII. OUTGROWTHS AND PERVERSIONS. OF THIS RITE

1. ELEMENTAL BEGINNINGS

2. MAIN OUTGROWTHS

3. CHIEF PERVERSIONS

APPENDIX

SIGNIFICANCE OF BLOOD IN THE MARRIAGE RITE.[645]

EXHIBITING THE EVIDENCES

SUBSTITUTE BLOOD FOR DECEPTION

PUBLIC PERFORMANCE OF THE RITE

BIBLE TESTIMONY

WOMAN AS A DOOR

SYMBOLISM OF THE TWO SEXES

SYMBOLISM OF TREE AND SERPENT

COVENANT OF THRESHOLD-CROSSING

DOORKEEPER, AND CARRIER

PASSING OVER INTO A COVENANT

ENGLAND’S CORONATION STONE

INDEXES

TOPICAL INDEX

SCRIPTURAL INDEX

SUPPLEMENT. COMMENTS OF SPECIALISTS

FROM THE REV. DR. MARCUS JASTROW

FROM PROFESSOR DR. HERMAN V. HILPRECHT

FROM PROFESSOR DR. FRITZ HOMMEL

FROM PROFESSOR DR. A.H. SAYCE

FROM PROFESSOR DR. W. MAX MÜLLER

FROM PROFESSOR DR. C.P. TIELE

FROM PROFESSOR DR. E. WASHBURN HOPKINS

FROM THE REV. DR. WILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIS

FROM PROFESSOR DR. JOHN P. MAHAFFY

FROM PROFESSOR DR. WILLIAM A. LAMBERTON

FROM PROFESSOR DR. DANIEL G. BRINTON

FROM THE REV. DR. EDWARD T. BARTLETT

FROM PROFESSOR DR. T.K. CHEYNE

ADDITIONAL FROM PROFESSOR DR. FRITZ HOMMEL

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H. Clay Trumbull

Published by Good Press, 2019

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SIGNIFICANCE OF BLOOD IN THE MARRIAGE RITE. [645]

EXHIBITING THE EVIDENCES.

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