The blood covenant

a primitive rite and its bearing on Scripture

2d ed., with a supplement.

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The blood covenant

a primitive rite and its bearing on Scripture

2d ed., with a supplement.

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J. D. Wattles
Language
English
Pages
390

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Table of Contents

Preface to First Edition
Page iii
Preface to Second Edition
Page vii
Lecture I. The Primitive Rite Itself
1. Sources of Bible Study
Page 3
2. An Ancient Semitic Rite
Page 4
3. The Primitive Rite in Africa
Page 12
4. Traces of the Rite in Europe
Page 39
5. World-Wide Sweep of the Rite
Page 43
6. Light from the Classics
Page 58
7. The Bond of the Covenant
Page 65
8. The Rite and Its Token in Egypt
Page 77
9. Other Gleams of the Rite
Page 85
Lecture II. Suggestions and Perversions of the Rite
1. Sacredness of Blood and of the Heart
Page 99
2. Vivifying Power of Blood
Page 110
3. A New Nature Through New Blood
Page 126
4. Life from Any Blood, and by a Touch
Page 134
5. Inspiration Through Blood
Page 139
6. Inter-Communion Through Blood
Page 147
7. Symbolic Substitutes for Blood
Page 191
8. Blood Covenant Involvings
Page 202
Lecture III. Indications of the Rite in the Bible
1. Limitations of Inquiry
Page 209
2. Primitive Teachings of Blood
Page 210
3. The Blood Covenant in Circumcision
Page 215
4. The Blood Covenant Tested
Page 224
5. The Blood Covenant and Its Tokens in the Passover
Page 230
6. The Blood Covenant at Sinai
Page 238
7. The Blood Covenant in the Mosaic Ritual
Page 240
8. The Primitive Rite Illustrated
Page 263
9. The Blood Covenant in the Gospels
Page 271
10. The Blood Covenant Applied
Page 286
Appendix
Importance of This Rite Strangely Undervalued
Page 297
Life in the Blood, in the Heart, in the Liver
Page 299
Transmigration of Souls
Page 305
The Blood-Rite in Burmah
Page 313
Blood-Stained Tree of the Covenant
Page 318
Blood-Drinking
Page 320
Covenant-Cutting
Page 322
Blood-Bathing
Page 324
Blood-Ransoming
Page 324
The Covenant-Reminder
Page 326
Hints of Blood Union
Page 332
Supplement to Second Edition
Reception and Criticisms of First Edition
Page 345
Vital Union by Substitute Blood
Page 346
Blood Makes Unity; Eating Shows Union
Page 350
Ethnic Reachings After Union with the Divine
Page 356
The Voice of Outpoured Blood
Page 359
Gleanings from the General Field
Page 362
Indexes
Topical Index
Page 375
Scriptural Index
Page 388

Edition Notes

Published in
Philadelphia

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
291.2
Library of Congress
BL617 .T8 1893, BL617 .T8 1898

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 390 p.
Number of pages
390

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL6754655M
Internet Archive
bloodcovenantpri0000trum
LCCN
31005418
OCLC/WorldCat
2162826, 1889799, 62254431

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THOSE who are most familiar with the Bible, and who have already given most time to its study, have largest desire and largest expectation of more knowledge through its farther study.
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