Alexander, Dr. W. L., his definition of
Canon objected to, 175.
American Expedition to Palestine. See
EXPLORATION, &c.

ANALECTA BIBLICA: Lamech, 451-

453; De Wette, 453; Religions of the
World, 454; Tholuck, 454; Confusion
of Tongues, 455; Law of Meats, 456;
Quotations of the Fathers, 456-458;
Symbolical Rods (Jer. i. 11, 12), 458.
ANNOTATIONS ON THE NEW TESTAMENT,
210-216; Dr. Bloomfield's work on
the same plan as his Greek Testament,
210; his defence of the Stephanic and
Elzevir texts, 210, 211; his note on
ελλογείται (Rom. v. 13), 212; inaccu-
racies, 213; note on Rev. xxii. 14, 214;
faults and excellencies of Dr. B.'s work,
215, 216.

AUTHORSHIP OF THE ACTS OF THE APOS-
TLES, 406-413; the theory that Silas
is the author, and the imagined diffi-
culty it is intended to meet, 406; ob-
jections to the new hypothesis, 407;
argument arising from the variations in
style, 408; Luke not Paul's amanuen-
sis, &c., 409; omission of names, 410;
conditions required to identify the au-
thor and external evidence on the mat-
ter, 412, 413.

B

BARDS OF THE BIBLE, the, 419-428;
the literary characteristics of the Scrip-
tures comparatively unstudied, 419,420;

Mr. Gilfillan's qualification for his sub-
ject, 421; his arrangement of Scripture
poetry and objections to it, 422; splen-
did passages, 423-425; intrusion of
pre-millenarian opinions, 425; faults in
Mr. G.'s style, 426-428.

:

BIBLICAL CRITICISM, FIRST LESSONS IN,
No. II. Canon of the Scriptures, 174
-189; definition of canon,' 174; evi-
dence of canonicity, 175; the Old Tes-
tament canon, 177; testimony of New
Testament, 178; of Josephus, 179,
180; apocryphal books, 181, 182; the
New Testament canon, 183; allusion
in early Christian writers, and lists of
books, 184-189.

BIBLICAL INTELLIGENCE:-Pension to
Dr. Kitto; Dr. Tregelles' Greek and
Latin New Testament: Dr. Davidson's
Introduction; Chronology of Judges;
English version of the Latin Vulgate;
Tetraglot Pentateuch; Dr. Traill's Jo-
sephus; Memorials of Neander; Stu-
dent's Theological Manual; Hebrew
Books in the British Museum; the
Michael Collection;' Olshausen's Com-
mentary, 251-253: Codex Vaticanus
Cardinal Mai's ed.; Death of Dr. Lach-
man; Fairbairn on Ezekiel; union of
Bibliotheca Sacra with Biblical Reposi-
tory; Wycliffe's Bible; Miss F. Cor-
baux on the Rephaim, 515, 516.
BOOKS, Notices of, 235-250, 495-514:
Bagsters.-Blank Page Bible, 244.
Barham, F.-The Bible Revised, Parts
I. to III., 248.

Birks, T. R.-Horæ Apostolicæ, 246.
Brown, J.-An Exposition of our Lord's
Intercessory Prayer, 239.

tion, 403; misappropriation of the word
devil in the English New Testament,
404; limit to knowledge of the subject,
405.

Dead Sea. See EXPLORATION, &c.

E

EGYPT, 257-291; new elucidations of
the Scriptures even in our day, 257;
result of discovering a phonetic alpha-
bet, 258; difficulties of Egyptology,'
259; interest attaching to Egypt-
hieroglyphics, 260; preservation of re-
mains, 261; characteristics of the works
of Chevalier Bunsen, Mr. Kenrick, and
Dr. Hawks, 262; chronological intri-
cacies, 263; materials for history, 265;
geographical particulars, 266; the
Nile, 267; the interior, 268; inunda-
tion of the river, and ancient blunders
respecting it, 269; agricultural industry
of ancient Egyptians, 270; mechanical
skill, 271; architecture, 272; pyra-
mids, 273; variety of attainments in
art, ornamentation, music, painting,
sculpture, 274-278; idolatrous reli-
gion, and fulfilment of prophecy, 278,
279; mythology, 279-281; astro-
nomy, 282; chemistry and medicine,
283; obscurity of early history, 284;
conjectures connected with the Israel-
itish bondage and exodus, 285-288;
supposed influence of Egyptian customs
and ideas on the Jewish economy, 289
-291.

EXPLORATIONS OF THE RIVER JORDAN

AND THE DEAD SEA, 334-359; in-
terest attaching to various parts of the
world, 334; peculiar interest in Pales-
tine, 335; its historical associations,
336; physical features, 337; geogra-
phical position, 338; seclusion, 339;
its historical individuality, 340; union
of striking contrasts, 341; modern
condition, 341; recent exploration, 342;
want of knowledge respecting the coun-
try, 343; steps taken for obtaining in-
formation, by Lieuts. Symonds and
Molyneux, 345, 346; American expe-
dition in 1848, 347; Seetzen's labo-
rious explorations in 1805, 1806, 348;
his discoveries, 349; natural history
and phenomena of the vicinity of the
Dead Sea, 350-352; neighbouring
cities and strongholds, 352, 353; the
Jordan, unique and hardly navigable,
354, 355; difficulties attending the late

navigation and survey of it and the
Dead Sea, 355-357; results of inves-
tigation, 358, 359.

Ezra and the Great Synagogue, dubious
tradition, 177.

I

INSPIRATION, 315-333; three views of
the matter and proposed examination
of views advocated in Vol. V. of this
Journal, 315; use of universal terms in
the Bible, 316, 317; the phrase 'word
of God,' 318, 319; John xiv., xv., xvi.,
320; meaning of all truth,' 321; ex-
tension of inspiration to more than re-
ligious truth, 323, 324; the Scriptures
admitted to be the only source of evi-
dence, but not appealed to, 325; man's
incompetency to judge respecting the
necessity of revelation, 326; amount of
knowledge implied by inspiration, 327;
error and inspiration incompatible, 328
-331; inspiration adapted to human
capacity, 331, 332; rejection of doc-
trines advocated in the article com-
mented upon, 333.

INTERPRETATION OF 1 COR. vii. 25-
40, 190-200; meaning of 'virgin'
(παρθενος), 190; γαμείτωσαν, 191; pe-
culiarity in conclusion of ver. 36, 192;
requisites to a good interpretation of
the passage, 192; force of μeμepiotai,
193; cause of the apostle's noticing
the subject, 193, 194; supposed diffi-
culty connected with it, 195; the way
in which it seems to be met, 196, 197;
reconciliation of apparent contradictions
in the passage, 197, 198; early celi-
bacy peculiar and corrupted, 199; tes-
timony of antiquity relative to it, 200.

J

Jansenists (The), and their remnant in
Holland, 34-82; ignorance of late
church history, 34; present existence
of Jansenists, 35; rise of the Jesuits,
their influence, through Lainez, at
Trent, 35, 36; the Molinists, 37; Jan-
senius, and his study of Augustine, 38;
errors of the Jesuits, and rise of the
Port-Royalists, 39, 40; condemnation
of Jansenius' works, and efforts of Je-
suits to crush Jansenism, 41-45; mi-
racle at Port-Royal, and Pascal's Let-
ters, 45, 46; temporary cessation of
strife, 47; renewed persecution, 48;