Lectures on the Religion of the Semites: First Series. The Fundamental Institutions |
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Additional Note altar ancient religion annual antiquity appears Arabian Arabs Astarte Atargatis atoning Baal beasts blood brazen altar burned camel Canaanite Carthaginian ceremony character clan common communion conception connection consecrated covenant deity Deut divine eaten evidence explained feast flesh gifts goddess gods Greek Harranians heathenism Hebrew Heracles Hierapolis holocaust holy place human sacrifice idea idol Israel Jehovah jinn kind kindred king kinship land legend means myth Nabatæan nations natural nomadic northern Semites oblation offering Old Testament ordinary sacrifices origin Pausanias Phœnician piacular sacrifice pillars priests primitive principle prophets race regarded relations religious rite ritual rule sacred animals sacred stone sacrificial meal sanctity sanctuary Saracens savage seems Semitic Semitic religion sheep simply slaughter social society Sozomen supernatural supposed supra symbol Syrian taboo temple things tion tithe totem tradition tree tribal tribes tribute unclean usage victim Wellh Wellhausen whole worship