I. SCIENCE AND SUPERSTITION
II. THE THEORY OF LOAN-GODS; OR BORROWED RELIGION
III. MAGIC AND RELIGION
IV. THE ORIGIN OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH
V. THE APPROACHES TO MR. FRAZER'S THEORY
I. THE EVOLUTION OF GODS
II. THE ALLEGED MORTALITY OF GODS
III. RELIGIOUS REGICIDE
IV. ANNUAL RELIGIOUS REGICIDE
V. THE SATURNALIA
VI. THE GREEK CRONIA
VII. THE SACÆA
VI. ATTEMPTS TO PROVE THE SACÆAN CRIMINAL DIVINE
I. SACRIFICE BY HANGING. DOES IT EXIST?
II. STAGES IN MR. FRAZER'S THEORY
III. A POSSIBLE RECONCILIATION
IV. THE SACÆA SUDDENLY CHANGES ITS DATE
V. VARIOUS THEORIES OF THE VICTIM
VII. ZAKMUK, SACÆA, AND PURIM
I. HISTORICAL DIFFICULTY
II. PERSIANS ARE NOT BABYLONIANS
III. ORIGIN OF PURIM
IV. IS PURIM PRE-EXILIAN OR POST-EXILIAN
V. THEORY OF A HUMAN VICTIM AT PURIM
VI. CONTRADICTORY CONJECTURE
VII. A NEW THEORY OF THE VICTIM
VIII. NEW GERMAN THEORY OF PURIM
IX. ANOTHER NEW THEORY. HUMAN AND THE VICTIM
VIII. MORDECAI, ESTHER, VASHTI, AND HAMAN
I. ESTHER LOVED BY MORDECAI
II. THE PERSIAN BUFFOON
III. A HELPFUL THEORY OF MY OWN
IX. WHY WAS THE MOCK-KING OF THE SACÆA WHIPPED AND HANGED?
I. PERIODS OF LICENCE
II. THE DIVINE SCAPEGOAT
III. MORE PERIODS OF LICENCE
IV. THE SACÆA AS A PERIOD OF LICENCE
X. CALVARY
XI. THE GHASTLY PRIEST
XII. SOUTH AFRICAN RELIGION
XIII. CUP AND RING: AN OLD PROBLEM SOLVED
XIV. FIRST-FRUITS AND TABOOS
XV. WALKING THROUGH FIRE