“As an apple of Tantalus, your splendid work concerning Kadesh-Barnea
sways above me. I am not yet filled with it; ... but it is unbearable
that I should longer refrain from thanking you.... It is a great
service that you, following the lead of the sainted Palmer, have made
Ên Kudeîs the object of your investigation.... My commentary on Genesis
is out of print.... Would that I could yet once more work over this
commentary.... Then I would have an opportunity to show my thankful
appreciation of your work.”
FROM DR. HERMANN GUTHE (SECRETARY OF THE GERMAN PALESTINE
SOCIETY) IN THE _Theologische Literatur-Zeitung_, OF LEIPZIG.
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of the three roads leading out from Egypt to the East, which are of
great importance for the general history of the further East.... The
happy result of his journey is very gratifying, and we have to thank
his diligent studies for a valuable contribution to biblical geography.”
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Transcriber’s Note:
Footnotes have been renumbered and repositioned. Where the author has
cross-referenced a footnote, the footnote number in this text has been
added to the original reference.
Two page numbers in the Contents, and one in the Index, have been
amended.
Hieroglyphs and one Syriac word in the original book are represented
by [Illustration].
Quotations from other sources, and transliterated materials, have
been transcribed as they appear in the original book.
Spelling, grammar, and variation in hyphenation and word usage have
been retained.
Punctuation has been changed occasionally where a clear predominance
of usage could be ascertained.
Typographical changes have been made as follows:
p. 31:
the slighest breach
changed to
the slightest breach
p. 57:
_Miss. Vogage to So. Pacif. Ocean_
changed to
_Miss. Voyage to So. Pacif. Ocean_ (footnote 95)
p. 77:
Dubois _Des. of Man. and Cust. of India_
changed to
Dubois’s _Des. of Man. and Cust. of India_ (footnote 151)
p. 90:
Montolinia’s _Hist. Ind. de Nueva España_
changed to
Motolinia’s _Hist. Ind. de Nueva España_ (footnote 181)
p. 111:
M. Edouard Naville, the eminent Swiss Egyptologist
changed to
M. Édouard Naville, the eminent Swiss Egyptologist (footnote 222)
p. 125:
Bruy’s _Histoire des Papes_
changed to
Bruys’s _Histoire des Papes_ (footnote 251)
p. 156:
Taittirīya-brahmana
changed to
Taittirīya-brāhmana
p. 174:
Anderson’s _Lake Ngami_
changed to
Andersson’s _Lake Ngami_ (footnote 360)
p. 185:
the Abbe Dubois
changed to
the Abbé Dubois
p. 189:
_Native Relig. in Mex. and Peru_
changed to
_Native Relig. of Mex. and Peru_ (footnote 388)
p. 235 and 236:
Robert’s _Orient. Ill. of Scrip._
changed to
Roberts’s _Orient. Ill. of Scrip._ (footnotes 492 and 499)
p. 200:
Godwyn’s _Rom. Historiae_
changed to
Godwyn’s _Rom. Historiæ_ (footnote 421)
p. 234:
in the covenant thus memoralized
changed to
in the covenant thus memorialized
p. 300:
_Dictionnaire d’Archéologie Égyptienne_, s. v. “Coeur.”
changed to
_Dictionnaire d’Archéologie Égyptienne_, s. v. “Cœur.” (footnote 678)
p. 312:
and also taken possesion
changed to
and also taken possession
p. 317:
Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eschol
changed to
Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol
p. 332:
colored with saffron, or with tumeric
changed to
colored with saffron, or with turmeric
p. 346:
_Goel_, pursuer, not avenger, of blood, 259-563;
changed to
_Goel_, pursuer, not avenger, of blood, 259-263;
p. 347:
Otaheite, See Tahiti.
changed to
Otaheite. See Tahiti, under Union.
p. 347:
See Covenant, token of the.
changed to
See Phylacteries, the token of blood-covenant.
p. 348:
in the Mosaic ritual, 242-2 8;
changed to
in the Mosaic ritual, 242-248;
These were not changed:
p. 261:
whether the loss life shall be restored
might read
whether the lost life shall be restored
p. 325:
“Even in so rude a tribe as the Brazilian Topanazes,” the Farrer
might read
“Even in so rude a tribe as the Brazilian Topanazes,” says Farrer