Chapter XXXIII: Part VI: Here and There in the Bible (2)

Matt. i: 20-21, p. 16; ii: 11, p. 27; iii: 7-9, pp. 117, 118; iii: 11, p. 391; v, p. 120; v: 29-30, p. 119; v: 34-37, pp. 173, 174; v: 39-41, p. 121; v: 42, p. 122; v: 43-45, p. 97; vii: 2, p. 265; viii: 32, p. 158; x: 9-10, p. 249; x: 12-13, p. 87; x: 16, 22, 26-27, p. 274; xi: 16-17, p. 264; xiii: 24-30, pp. 146-48, 288; xiii: 33-35, pp. 149, 199; xiii: 34, p. 145; xiii: 44, p. 161; xv: 28, p. 342; xvi: 6, p. 152; xvi: 13, p. 112; xvi: 21-23, p. 134; xvi: 25-26, p. 112; xvii: 1, p. 112; xvii: 19, p. 128; xviii: 3, p. 187; xviii: 10, p. 89; xviii: 12-14, pp. 308, 309; xviii: 15-17, pp. 135, 136, 139; xviii: 21-22, p. 133; xviii: 23-35, pp. 136, 137; xix: 24, p. 130; xx: 9, p. 277 n.; xxiii: 24, p. 133; xxiv: 17, p. 269; xxiv: 41, p. 400; xxiv: 42, p. 403; xxvi: 7, 20, p. 224; xxvi: 21, p. 59; xxvi: 23, p. 58; xxvi: 27, 29, p. 237; xxvi: 37-39, p. 76; xxvi: 49, p. 71; xxvi: 73, p. 177; xxvii: 59-60, p. 371; xxviii: 20, p. 65.

Mic. iv: 4, p. 282.

Prov. x: 7, p. 89; xi: 22, p. 351; xii: 4, p. 351; xxi: 9, p. 273; xxvii: 22, p. 234; xxxi: 10-31, pp. 355-57; xxxvii: 22, p. 234.

Psalms v: 7, p. 38; viii: 3-4, p. 31; xviii: 2-3, p. 245; xix, p. 36; xix: 1-2, p. 32; xix: 9, 11, p. 86; xx: 22, p. 39; xxiii, pp. 73, 295; xxiii: 1, p. 297; xxiii: 3, pp. 302, 303; xxiii: 4, pp. 305, 309; xli: 9, p. 193; xliv: 14, p. 141; xlvi: 1-2, p. 245; li, p. 73; lxi: 3, p. 241; lxxx: 8-9, 14-15, p. 281; cix: 8-13, pp. 92, 93; cxix: 71-72, p. 245; cxxviii: 3, p. 281; cxxix: 5-8, p. 88; cxxx: 1, 6, p. 387; cxxxix: 1-6, p. 82; cxlv: 16, p. 195; cxlvii: 4-5, p. 33.

Rom. vi: 13, p. 120; ix: 1, p. 168; ix: 13, p. 99; xii: 1, p. 168; xii: 19, p. 91.

Ruth ii: 4, p. 88.

1 Sam. xx: 27-29, p. 235.

2 Sam. x: 4-5, p. 172.

Sol. ii: 10-14, pp. 352, 353; iv: 1-3, p. 353; vii: 1-9, p. 353.

1 Thess. iii: 6, p. 64.

Zeph. i: 4-5, p. 276.

Birth, of Jesus, 12; a miracle, 20; attitude of Syrian mind toward, 20-25; attitude of American mind toward, 22, 24; of man-child, 27-29; customs at, 28. _See_ Nativity.

Blood Covenant, the, 160.

Books on the East, 10.

Borrowing and lending, 122-24, 215.

_Bosom_, in the translation of the Bible, 267.

Bread, unleavened, 150; not to be eaten until errand is known, 191, 192; considered to possess mystic sacred significance, 193; the "life-giver, " 194; offering of, 194; of life, Christ, 194; "our daily bread, " 196, 197; the Oriental's attitude toward, is religious, 197; the process of mixing, 198-200; the process of baking, 200-02; bought by weight, 203; always eaten with a sense of sacredness, 237, 238; carried on a journey, 250, 251; does not mould in Syria, 251.

Bread and salt, 191-95, 238.

_Bûrghûl_, an article of food, 402.

Burning pit, the, 201.

Burying-places in the East, 370, 371.

"Business success, " 53.

Cakes of the Bible, 374-76.

Cameleers, 260-63, 265.

Camels, caravans of, 259, 260; the watering of, 261, 262; riding on, 262, 263.

Caravans, 259, 260.

Carnivals, 233.

Carob tree, the, 158, 159.

Carrying children on the shoulder, 389-91.

Chaff, 379.

Childlessness, evidence of divine disfavor, 20, 23.

Children, a heritage from the Lord, 23, 24; presentation of, at the temple, 37; owe obedience to both mother and father, 335, 336; carrying on the shoulder, 389-91.

Christ. _See_ Jesus.

Christian Church. _See_ Church.

Christians, oaths of, 170, 171; Syrian, of the Semitic stock, have had little to do with the development of creeds, 404; creed of the Palestinian, 406.

Christmas, 41.

Christmas carol, 41, 45.

Church, spoken of as the vine which God has planted, 281; the origin and the expansion and organization of, 405; division of, 407, 408.

Churches, of Syria, 407, 408; the Greek and the Latin, 407; the Roman Catholic and the Greek Orthodox, 408.

Clarke, Adam, and Jesus pilgrimage to Jerusalem, 49; on the parable of the treasure hid in the field, 161, 162.

Clocks in Syria, 277 n.

Clothing made at home in Syria, 363.

_Coat_ and _cloak_, the words, 121, 253.

Cock crow, 397-99.

Coin, lost, parable of the, 152-55.

Coming of the Son of man, the, 400-03.

Conception, attitude of the Syrian mind toward, 20-25; attitude of the American mind toward, 23, 24.

Constantinople, 405, 407.

Corruption, fermentation considered to be, 151, 152.

Couches, reclining on, 227-30; sleeping on, 271, 272.

Courtesy, example of Oriental, 370-73.

Creed-makers of Christendom, 128.

Creeds, 403, 404, 407, 409, 410.

Crier from the housetop, 273, 274.

Critics, of the Bible, 41, 119, 128; of Paul and Christianity, 328; higher, 408.

Crowds, 222-24.

Crowing of the cock, 397-99.

Crucifixion, the story of the, 395-97.

Culture gives strength and symmetry to religious thought, 85.

Curses. _See_ Imprecations.

Curtness of the Anglo-Saxon, 108.

Da Vinci, Leonardo, his painting of The Last Supper, 58, 59, 67.

Dependence of the Oriental, 72, 73.

Dialects of the Oriental's speech, 175-78.

"Dipping in the dish, " 58, 60, 61.

Disobedience, 54, 335, 336.

Distaff, the, 359, 360.

Dough, 373.

Drawing water, 261.

_Drink_, the word as used in the Bible, 193 n.

Drinking, at feasts, 61-63, 236, 237; manner of, 380, 381.

Eating, 58-61, 222-24.

Ecumenical Councils, 406.

Eleventh hour, the, 277 n.

Elijah, 375.

Elisha, the story of, 382, 383; his kindness to a poor widow, 383, 384.

Enemies, love of. _See_ Love.

Evolution, not altogether compulsory, 242.

Exaggeration, Oriental fondness for, 118.

"Eye-of-the-needle" passage, the, 130-32.

Faith, of the Oriental, 21; Syrian idealization of, 129; early Palestinian, 406.

Familiar friend, the, 193.

Family, spoken of as a vine, 281.

Farmer, the American, 285; the Syrian, 286-94.

Fasting, 15.

Feasts, fraternal, in Syria, 56-69, 221; family, 231-38.

Fecundity, a gift of the Lord, 20; leaven a symbol of, 150.

Feet, washing and anointing, 226-28; unclean in a ceremonial sense, 228, 292.

Fermentation, considered to be corruption, 151, 152.

Fig tree, and the vine, the Oriental's chief joys, 280; sitting under, 281, 282.

Filial obedience, 51-55, 335, 336.

Flocks of sheep and goats, and their folds, 295, 296; returning, 300; the shepherd's guidance of, 301, 302; the gathering of the, 303.

Folds, sheep and goat, 295-98.

Forgiveness, 133-39.

Forty days, the purification period, 38.

Garment, cure effected by touch of, 393-95.

Gathering of the flock, the, 303.

Gentiles, the, 405, 406.

Gesticulation of the Oriental, 115-17.

Gethsemane, the kiss in, 70, 74, 76.

_Ghebb_ (sucking of the water with the lips), 381.

Gideon, the story of, 376, 377; his army, 380, 381.

Girdle, the Syrian, 252, 253; placing the hand under, 369.

Goad, the Syrian, 286, 288, 378.

Goatfolds, 295-98.

Goats, the calling of, by name, 299.

God, called shelter and refuge, 241, 244, 245; the Oriental's belief that all good comes from, 386, 387.

Good pleasure, 335-39.

Gospel. _See_ Bible.

Gracious woman, a, 348-64.

Grain, measuring, 265-67; threshing, 377-80.

Greeks, their custom of reclining at meals, 225.

Green tree, 396, 397.

Grinding wheat, 400-03.

Guest, at the feast, 62; sudden arrival of, 213-16; delaying the departing, 218-21; departure of, 221; invited in families, 221, 222; sit on the floor, 222; and _zad_, 250.

Hair, cutting the, release from vow, 17, 18.

Handmill, 400-03.

_Harem_, the, 333, 334.

_Hate_, the word, in the Arabic tongue, 99; in the Bible, 99, 100.

Hatred and love, 104-06.

Hidden treasures, 161-66.

Holidays, 221.

Home, no word for, among the Syrians, 241, 243; the word in the translation of the Bible, 243.

Honoring father and mother, 335.

Horn, symbol of strength, 245 n.

Hospitality, of Orientals, 205; extended by the man, not the woman, 205-07, 334, 335; Syrian fashion of extending, 208-13; compulsion to accept, 210, 214; Syrian rules of, 213-21; to the traveler, 249, 250.

Host, the man, not the woman, acts as, 205-07, 334, 335; the urging of hospitality by, 208-21; bringing the guest on the way, 221; and _zad_, 250.

_House_, Syrian use of the word, 241-44; the word in the translation of the Bible, 243; the word precious to the Oriental, 244.

House, the Syrian, 242, 269.

Housetop, the shouting of wares from, 269, 273; easily reached, 269, 270; making an opening in, 270-72; the construction of, 271; sleeping on, 272; to dwell on, 273; calling from, 273, 274; used for household purposes, 275, 402; praying on, 275-79.

_Hûrmat_, term for _wife_, 333; term for _woman_, 342.

Husband and wife, according to St. Paul, 326-29, 358.

Husks, 158.

Hyenas, 307, 308.

Imploring, Oriental habit of, 178-81, 217.

Importunity, Oriental habit of, 178-81, 217.

Imprecations, 88, 91-95, 146. _See_ Swearing.

Impressions _vs._ literal accuracy, 115-39.

Inaccuracy, intellectual, of the Oriental, 108-14.

Increase, the miracle of, 384-87.

Indefiniteness, effect produced by, 138, 139.

Individualism, 409.

Infant, the, in Syria, 28, 29; admittance of, into the church, 37-40.

Ingersoll, Robert, 128.

Inheritances, division of, 155, 156.

Interpretation, sympathetic, a duty of present-day culture, 19.

Isaiah, 36.

_Jaroosh_ (handmill), 400-02.

Jerusalem, arraignment of, 30; Jesus goes on pilgrimage to, 47-51.

Jesus Christ, a man without a country, 3; belongs to all races and all ages, 3; as regards his modes of thought and life and his method of teaching, was a Syrian of the Syrians, 4; never out of Palestine, 4; story of his birth, 12; goes on pilgrimage to Jerusalem, 47-51; filial obedience of, 51-55; closing scenes in his personal career, 56, 72; his command to his countrymen to love their enemies, 96; and the money-lenders, 123-25; tendency of, to use parables, 146; his command in regard to swearing, 173, 174; his words to Peter, 183; entertained by Mary and Martha, 207, 335; the anointing of his feet, 226-28; sending his disciples forth, 249; his injunction, "Salute no man by the way, " 255, 257; his first meeting with Nathaniel, 282; on dishonoring the sacred day, 291, 292; and his mother, 340-45; his conversation with the Samaritan woman, 342; as the incarnation of the Logos, 343-45; cure effected by the hem of his garment, 393-95; the crucifixion of, 395-97; conversation of, with Peter after the Last Supper, 399; the Gospel of Christ is triumphing over the theories about, 410; his creed, 410.

John, "leaning on Jesus' bosom, " 65-67.

John the Baptist, 391, 392.

Joseph, story of, 16.

Journeys. _See_ Traveling.

Judas, the treachery of, 67-71.

Judicial contests, swearing in, 169.

_Keyyal_ (measurer), 265, 266.

_Kherrûb_ (carob), 158, 159.

_Kibbey_, a dish of meat and crushed wheat, 233, 234, 402.

Killing of the sheep, the, 231-33.

Kiss, Judas's, 70, 71.

Kissing, among men, a Syrian custom, 70, 71; of the hands of parents, 335.

Kneading done in the evening, 373.

Kneading-day, 198-200.

Kneading-troughs, 374.

_Kummer_ (girdle), 252, 253.

Lambs, newly born, carried by shepherd, 306, 307.

Language, daily, of the Syrian, is Biblical, 87-90; abstinence from "pious, " in America, 90. _See_ Speech.

_Lap_, in the Bible, 267.

Last Supper, the, 56-69, 74; in harmony with Syrian life, 56, 57; painted by da Vinci in Occidental form, 58, 59; appointments of, were Oriental, 59-69; no women at, 207, 334; conversation of Jesus and Peter after, 399.

Leaven, parable of the, 149, 199; held in esteem by the Syrians, 150; the meaning _corruption_ figurative, 152; use of, in making bread, 199.

Lent, 233-38.

Leopards, 307.

Levite, the story of the, 211, 212, 219-21.

Life, of a people, cannot be studied from the outside, 7-11; to the Oriental an inheritance, 242.

_Like_ ("to be favorably inclined toward"), not in the Bible or the Arabic tongue, 98; in English version of the Bible, 98.

Literature, difficult to understand if it has not sprung from the people's racial life, 6; the Bible as, 7.

Loaves, parable of the three, 214-17.

Locusts, 292-94.

Lord's Prayer, the, 196.

Love, of enemies, 96-106; not of our own making, 97; meaning of, in the West, 98; meaning of, in the East, 98-102; speaks of the greatest thing in the world, 103; and hatred, 104-06; assurances of, 182.

Man-child, birth of, 27-29.

_Marafeh_, feast of the, 233-37.

Market-place, Syrian, and the caravan, 259; a place of sociability as well as business, 263, 264; measuring grain in, 265-68.

Marriage in the East, 348-50.

Marriage wishes, 23, 24.

Martha, not at the Last Supper, 207, 208, 335.

Mary, not at the Last Supper, 207, 208, 335; Jesus and, 340-45.

Maternity, pilgrimage for, 12-16.

_Mathel_, meaning of, 140.

Mattresses, 216.

Measure, the generous, 265-68.

Measurer, the, 265-68.

Mecca, 47.

_Melleh_ (cakes), 374, 375.

Merchants, muleteer, 269, 273.

Metaphor, Oriental fondness for, 118.

_Midd_ (a wooden measure), 265, 266.

Miracles, 20, 21, 384-87.

Mocking of the afflicted, 381-83.

Modesty the chief charm of the Oriental woman, 332.

Mohammedans, pilgrimages of, 47; oaths of, 169, 170; position of women among, 318 n., 331.

Molasses, the method of making, in the East, 285.

Money-lenders, 123-25.

Mortar, 379.

Mother, claiming same obedience as father, 335, 336; Jesus and his, 340-45; the mother's milk, 345-47.

_Mouldy_, in translation of the Bible, 251.

Mount Zion, meeting in the upper room on, 56-69.

Muleteer, merchants, 269, 273.

Mustache, swearing by, 171-73.

Mysticism, 41, 42.

Nativity, narrative of the, 37, 41-44.

Nazarite (_nedher_), 16, 18.

_Nezel_, 62.

Oaks, 376.

Oaths. _See_ Imprecations, Swearing.

Obedience, filial, 51-55, 335, 336.

Oil, miraculous increase of, 384-86.

Open space, the, in Syrian villages, 210.

Optimism, 45.

Oriental, the, and the Anglo-Saxon, in each other's eyes, 57; not afraid to "let himself go, " 57, 72; dependence of, 72, 73; craves sympathy, 73; the vision of, 77; his manner of speech, 81; has not achieved much in the material world, 83; his supreme choice has been religion, 84; always conscious of God and the soul, 84; does not know of atheism, 84, 85; has always lived in a world of spiritual mysteries, 86; his imprecations, 91-95; considers his personal enemies to be the enemies of God, 93; more cruel in words than in deeds, 95; the unveracious, 107-14; intellectual inaccuracy of, 108; expects to be judged by what he means, not by what he says, 115, 125; his speech is always illustrated, 115; fond of metaphor and exaggeration, 118; does not maliciously misrepresent, 126; use of parables and proverbs, a characteristic of, 140; makes no distinction between a parable and a proverb, 140; his contempt for swineherds, 157, 158; his tendency to swear, 167-74; the dialects of his speech, 175-88; his habit of imploring, 178-81; the intimacy and unreserve of his speech, 181-83; the unqualified positiveness of his speech, 183-88; bread and salt to, 191-95; his understanding of the prayer "Give us our daily bread, " 196, 197; religious attitude of, toward bread, 197; bread-making of, 198-204; hospitality of, 205-17; his table appointments, 222, 320; life is an inheritance to, 242; the word _house_ precious to, 244; his method of salutation, 255-58; knows no business without sociability, 263; his reputed lack of regard for women, 314, 315; gives man the precedence, 316, 317; his manner rather than intentions toward woman at fault, 318, 319, 322, 323; has only comparatively slight acquaintance with the art of living, 319; his life simple and without exacting standards, 319, 320; his social activities simple, 321; hates to be standardized, 321; abhors formalities in the family circle, 321, 322; the family system of, patriarchal, 323, 328; his attitude toward woman according to St. Paul, 325-33; limits woman's social privileges because of fear for her, 330, 331; his descriptions of feminine loveliness, 351-55; his description of the virtuous woman, 355-64; example of courtesy of, 370-73; his belief that all good comes from God, 386, 387; his belief in the efficacy of touch to impart divine power, 394; has been a leader in religion and a borrower in theology, 405. _See_ Syria, Syrians.

Oven, of the Bible, 200-02.

Overcautiousness in the pulpit, 186, 187.

Palestine, 405.

Parable, of the prodigal son, 142; 152, 155-61, 206, 207; to picture demoralization beyond redemption, 143, 144; on partiality, 144, 145; of the wheat and the tares, 146-49; of the leaven, 149, 199; of the lost sheep, 152, 308; of the lost coin, 152-55; of the treasure hid in the field, 161-66; of the unrighteous judge, 179, 180; of the three loaves, 214-17.

Parables, speaking in, 140-66; and proverbs, Oriental makes no distinction between, 140; fondness of Oriental for, 140, 141; sociableness of, 142.

Parents, honoring and obeying, 51-55, 335, 336.

Passover, feast of the, 49.

Path, the beaten, 301, 302.

Patron saints as heavenly messengers, 12.

Paul, his statements concerning the Syrian attitude toward women, 325-33.

Pebble, the covering of the, 203, 204.

Personality, secret of, an impenetrable mystery, 4.

Pessimism, 45.

Peter, his experience in the palace of the high priest, 177, 178; Jesus and, 183; his vision, 276-79.

Pilgrimage, meaning, to a Syrian, 13, 14; the _zeara_, 13-17, 47, 48; of Jesus to Jerusalem, 47-51; still common in Syria, 47; occasion of union among the common people, 221.

Place of residence, the term, 243.

Plough, the Syrian, 286-88.

Poetry, dominant feature of Oriental speech, 108; description of feminine loveliness in, 354, 355.

_Porter_, in translation of the Bible, 298.

Positiveness of speech, Oriental fondness for, 118, 132, 183-88.

Prayer, 15; the Lord's, 196.

Prayers of the Scriptures, due to persistence in petitioning, 180.

Praying on the housetop, 275-79.

Presentation of child at temple, 37.

Prodigal son, parable of the, 142, 152, 155-61, 206, 207.

Pronunciation of the Syrians, 176-78.

Protestantism, 409.

Proverbs, use of, an Oriental characteristic, 140; and parables, Oriental makes no distinction between, 140.

Psalms due to persistence in petitioning, 180.

Purification period, 38.

Purse, the, 252.

_Rada'_ (cloak), 121, 122.

_Radha_ (good pleasure), 335-39.

Rag trees, 376.

Rationalism, modern, 19.

Rebecca, 23, 26.

Reclining at meals, 224-30.

_Refuge_, use of the term, 241, 244.

Religion, gives life and beauty to culture, 85; the course of, has been from the East to the West, 405.

Religions, the three greatest, have originated in Syria, 86.

Remembrance, 63-65.

Reproduction, attitude of Eastern peoples toward, 25, 26; attitude of Anglo-Saxons toward, 26.

Retribution, 133-39.

Revenge, idea of, lies deep in Oriental nature, 91.

Rome, 405, 407.

Roof. _See_ Housetop.

St. John's Gospel, the purpose of, 343-45.

Sacrament, feasts and, 56-71.

Salt, used at births, in Syria, 28; bread and, 191-95, 238.

"Salted, " 28-30.

Salutation, the Oriental method of, 255-58.

Sarah, 26.

Scribes and pharisees, rebuke of, 132, 133.

Scrip, the, 250.

Scriptures, spring from soil whose life is active sympathy of religion, 85.

Scriptures, the. _See_ Bible.

Sermon on the Mount, the, 97.

"Seventy times seven, " 133-39.

Sheep, lost, parable of the, 152, 206-08; the killing of the, 231-33; the calling of, by name, 299; the return of, at evening, 300; guided by the shepherd, 301, 302; the gathering of, 303; their trust in their shepherd, 307.

Sheepfolds, 295-98.

_Shelter_, use of the term, 241, 244.

Shepherd, solicitous watchfulness of, 296, 297, 299; his tent and dog, 298; going before the flock, 299, 300; the guidance of, 301, 302; the good, 304, 305; carrying newly born lambs, 306, 307; rescuing from wild beasts, 307-09.

Shepherd life in Syria, 295-309.

Shoes, 228 n., 292.

Signs and wonders, 181.

Sin, origin of, 54.

Sitting at meals, 58, 224-30.

Sleeping, on couches, 271; on the housetop, 272.

Sleeplessness, 388, 389.

Snow in Syria, 362, 363.

Sociability, no business without, 263.

Sociableness of parabolic speech, 142.

Solomon's Song, the realism of, 352-55.

"Sop, " the, handed to Judas, 68-70.

Sower, the Syrian, 286-94.

Sowing in Syria, 288, 289.

Speech, Oriental's, his manner that of a worshipper, 81, 185; his daily, 81-90; imprecations, 90-95; intellectual inaccuracy of, 108; always illustrated, 115; full of metaphor and exaggeration, 118-39, 372; its positiveness, 118, 132, 183-88; parabolic, 140-66; swearing, 167-74; the many and picturesque dialects of, 175-78; habit of imploring, 178-81; its intimacy and unreserve, 181-83.

Spindle, the Syrian, 359-61.

Spinning in Syria, 358-61.

Spiritual visions, little room for, in modern life, 46.

Springs of water, 248, 249.

Staff, the Syrian, 254.

Star of Bethlehem, 31, 36, 37, 41.

Star-gazers, 34, 35.

Stars, Oriental attitude toward, 31, 32; multitude likened to, 32, 33; of persons, 33, 34; belief that they are alive with God, 36.

Stoves, 200.

"Strain at a gnat and swallow a camel, " 133

Streets, 210-13.

Superstitions, 18-20.

Swaddle, the, 28, 29.

Swearing, 167-74. _See_ Imprecations.

Swineherds, 157.

Syria, life in, to-day, the same as in the time of Christ, 5, 6; life of, must be studied from the inside, 8, 10, 11; pilgrimages still common in, 47; events on Mount Zion and in Gethsemane illustrative of life in, 56-71; belief in regard to tares in wheat-field, common in, 148; hidden treasures in, 164, 165; sitting and reclining at meals in, 224-26; traveling in, 247-58; the market-place in, 259-68; caravans in, 259, 260; drawing water in, 261; measuring grain in, 265-68; the housetop in, 269-77; the vineyard and the fig tree in, 280-82; making wine in, 282-84; agricultural life in, 286-94; shepherd life in, 295-309; status of woman in, _see_ Oriental, Woman; marriage in, 348-50; the process of spinning in, 359-61; snow in, 362, 363; grinding wheat in, 400-03. _See_ Oriental, Syrians.

Syrian and American modes of thought, contrast between, 126, 127.

Syrian churches, 407, 408.

Syrians, attitude toward miracles, 21; attitude toward conception and birth, 22; customs of, at birth, 28; attitude of, toward the stars, 31-36; their custom of kissing, 70; life revolves around a religious center to, 81, 82; their daily language is Biblical, 87-90; have no secular language, 87; mixture of piety and hatred characteristic of, 94; expect to be judged by what they mean, not by what they say, 115; love to speak in pictures, 115-17; their use of figurative language, 117; their regard for leaven, 150; the dialects of, 175-78; hospitality of, 205-30; family feasts of, 231-38; their use of the words _shelter_, _house_, _refuge_, 241-45; live for the most part out of doors, 241, 242; have no word for _home_, 243; lovers of their homes, 243. _See_ Oriental, Syria.

_Sûhad_ (sleeplessness), 388, 389.

Table appointments, 222, 320.

Tares, 146-49.

Tare-sickness, 147.

_Tennûr_, for use in baking, 201.

_Tent_, the term, 243.

_Thaub_ (gown), 121.

Theology, the course of, has been from the West to the East, 405.

Theories about Christ, 410.

Thigh, placing the hand under, 367-69.

Thorns, 289, 290.

Threshing, 290, 377-80.

Threshing-board, 290, 377-80.

Tiles, 271.

Timepieces in Syria, 277 n.

Touch, divine power imparted by, 393-95.

Tourists, books by, 8, 10.

Traitors, 67.

Traveling, in America, 246; in the East, 247-58.

Treading, the grapes, 283, 377; the grain, 290, 378.

Treasure hid in a field, parable of, 161-66.

"Treating, " 62.

Unleavened bread, 150.

Unrighteous judge, parable of the, 179, 180.

Unveracity of the Oriental, 107-14.

Vengeance, Oriental idea of, 91.

Vine, and the fig tree, the Oriental's chief joys, 280; symbol of spiritual as well as physical family unity, 280; the church as a, 281; the family as a, 281.

Vineyard, blessings for the increase of, 25.

Vows, 16-18, 49.

Wakefield, Mr., quoted, 162.

Wallet, the, 250.

Washing the feet, 226-28.

Watching for the dawn, 387-89.

Wedding songs, 247.

Weddings, 221.

Wheat, measuring, 265-67; plucking and eating, 291; threshing, 377-80; miraculous increase of, 384; the grinding of, 400-03.

Wild beasts, 307-09.

Wills, 155.

Wine, the method of making, in the East, 282-84, 377; sweet and bitter, 284.

Wine cup, the mystery of, 280.

Wine-drinking, 15, 237.

Wine press, 282, 283, 377.

Wise Men, the, 27, 37, 44.

Wolves, 307.

Woman, with child, 26; East and West differ greatly in status of, 313, 314; Anglo-Saxon regard for, 313; reputed Occidental contempt for, 314, 315; culture and privileges of the American, 316; the Oriental indifferent to fine points of behavior toward, 316, 317; the Oriental does not consider man superior to, 317-19; Christian and Mohammedan, in Syria, 318 n., 331; explanation of the Oriental's attitude toward, 318, 319, 322; in home of cultivated Syrian, 323, 324; Syrian attitude toward, according to St. Paul, 325-33; of Syria, not always submissive, 329; her social privileges in the East limited because of fear for her, 330, 331, 349; a reason for veiling, in the East, 332; modesty the chief charm of Oriental, 332; why called _hûrmat_, 333; the _harem_, 333, 334; reason for man's precedence of, in social affairs, 334, 335; her place is in the home, 348; classified with reference to virtue and its opposite, 351; the Oriental's descriptions of, 351-55; the virtuous, description of, 355-64.

_Woman_, as a term of address, 340-45.

Woman-stealing, 330, 331.

Wrestling in prayer, 12.

Yusuf Balua', 305-09.

_Zad_, 249-51.

_Zeara_, the (pilgrimage to a shrine), 12-17, 47-48.

_Zûkreh_ (remembrance), 63, 65.

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