Voltaire, impious opinions of, on religion, I. 30. Advocated immorality, 32. And exemplified his precepts by his own pro- fligate example, 35. His miserable death, 479, 480. Voluntary Oblations, notice of, III. 286. Vowel points, (Hebrew) hypothesis con- cerning the antiquity of, II. 56. Sum- mary of the evidence for their modern date, 6-8. Arguments of anti-punctu- alists for their antiquity, 8, 9. Their re- lative utility, 9, 10. Vows, nature of, III. 321. Requisites to their validity, 322. Different sorts of, 322-324. Vulgate, Latin version of the Scriptures, account of, II. 198, 199. Variations between the Sixtine and Clementine editions, 200, 201. Its critical value, 201. Best editions of it, 202.
Notice of the writers who have treated Volcanoes of Palestine, account of, III, of various readings, 339, 340. Vatican Manuscript, account of, II.74.77. Velesian Manuscripts, notice of, II. 132. Verses, the Old and New Testament, when divided into, II. 148. 153. Versions, (antient) of the Old Testament, importance of, II. 156. Their agreement a proof of its uncorrupted preservation, I. 113. Samaritan version of the Samaritan Pentateuch, II. 14. Arabic version of the same, ibid. Account of the Targums, 157-162. Septuagint version, 163-177. Other Greek versions, 183-185. Syriac versions, 187-189. Arabic versions, 190. Persic version, 191. Egyptian versions, ibid. 192. Ethiopic version, 193. Ar- menian version, 196. Sclavonic version, ibid. Latin versions, 196-202. Versions (antient) of the New Testament, a proof of its genuineness, authenticity, and uncorrupted preservation, I. 95. 119. Accounts of antient versions, viz.: The Syriac, II. 203-205. Egyptian, 206, 207. Arabic, 207. Ethiopic, ibid. Ar- menian, 208, 209. Persian, 209. Gothic, ibid. 210. Sclavonic,211. Anglo-Saxon, ibid. Observations on the respective mer- its of the several antient versions, 212- 214. Rules for consulting them to the best advantage, 214, 215.; and for ap- plying them to the determination of va- rious readings, 321-328. Versions, (modern) of the Scriptures Latin versions. II. 221-226. Versions in the languages of modern Europe, 226. Synoptical table of them, 227. Historical account of them, 228-270. In the lan- guages of Asia, 270-289. Of Africa, 290, 291. And of America, 291, 292— 294. Notice of the early English versions, 233-246. Particularly of the present authorised version, 247-258. Vespasian, pretended miracle of, expos- ed, I. 308, 309.
Vestments of the priests, III. 267. Of the high priest, 273, 274. Victims, different kinds of, III. 278. How selected, ibid. 279. In what manner pre- sented at the altar, 279. Libations poured over them, 280. How immolated, 281. Victories, how celebrated among the Jews, III. 205. And among the Ro- mans, 214-216.
Victorinus, testimony of, to the genuine- ness of the New Testament, I. 80. Vineyards of the Jews, culture and management of, III. 449-452. Virginian Translation of the Bible, II.291. Virtue, no motives to, among the heathen nations, I. 10. Admirable and beauti- ful motives to virtue presented in the Gospel, 423-423.
Visiting the sins of fathers upon their children explained, 1.562. Visitors. how received, III. 430, 431.
Wallachian translation, of the Bible, no- tice of, II. 268. Wardrobes, extensive, of the antients, III. 403.
Wars, the earliest were predatory incur- sions, III. 185. Notice of the wars ofthe an- tient Jews, 186. Mode of declaring war, 201. And of prosecuting it, 201-204. Watches of the night, account of, III. 160. Water turned into wine, observations on the miracle of, I. 266. Importance of supply of water in the East, III. 34. 42. Water fetched by women, 42. Weapons, (military) of the Jews, describ ed, III. 195–201. And of the Romans, 208-210.
Weeks, (Jewish) account of, III. 163, 164. The general division of time by weeks, a confirmation of the credibility of the Mosaic narrative, I. 161.
Weights mentioned in the Scriptures, table of, III. 554.
Wells, in the Holy Land, notice of, III. 40, 41. Stopping them up an act of hostility, 42.
Welsh translations of the Bible, account of II. 258–260.
Western Recension of the New Testa- ment, II. 53.
Wheat, abundant in Palestine, III. 57, 58. Whirlwinds frequent in Palestine, III. 65.
Whole put for part. II. 627. Wildernesses of Palestine, notice of, III, 52, 53.
Wines, of the Jews, notice of, III. 435, 436. 449-452.
Winter in Palestine, account of, III. 28 -30.
Wisdom of Solomon, account of the apo- cryphal book of, IV. 215, 216.
Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, ac-. count of the apocryphal book of, 216,| 172. Witnesses, testimony of, how given, III. 112.
Wives, purchased in the East, III. 408. Women, (Jewish) dress of, III. 394, 395. Some articles of their apparel, men- tioned in the Scriptures, elucidated, 400 -432. Mode of dressing their hair 398. Took their meals apart from the men, III. 436. Their occupations, 415. 442. Woolston, (Mr.) absurd and contradictory tenets of, I. 26. His immoral conduct, 34.
Words and phrases, rules for investigat- ing the meaning of, II. 504-508. Em- phatic words, 508-513.
Worship of the Temple, manner of, III. 212. 206, 297. And in the synagogues, 242-248. Allusions, in the Scriptures, to the idolatrous worship of the Hea- thens, explained, 349–357. Writing, state of the art of, among the Jews, III, 456. Materials used by hem for this purpose, as well as by other an- tient nations, 456-459., and in the notes.
The Scriptures, why committed to writ ing, I. 36—39.
Xylophoria, or feast of wood-offering, III. 316.
Years, (Jewish) account of, III. 165— 167. Calendar of, 168-173.
Zealots, a Jewish sect, notice of, III. 371. Zechariah, (Prophet) account of, IV. 207. Analysis of his prophecy, ibid. 208, 209. Remarks on his style, 209. Commenta- tors on this prophet, II. 778. Zedekiah, prophecies concerning, and their fulfilment, I. 327. Zephaniah, (Prophet) account of, IV.173. Scope and analysis of his book, ibid. Commentators on this prophet, II. 778. Zurich, or German-Swiss Translation of the Bible, II. 230, 231.
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