Lectures on the religion of the Semites. First series, The fundamental institutions / by the late W. Robertson Smith.

  • William Robertson Smith
Date:
1894
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    Nimrod, 92. Nisan, sacred month, 407, 470 Nisibis, etymology of, 204 Nomads, food of, 222 Nosb, altar and idol in one, 201, 204, 340 Oath of purgation, 180 sqq., 480 Ob, Hebrew, 198 Ocaisir, Arabian god, 223, 225, 331 Oil, in sacrifice, 232 ; sacred fountain of, 179 *Okaz, sanctuary of, 210; fair of, 461 OXoXuyri, 431 Ombos and Tentyra, feuds of, 31 Omens from animals, 443 Oracles from trees, 133, 194; at wells, 177 sq.; from fish, 178 Ordeals by water, 179 sq. Orestes, wanderings of, 360 Orgiastic element in ancient religion, 261 sqq. Orgies of the Arabian Venus, 363 Ornaments, offerings of, 335 sq. Orontes, legends of, 171 sq., 175, 176 Orotal, 316, 325, 330 Orwa, holy well of, 168 'Otfa, Bedouin, 37 Outlaw, purification of, 359 Ox, in sacrifice, 218 ; sacredness of, 298 ; in Greece, 304. See Buphonia Palici, lake of, 178, 180 Palm-tree, sacred, at Nejran, 185 Palmetum, water at the, 167 Palmyra, fountain of Eplica at, 168 Paneas, grotto of, 171, 183 Pan-Hellenic ideas, 31 Pantheon, Semitic, 39 Parricides, punishment of, 418 Particularism of ancient Semitic re- ligion, 35 sqq., 53 Passover, antiquity of ritual of, 406 ; sacrifice of firstlings, 464 ; not originally a household sacrifice, 280, 464 ; Arabian equivalent of, 227 ; blood - sprinkling in, 344, 431 ; leaven in, 221 ; haste in, 245 ; bones not to be broken, 345 Pastoral religion, 297, 355 Pasture land, tax on, 246 Patron. See Client Pegai, Damascene River-god, 171 Pegasus, 294 Pentateuch, composition of, 215 Perfume, holiness of, 453 Periander and Melissa, story of, 236 Petra, worship of Lat at, 56 sq. Phallic symbols, 211, 456 Philistines, origin of, 10 Philo Byblius, cosmogony of, 43 ; on Canaanite plant-worship, 186, 308 ; on rod and pillar worship, 196, 203 ; on legend of Usous, 467 Piacula, special, their origin and meaning, 399; annua], 405 ; Greek and Roman, 350 sq. ; Levitical, 325, 348, 423 ; at opening of cam- paign, 401 Piacular rites, distinctive characters of, 398 sq.; interpretation of, 399 ; antique features in, how preserved, 400 sqq.; not originally sin-offer- ings, 401 sq. Piggullm, 343 Pilgrimage, based on clientsliip and voluntary homage, 80 ; in Arabia, 109 sqq.; a bond of religious union under Islam, 276 sq.; hair-offering in connection with, 331, 483 sq.; taboos incidental to, 481 dress worn in, 485 Pillar altars, 188, 487 sqq. Pillars, sacred, 203 sqq., 456 sqq., 487 Pillars, twin, as symbols, 438 ; at Paphos, Hierapolis, Jeru-alem, 208 Pit under an altar, 197, 228, 340 Pole, sacred, 190 Polyandry, of goddesses, 58 sq. Portable sanctnaries, 37 Precipice, captives thrown from, 371, 418 sq. Priesthoods, hereditary, 47, 79 Priests, share of, in holocausts and sin-offerings, 349 sq.; in communal holocausts, slay victim, 417 Proper names, theophorous, 42, 45 sq., 67 sq., 79, 108 sq. Property, in land, 95; in water, 104 ; and idea of holiness, 142 sqq., 449; notion of, introduced into religion, 395 Prophets of the Ashera, doubts con- cerning, 189 Providence of the gods, 64; not personal in heathenism, 264 Public parks, sanctuaries as, 147 Purification, by sacrifice, 425 sq.; by bathing, 168, 184, 351, 427 Pyre-festival at Hierapolis. See Hiera- polis Quail, sacrifice of, 219, 469 “Quarries,” stone idols, 211 Queen of heaven, 189
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