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The Threshold Covenant; or, The Beginning of Religious Rites — H. Clay Trumbull

The Threshold Covenant; or, The Beginning of Religious Rites

H. Clay Trumbull

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 339 pages

A collection of essays by H. Clay Trumbull, published in 1896, on the beginnings of religious rites, especially the threshold covenant as an early form of covenant between God and man. Trumbull traces the gradual development of these rites as civilization advanced. It is intended for students of primitive life and culture.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. THE THRESHOLD COVENANT
  2. PREFACE.
  3. CONTENTS.
  4. I. PRIMITIVE FAMILY ALTAR.
  5. II. EARLIEST TEMPLE ALTAR.
  6. III. SACRED BOUNDARY LINE.
  7. IV. ORIGIN OF THE RITE.
  8. V. HEBREW PASS-OVER, OR CROSS-OVER, SACRIFICE.
  9. VI. CHRISTIAN PASSOVER.
  10. VII. OUTGROWTHS AND PERVERSIONS OF THIS RITE.
  11. APPENDIX.
  12. INDEXES.
  13. SUPPLEMENT. COMMENTS OF SPECIALISTS.
  14. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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