INDEX.
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Goldziher, Ignác and Martineau, R. (Russell)
Istar, Babylonian goddess, is the Moon, 158–9
Jacob, the ‘Follower,’ i.e. the Night, the Dark Sky, 97;
fights with a man who cannot conquer him (the Dawn), 140;
struggles with Laban, ‘White,’ and Esau, ‘Red’ (Solar figures), 133–5, 140–1, 156;
his name changed to Israel, 230;
identified with Israel, 256;
his grave at Hebron, 278–9
Jacob’s Blessing (Gen. XLIX.) contains remains of descriptions of mythical figures, 177
Jacob’s family, the Moon and Stars, 173;
his twelve sons were not originally named, 174;
some belong to the original myth, 175;
some names are later, ethnographical or geographical, 175
Jael, ‘Wild Goat,’ i.e. Cloud, 430;
is made a national hero, 256
Jahveh, the specially Hebrew name of God (Elôhîm being used by the Canaanites), its origin in the idea of Nationality, 272;
idea of, 290;
Mohammedan idea of Allâh similar, 290–1;
name Jahveh known before the Separation, 292;
the idea first introduced by the Prophets, 294–9;
indicates a Creator, 299–301;
‘I am who I am,’ 300–1;
National God of the Hebrews, 301;
who hated foreign vice, 303–4;
but also cosmopolitan, 302–3;
not an esoteric religion, 304–5;
friendly to both North and South and favourable to their reunion, 305–8
Jahveh, names compounded with, and similar ones compounded with Elôhîm (Êl), 292–3
Jahveism reforms ancient legends for moral ends, 312;
adopted by the sacerdotal party in the Captivity through a compromise effected with the Prophets, 307–8;
came to be supposed to be primitive, 433
Jahveistic documents show a very thorough-going Jahveism, 313;
their peculiar prophetic phraseology, 314
Janus, connected with navigation, 102;
has one bearded and one smooth face, 137
Japanese Myths of Civilisation, 207
Japheth. See Jepheth
Jawbone, used by Samson. See Ass’s Jawbone
Jelâl al-Dîn al-Suyûtî, his Kitâb al-awâʾil, 212
Jemshîd, Solar hero, author of Iranian Civilisation, 202–3;
establishes castes, 203;