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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

JANUARY.

I. FRONTISPIECE: "A Facsimile of the Irade Issued by the Turkish Govern- ment to the University of Chicago, Granting Permission to Excavate at Bismva in Babylonia."

II. EDITORIAL-THE HEALTHY MIND IN RELIGIOUS MATTERS: Charac- teristics of the Healthy Mind. Number of Healthy Minds Is Increasing. Manifestations of Mental Health in Religious Matters. Three Stages in the Growth of the Mind. The Mind's Search for the Great Realities. 3

III. THE ORIENTAL EXPLORATION FUND. Professor Ira Maurice Price, Ph.D. - - -- 7

IV. THREE CONCEPTIONS OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE: A STUDY IN THE

EPISTLES OF JAMES, I PETER, AND I JOHN. Associate Professor Howell M. Haydn. - --- 16

V. FEASTS AND FASTS OF THE JEWS IN MODERN PALESTINE. (Illustrated.) Dr. E. W. G. Masterman, F.R.C.S., F.R.G.S. 24

VI. RELIGION AS A FACTOR IN INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

Professor George Albert Coe, Ph.D. - - -- 37 VII. COMPARATIVE TRANSLATION: ACTS 4: 13. A STUDY IN MODERNIZING

THE ENGLISH BIBLE. - - - - - - - 48

VIII. CONSTRUCTIVE STUDIES IN THE PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD

TESTAMENT. I. The General Scope of the Prophetic Element; Content and Classification. President William R. Harper, Ph.D., LL.D. - - - -- 50

IX. CURRENT OPINION: The Old and the New Exodus. The Essential Ele- ments of Jesus' Self-Consciousness. Paul and the Idea of Evolution. Barnabas the Author of Hebrews. Historical Criticism and the

Authority of the Bible. - - - - - 59 X. EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY: The German Oriental Society. Pro-

fessor Ira Maurice Price, Ph.D. - - -- 64 XI. AMERICAN INSTITITE OF SACRED LITERATURE: Lesson Courses in the

Life of Christ. Constructive Bible Studies for Children. A Pamphlet on Bible Study. - - - - - 66

XII, WORK AND WORKERS. - - - - 70 XIII. BOOK REVIEWS: Jordan, Prophetic Ideas and Ideals (WALTER R.

BETTERIDGE).-Tappan, The Christ Story (c. w. v.).-Jacobs, As Others Saw Him: A Retrospect A. D. 54 (s. M.).-Whiton, Miracles and Super- natural Religion (IRVING F. WOOD). - - - - 72

XIV. NEW LITERATURE. - - - - - - - - 77 iii

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i v CONATENTS

FEBRUARY.

I. FRONTISPIECE: "The Wailing-Place of the Jews at Jerusalem."

II. EDITORIAL-SOME INQUIRIES CONCERNING YOUR PASTOR: Your Pastor, An Investigation. Is He Interested in the Sunday School ? Does He Direct the Teachers ? Is lie Holding Up the Bible to the Young Men's Club ? Does He Instruct the New Members of the Church ? Is He Sincere ? Is He a Higher Critic? How Large a Man Is He ? What Kind of a Library Has He ? HIow About His Preaching? Is He a Student of the Bible ? - -- 83

III. RESEARCHES IN SYRIA AND PALESTINE CONDUCTED IN TIIE SUMMER OF

I903. (Illustrated.) Professor Samuel Ives Curtiss, Ph.D., D.D. - 91 IV. THE IRONY OF CHRIST. Professor Samuel MacComb, D.D. - - I04

V: FEASTS AND FASTS OF THE JEWS IN MODERN PALESTINE. II. (Illus-

trated.) Dr. E. W. G. Masterman, F.R.C.S., F.R.G.S. - - IO VI. PSALM 55, PARTLY MODERNIZED, FOR A DEFEATEI) CHICAGO MER-

CHANT. Rev. Allan Hoben, Ph.D. - -- - - 122

VII. THE RELIGION OF A MATURE MIND. Professor Edwin D. Starbuck, Ph.D. I23

VIII. COMPARATIVE TRANSIATION: GENESIS 3: 15. A STUDY IN MODERN-

IZING THE ENGLISEH BIBLE. - - - - 130

IX. CONS'IRUCTIVE STUDIES 1N THE PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD

TESTAMENT. 11. IThe General Scope of the Prophetic Element: Defi- nition and Principles. President William R. Harper, Ph.D., LL.D. - 132

X. CURRENT OPINION: Luke's Use of Mark's Gospel. The Letter Writing of the Apostolic Age. What the Bible Can Do for Us. Public Schools and Religious Education. --- 142

XI. EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY: The Palestine Exploration Fund. - 146 XII. THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION: The Second Annual Con-

vention, Philadelphia, March 2-4, I904. - - - I49 XIII. WORK AND WORKERS. - - - - - - - - - 52

XIV. BOOK REVIEWS: Davidson, Biblical and Literary Essays (j. E. MCFADYEN). -Cone, Rich and Poor in the New Testament (BENJAMIN W. BACON).

-Guttmacher, Pessimism and Optimism in the Old and New Testa- ments (IRVING F. WOOD). - - I54

XV. NEW LITERATURE. - -- I58

MARCH.

I. FRONTISPIECE: "View of the Temple Site at Jerusalem as It Now

Appears, Occupied by the Mohammedan Mosque of Omar."

11. EDITORIAL-REGULAR STUDY OF THE BIBLE: To Be a Regular Student of the Bible. Are You a Regular Student of the Bible ? If Not, Why Not ? - - - 163

III. THE TEMPLE AT JERUSALEM IN JESUS' DAY. (Illustrated.) Professor

Clyde \V. Votaw, Ph.D. - - - - - - - - - 69

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IV. THE FUNDAMENTAL CONDITIONS OF HAPPINESS, AS REVEALED IN

JESUS' BEATITUDES. President Henry Churchill King, D.D. -- 80

V. THE CODE OF MOSES AND THE CODE OF HAMMURABI. George S. Duncan, Ph.D. - ----I88

VI. A YEAR'S PROGRESS IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION. Professor Clyde W.

Votaw, Ph.D. 194 VII. SCIENCE AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION. Professor George E. Dawson,

Ph.D. - - 200

VIII. COMPARATIVE TRANSLATION: I CORINTHIANS 13: 9-I2. A STUDY IN MODERNIZING THE ENGLISH BIBLE. - -- 209

IX. CONSTRUCTIVE STUDIES IN THE PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD

TESTAMENT. III. Prophecy and Prophetism During the Period of the Patriarchs and Judges. President William R. Harper, Ph.D., IL.D. 212

X. CURRENT OPINION: The Old Testament as Historically Understood.

Inquiries Concerning the Divinity of Christ. The Western Text and Blass's Theory. The Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia. The

Progress of Christian Theology. -224 XI. EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY: The French in the Orient. Professor

Ira Maurice Price, Ph.D. - - - - 229 XII. BOOK REVIEWS: Sampey, Syllabus for Old 'estament Study (JOHN E.

MCFADYEN).-Weymouth, The Modern Speech New Testament (c. w. v.). - Smith, Sunday School Teaching (GEORGE B. STEWART). - - -231

XIII. NEW LITERATURE. - -- 237

APRIL.

I. FRCNTISPIECE: "He is Risen."

II. EDITORIAL -THE SECOND ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE RELIGIOUS

EDUCATION ASSOCIATION: Pililadelphia Convention of the R. E. A. A Most Remarkable Program. Representative Speakers. Unity of

Thought and Action. Success of the Departmental Meetings. The Modern Appreciation of the Bible. How to Use the Bible. The Vol- ume of Convention Addresses. Permanence and Opportunity of the Association. - --- 243

III. THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST. Professor James S. Riggs, D.D. - 249 IV. A SKETCH OF THE SCIENCE OF RELIGION. (Illustrated.) Edmund

Buckley, Ph.D. - - - - -- 256 V. How WAS THE CURSE OF JERICHO FULFILLED? (I Kings I6:34.)

Professor Theodore F. Wright, Ph.D. - - - 263 VI. THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH. Professor George B. Stevens, Ph.D.,

D.D. - - - -. 267 VII. THE CODE OF MOSES AND THE CODE OF HAMMURABI. II. George S.

Duncan, Ph.D. -- 272 VIII. ASSYRIAN AND BABYLONIAN PRAYERS. Professor Robert Francis

Harper, Ph.D. - - - -- 279

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vi CONTENiTS

IX. COMPARATIVE TRANSLATION: tHABAKKUK 2: 2-4. A STUDY IN MOD- ERNIZING THE ENGLISH BIBLE. - - - 287

X. CURRENT OPINION: The Meaning of the Third Commandment. The Aristocratic Character of the Old Testament. The Origin of the Day of Atonement. The Explanation of Sin in the Book of Job. Religion and Righteousness. The Reconstruction of Religious Education. 289

XI. EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY: The Beginnings of Work at Bismya, under the Direction of the University of Chicago. - 295

XII. THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION: The President's Annual Address, by Professor Frank Knight Sanders, Ph.D., D.D. Resolu- tions Adopted by the Convention. General Officers of the Association for the Year I904-5. - - -- 298

XIII. WORK ANDI) WORKERS. - - - - - 309 SXV. BOOK REVIEWS: Smith, Old Testament History (GEORGE S. GOODSPEED).

-Softley, Thleism under Natural Law (GEORGE WX. GILMORE).-Mead, Modern Methods in Sunday-School Work (BENJAMIN S. WINCHESTER). 311

XV. NEwE LITERATURE. - - - - 318

MAY.

I. FRONTISPIECE: "The Ruins of an Egyptian Temple at Philae."

II. EDITORIAL-RECEPTIVENESS ANI) SPIRITUAL GROWTH: The Finite

and the Infinite. A Quality of Childlikeness. Receptiveness an Active State. The Enlargement of Life. True Well-Being. - - 323

III. THE ANCIENT RELIGION OF SYRIA IN CENTERS OF MOSLEM AND CHRIS- TIAN INFLUENCE. (Illustrated.) Professor Samuel Ives Curtiss, Ph.D., D.D. - - - 326

IV. SHOULD BIBLICAL HISTORY AND LITERATURE BE OFFERED FOR ADMIS- SION TO COLLEGE ? A SYMIPOSIUMN. President William J. Tucker, D.D., LL.D.; President Henry Churchill King, D.D.; Dean Andrew F. \est, Ph.D., LL.D.; Dean Harry Pratt Judson, LL.D.; President W. 0. Thompson, D.D., LL.D. - - 339

V. THE MINISTER BOTH PREACHER ANt) TEACHER. Rev. David Beaton, D.D. - - - 346

VI. A SKETCH OF THE SCIENCE OF RELIGION. II. Edmund Buckley, Ph.D. 349 VII. BABYLONIAN PENIITENTIAL PSALMS. Professor Robert Francis lHarper,

Ph.D. - - --- 358 NVII. PRINCIPLES OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION. Professor George E. Dawson,

Ph.D. - - - -- 366 IX. COMPARATIVE TRANSLATION: MATTHEW I0:26-28. A STUDY IN

MODERNIZING THE ENGLISH BIBLE. - - - - 376

X. CURRENT OPINION: The Letters of the German Emperor and of Pro- fessor Hlarnack in the "Babel and Bible" Discussion. - - 378

XI. EXPIOORATION AND DISCOVERY: The Work of the Archeologicai Survey of Egypt. N. De Garis Davies. The Latest from Egypt. J. II. Breasted, Ph.D. - - - - 382

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XII. WORK AND WORKERS. - - 386

XIII. BOOK REVIEWS: Brown, The Essence of Christianity (GEORGE B. STEVENS).-Osborne, The Recovery and Restatement of the Gospel (PHILIP S. MOXOM).-Macdonald, The Religious Sense in its Scientific

Aspect (CHARLES R. BARNES).-Tucker, Some Studies in Religion (GERALD B. SMITH). - 390

XIV. NEW LITERATURE. - -.398

JUNE. I. FRONTISPIECE: "Sennacherib at Lachish."

II. EDITORIAL-EXPLORATION IN BIBLE LANDS: Digging. The Oriental

Exploration Fund. The History of the Fund. Work Already Accom-

plished. The Possibilities. Is Such Work Worthy of Encouragement ? How May Encouragement Be Shown ?- 403

III. THE MORALITY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. Professor J. F. McCurdy, D.D. - -- -- 408

IV. THE VIRGIN BIRTH OF THE SON IMMANUEL. Theodore G. Soares, Ph.D. 417 V. THE HOMILETIC USE OF THE BIBLE. Professor Edward C. Moore, D.D. 422

VI. PRAYERS FROM THE NEO-BABYLONIAN HISTORICAL INSCRIPTIONS. Pro- fessor Robert Francis Hlarper, Ph.D. - - -. 428

VII. THE DETERMINATIVE FACTOR IN A COURSE OF RELIGIOUS INSTRUC- TION. Rev. Benjamin S. Winchester. - - 435

VIII. COMPARATIVE TRANSLATION: JEREMIAH 31:33, 34. A STUDY IN MOD- ERNIZING THE ENGLISH BIBLE. - 443

IX. CURRENT OPINION: Man Made in the Image of God. References to Jesus in Rabbinical Literature. Biblical Criticism and Biblical Inspira- tion. The Essential Elements of Religion. - 445

X. EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY. -- 449 XI. THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION. The Annual Survey of

of Progress in Religious and Moral Education. President Charles Cuthbert Hall, D.D. - - 452

X[I. AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF SACRED LITERATURE. Training Courses for

Sunday-School Teachers under the Direction of the Institute. - 467 XIII. BOOK REVIEWS: Wohlenberg, Der erste und zweite Thessalonicherbrief

(THOMAS PRYDE).-Denney, The Atonement and the Modern Mind (EDWARD E. NOURSE).-Gordon, Ultimate Conceptions of Faith (GERALD B. SMITH).-Knox, The Direct and Fundamental Proofs of the Christian Religion (WILLIAM N. CLARKE).- -- 470

XIV. NEW LITERATURE. - - - 478 XV. GENERAL INDEX OF VOLUME XXIII - 48I

XVI. REPORT No. I OF THE EXPEDITION OF THE ORIENTAL EXPLORATION

FUND (BABYLONIAN SECTION) OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO - 489

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