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CYCLOPEDIA
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BIBLICAL,
THEOLOGICAL, AND ECCLESUSTICAL
LITERATURE.
PREPABEDBY
THE REV. JOHN M'CLINTOCK. D.D.,
AITD
JAMES STRONG, S.T.D. Vol. II.— C, D.
NEW YORK: HARPER 4 BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,
FBANELIN SQUABB. 18 68.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-eight, by
HARPER & BROTHERS,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York.
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PREFACE.
Ik the Preface to the first volume of this work it was stated that the department of Biblical Literature is exclusively in the charge of Dr. Stbong, who is responsible for all the articles in that field* It may be proper to add that this department embraces not merely Bible names, but also all branches of Biblical introduction, including such articles, for instance, as Canon of Scripturfi^ Commentary^ Concordance^ CriHcismy Oa«9, L, U, Ac. ; also, Biblical philology, manuscripts and versions, and manjr cognate subjects, such as Cabala^ Cosmogony^ Cuneiform JnscriptionSy Decalogtiey etc In this department the Dictionaries of Kitto and Smith are freely us^,all the important mat- ter of both being incorporated into these pages, with references at the end to the au- thority cited. The range of this department, however, is greatly extended beyond the scope of these or any similar works heretofore published.
In Dr. M'Clintook's department, all verbal citations are noted by quotation marks. If this is omitted in any case, it is by accident. . In this department, also, the names of the writers of special articles are indicated by their initials in the list at the end of the volume, as follows :
W. W. A.— The Rev. W. W. Aitdbsws, Wethenfield, Cknm. 6. F. C— Profesaor 6. F. Comfobt, Alleghany College.
D. D.— The Rev. Dakiel d^Yuhxr, New York.
R. D.— The Rev. Robert Dayidbon, D.D., Huntingdoii, L. I.
F. W. F.— The Rev. F. W. Flocksn, Missionary of the Methodist Episcopal Chnich, Toltscha, Bulgaria.
H. 6. — ^Bfr. Hehrt Gbaham, Middle Class, Drew Theological Seminary.
6. F. H. — ^Professor Geoboe F. Holmes, University of Virginia.
R. D. H.— Professor R. D. Hitchoock, D.D., Union Theological Seminary, New York.
H. H.— The Rev. H. Habbauoh, D.D., late President of Theological Sendnary, Mercersborgh, Pa.
J. F. H.— The Rev. John F. Hubst, D.D., Mission Institute, Bremen, Germany.
J. K. J.— The Rev. J. K. Johhston, Canada.
J. B. L.— The Rev. J. B. Looan, editor of Wettem Cmnberkmd Pretbjfterianf Alton, IlL