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Title: A dictionary of religious knowledge (electronic resource): for popular and professional use, comprising full information on Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical subjects
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: Abbott, Lyman, 1835-1922 Conant, Thomas Jefferson, 1802-1891
Subjects: Theology Religion
Publisher: New York : Harper
Contributing Library: Emory University, Pitts Theology Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Emory University, Pitts Theology Library

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not of an absolute charac-ter. The sovereign was not superior to thelaws, and the priests had the power to checkthe undue exercise of his authority. Eventhe almost absolute monarchs of Josephstime did not venture to touch the independ-ence of the priests.1 The laws of the coun-try were equitable, and well enforced. Therewas a very high degree of personal safety,and people of all ranks commonly went the tombs, is the high position occupied bywomen, and the entire absence of the haremsystem of seclusion. They enjoyed libertieslike unto American ladies—this affirms Jo-sephs story; could see their friends whenand where they pleased, went in public un-veiled, aud associated with men at publicfeasts. Marriage appears to have been uni-versal, at least with the richer class, and ifpolygamy were tolerated, it was rarely prac-ticed. The wife is called the lady of thehouse. There were no castes, though greatclasses were very distinct. The higher classoccupied themselves in superintending their
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Throwing up aud catching one, two, and three Balls. about unarmed, and without military pro-tection. The punishments seem to havebeen lighter than those of the Mosaic law,and very different in their relation to crimeand in their nature. Capital punishmentappears to have been almost restricted, inpractice, to murder. Notices of the Egyp-tian army in the O. T. show, with the monu-ments, that its most important branch wasthe chariot force.2 The horsemen mention-ed in the account of the pursuit of the Isra-elites by Pharaoh and elsewhere were prob-ably warriors fighting in chariots, who arecalled in Egyptian horse or cavalry.

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