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  WORLD 
  ARCHEOLOGY 
  — 
  CASANOWICZ. 
  485 
  

  

  addressed 
  from 
  Washington 
  to 
  Doctor 
  Priestley 
  : 
  " 
  I 
  had 
  sent 
  to 
  

   Philadelphia 
  to 
  get 
  two 
  Testaments 
  (Greek) 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  edition, 
  

   and 
  two 
  English, 
  with 
  a 
  design 
  to 
  cut 
  out 
  the 
  morsels 
  of 
  morality 
  

   and 
  paste 
  them 
  on 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  a 
  book." 
  

  

  Jewish 
  Soldier's 
  Pocket 
  Bible. 
  Published 
  by 
  the 
  Jewish 
  Publica- 
  

   tion 
  Society 
  of 
  America, 
  Philadelphia, 
  Pa., 
  1918. 
  This 
  volume 
  con- 
  

   tains 
  readings 
  from 
  the 
  Holy 
  Scriptures 
  for 
  Jewish 
  soldiers 
  and 
  

   sailors 
  in 
  the 
  service 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  consisting 
  mainly 
  of 
  pas- 
  

   sages 
  relating 
  to 
  God's 
  creation 
  and 
  maintenance 
  of 
  the 
  world, 
  His 
  

   providence, 
  and 
  His 
  guidance 
  of 
  the 
  destinies 
  of 
  nations. 
  Bound 
  in 
  

   khaki. 
  

  

  Hieroglyphic 
  Bible. 
  Published 
  by 
  Joseph 
  Avery, 
  Plymouth; 
  

   printed 
  by 
  George 
  Clark 
  & 
  Co., 
  Charlestown, 
  1820. 
  A 
  number 
  of 
  

   Hieroglyphic 
  Bibles 
  have 
  been 
  printed 
  in 
  America, 
  the 
  first 
  being 
  

   that 
  of 
  Isaiah 
  Thomas 
  at 
  Worcester, 
  Mass., 
  in 
  1788. 
  Words 
  in 
  each 
  

   verse 
  are 
  represented 
  by 
  pictures, 
  the 
  whole 
  being 
  designed 
  " 
  to 
  fa- 
  

   miliarize 
  tender 
  age, 
  in 
  a 
  pleasing 
  and 
  diverting 
  manner, 
  with 
  early 
  

   ideas 
  of 
  the 
  Holy 
  Scriptures." 
  (PL 
  43.) 
  

  

  Above, 
  on 
  the 
  wall 
  of 
  the 
  cases, 
  is 
  exhibited 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  musical 
  

   instruments 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  Bible. 
  Scarcely 
  any 
  authentic 
  in- 
  

   formation 
  is 
  preserved 
  concerning 
  the 
  shape 
  or 
  the 
  manner 
  of 
  play- 
  

   ing 
  on 
  the 
  musical 
  instruments 
  named 
  in 
  the 
  Bible. 
  The 
  only 
  ancient 
  

   representation 
  of 
  any 
  Hebrew 
  musical 
  instrument 
  extant 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  

   the 
  hagogera, 
  or 
  trumpet, 
  on 
  the 
  Arch 
  of 
  Titus 
  at 
  Rome. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  

   doubt 
  but 
  that 
  the 
  shofar 
  or 
  ram's 
  horn, 
  which 
  is 
  still 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  

   synagogue, 
  has 
  conserved 
  its 
  antique 
  form, 
  but 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  assumed 
  

   that 
  the 
  musical 
  instruments 
  of 
  the 
  Hebrews 
  resembled 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  

   Assyrians 
  and 
  Egyptians, 
  some 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  sculptured 
  on 
  the 
  monu- 
  

   ments, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  instruments 
  still 
  used 
  in 
  Palestine, 
  Syria, 
  and 
  

   Egypt, 
  differ 
  but 
  little, 
  if 
  at 
  all, 
  from 
  those 
  employed 
  in 
  ancient 
  

   times. 
  

  

  MUSIC 
  AND 
  MUSICAL 
  INSTRUMENTS 
  IN 
  THE 
  BIBLE. 
  

  

  To 
  music 
  a 
  high 
  position 
  is 
  assigned 
  in 
  the 
  Bible. 
  Its 
  invention 
  is 
  

   recorded 
  in 
  the 
  opening 
  chapters 
  of 
  the 
  Scriptures 
  (Genesis 
  iv, 
  21), 
  

   and 
  in 
  the 
  Revelation 
  of 
  St. 
  John 
  (v. 
  9; 
  xv, 
  2 
  ff) 
  it 
  serves 
  to 
  

   express 
  the 
  consummation 
  of 
  beatitude. 
  From 
  the 
  earliest 
  times 
  

   music 
  was 
  used 
  as 
  expressive 
  of 
  the 
  joys 
  and 
  sorrows 
  of 
  daily 
  life 
  

   in 
  Israel. 
  It 
  was 
  the 
  pastime 
  of 
  the 
  shepherd 
  (I 
  Sam., 
  xvi, 
  18) 
  ; 
  it 
  

   formed 
  a 
  principal 
  attraction 
  of 
  the 
  social 
  gatherings 
  of 
  youth 
  at 
  

   the 
  city 
  gates 
  (Lamentations, 
  v, 
  14) 
  ; 
  it 
  accompanied 
  the 
  celebra- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  festivals 
  of 
  the 
  harvest 
  and 
  vintage 
  (Isaiah 
  xvi, 
  10; 
  

   Judges 
  xxi, 
  21) 
  ; 
  the 
  victors 
  in 
  battle 
  were 
  received 
  on 
  their 
  return 
  

   with 
  "singing, 
  dancing, 
  and 
  timbrels" 
  (Exodus 
  xv, 
  21; 
  Judgew 
  xi, 
  

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