_Kibbey_, a dish of meat and crushed wheat, 233, 234, 402.
Kissing, among men, a Syrian custom, 70, 71; of the hands of parents, 335.
Lambs, newly born, carried by shepherd, 306, 307.
Language, daily, of the Syrian, is Biblical, 87-90; abstinence from "pious, " in America, 90. _See_ Speech.
Last Supper, the, 56-69, 74; in harmony with Syrian life, 56, 57; painted by da Vinci in Occidental form, 58, 59; appointments of, were Oriental, 59-69; no women at, 207, 334; conversation of Jesus and Peter after, 399.
Leaven, parable of the, 149, 199; held in esteem by the Syrians, 150; the meaning _corruption_ figurative, 152; use of, in making bread, 199.
Levite, the story of the, 211, 212, 219-21.
Life, of a people, cannot be studied from the outside, 7-11; to the Oriental an inheritance, 242.
_Like_ ("to be favorably inclined toward"), not in the Bible or the Arabic tongue, 98; in English version of the Bible, 98.
Literature, difficult to understand if it has not sprung from the people's racial life, 6; the Bible as, 7.
Love, of enemies, 96-106; not of our own making, 97; meaning of, in the West, 98; meaning of, in the East, 98-102; speaks of the greatest thing in the world, 103; and hatred, 104-06; assurances of, 182.
Market-place, Syrian, and the caravan, 259; a place of sociability as well as business, 263, 264; measuring grain in, 265-68.
Martha, not at the Last Supper, 207, 208, 335.
Mary, not at the Last Supper, 207, 208, 335; Jesus and, 340-45.
Modesty the chief charm of the Oriental woman, 332.
Mohammedans, pilgrimages of, 47; oaths of, 169, 170; position of women among, 318 n., 331.
Molasses, the method of making, in the East, 285.
Mother, claiming same obedience as father, 335, 336; Jesus and his, 340-45; the mother's milk, 345-47.
_Mouldy_, in translation of the Bible, 251.
Mount Zion, meeting in the upper room on, 56-69.
Open space, the, in Syrian villages, 210.
Oriental, the, and the Anglo-Saxon, in each other's eyes, 57; not afraid to "let himself go, " 57, 72; dependence of, 72, 73; craves sympathy, 73; the vision of, 77; his manner of speech, 81; has not achieved much in the material world, 83; his supreme choice has been religion, 84; always conscious of God and the soul, 84; does not know of atheism, 84, 85; has always lived in a world of spiritual mysteries, 86; his imprecations, 91-95; considers his personal enemies to be the enemies of God, 93; more cruel in words than in deeds, 95; the unveracious, 107-14; intellectual inaccuracy of, 108; expects to be judged by what he means, not by what he says, 115, 125; his speech is always illustrated, 115; fond of metaphor and exaggeration, 118; does not maliciously misrepresent, 126; use of parables and proverbs, a characteristic of, 140; makes no distinction between a parable and a proverb, 140; his contempt for swineherds, 157, 158; his tendency to swear, 167-74; the dialects of his speech, 175-88; his habit of imploring, 178-81; the intimacy and unreserve of his speech, 181-83; the unqualified positiveness of his speech, 183-88; bread and salt to, 191-95; his understanding of the prayer "Give us our daily bread, " 196, 197; religious attitude of, toward bread, 197; bread-making of, 198-204; hospitality of, 205-17; his table appointments, 222, 320; life is an inheritance to, 242; the word _house_ precious to, 244; his method of salutation, 255-58; knows no business without sociability, 263; his reputed lack of regard for women, 314, 315; gives man the precedence, 316, 317; his manner rather than intentions toward woman at fault, 318, 319, 322, 323; has only comparatively slight acquaintance with the art of living, 319; his life simple and without exacting standards, 319, 320; his social activities simple, 321; hates to be standardized, 321; abhors formalities in the family circle, 321, 322; the family system of, patriarchal, 323, 328; his attitude toward woman according to St. Paul, 325-33; limits woman's social privileges because of fear for her, 330, 331; his descriptions of feminine loveliness, 351-55; his description of the virtuous woman, 355-64; example of courtesy of, 370-73; his belief that all good comes from God, 386, 387; his belief in the efficacy of touch to impart divine power, 394; has been a leader in religion and a borrower in theology, 405. _See_ Syria, Syrians.