Project Gutenberg 2015-06-14 Public domain in the USA. 643 Trumbull, H. Clay (Henry Clay) 1830 1903 Trumbull, Henry Clay The Threshold Covenant; or, The Beginning of Religious Rites Produced by KD Weeks, Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Threshold Covenant; or, The Beginning of Religious Rites" by H. Clay Trumbull is a scholarly examination, written in the late 19th century, focused on the origins and development of religious rites related to covenant relationships between God and humanity. It aims to explore the significance of the threshold, or doorway, as a primitive altar where sacrifices were made to establish such covenants, detailing various cultural practices and historical precedents of this concept across different civilizations. The opening of the text sets the stage for an in-depth analysis of how the threshold serves as a sacred space where significant actions such as sacrifices and ceremonial rites take place. Trumbull begins with the notion of the family altar located at the home’s threshold, illustrating the customs surrounding welcoming guests through blood sacrifices. He emphasizes how these rites symbolize both acceptance into a family and the establishment of a covenant with divine forces, subsequently hinting at various cultural traditions that persistently honor the threshold as a sacred entity. This perspective not only serves to illuminate ancient practices but also connects them with modern interpretations of covenant and sacrificial rituals. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 71.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Covenants -- Religious aspects BL Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal Category: History - Religious Category: Archaeology & Anthropology Category: Religion/Spirituality 1061922 2025-06-19T16:33:19.088567 text/html 979150 2024-10-24T17:34:14 text/html 494704 2025-06-19T16:33:42.622410 application/epub+zip 508169 2025-06-19T16:33:23.542532 application/epub+zip 389888 2025-06-19T16:33:21.256501 application/epub+zip 872714 2025-06-19T16:33:54.651411 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 769080 2025-06-19T16:33:40.285467 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 652085 2022-09-22T10:04:40.404607 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 636689 2025-06-19T16:33:14.783581 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 616619 2024-10-24T17:34:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16345 2025-06-19T16:33:54.846343 application/rdf+xml 12065 2025-06-19T16:33:21.654497 image/jpeg 2018 2025-06-19T16:33:21.466515 image/jpeg 435720 2025-06-19T16:33:19.168583 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia