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The Blood Covenant
H. Clay Trumbull
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Sometimes, in England, the wedding-ring was worn upon the thumb, as extant portraits illustrate; and as suggested in Butler’s Hudibras:
“Others were for abolishing That tool of matrimony, a ring, With which the unsanctify’d bridegroom Is marry’d only to a thumb.”In Southern’s “Maid’s Last Prayer,” the heroine says: “Marry him I must, and wear my wedding-ring upon my thumb too, that I’m resolved.”[136] These thumb-weddings were said to be introduced from the East[137]; and Chardin reports a form of marriage in Ceylon, by the binding together of the thumbs of the contracting par. . . Read More
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Very interesting book to a forgotten topic.
It really pains me to give this book only 4 stars but I've recommended it to others who were somewhat repulsed because it is a difficult read. I have carefully read this book once and skimmed through it a second time. On each occasion I felt as though the writer was letting me in on secret informati
If ever you want to know the history of Covenant, this is you book. It a century old but covers the whole world it seems.
If I were to recommend a book about the Blood Covenant, I would recommend the one by James Garlow and Rob Price. Their explanations make much more sense and are less gruesome than the ones in this book. This was a very difficult book to read.
One of a small handful of books that significantly shaped how I think about God, or rather, how I think God thinks about me.
Trumbull brings to light the ideas and practices understood by cultures all over the world, even into our times, regarding blood sacrifice and, specifically, covenant.
It made
Amazing insight into historical covenants involving blood and blood substitutes
Although this book was a bit hard to get through at points, the wealth of information was astounding!! Understanding about blood covenant has deepened my faith and has given me more insight into exactly WHY Jesus had to die the way He did. It brings many Scriptures into focus now. I think this is an