In the editing of this second part of Luther's interpretation of the first book of Moses, which is herewith presented to the public anew, exactly the same principles were followed as in the editing of the first part. It is therefore sufficient here to refer to the preface to the first volume of Walch's revised edition of Luther's works. The detailed index appended to this second volume was prepared by Mr. Christian Körner. It is divided into three parts. The first part, the "Hebrew Word Register", contains all Hebrew words that are explained in the two volumes of Luther's Sämmtliche Schriften that have appeared so far. In those cases where Luther explains a derived form of the word, this is indicated next to the basic form in parenthesis. The second part, the "Spruch-Register," does contain
not all scriptural passages that Luther cites in his explanation of Genesis, but all those that he explains in more detail or more briefly in the first two volumes of his writings. In doing so, the words to which the explanation refers are not listed, as was customary in the past, because this seemed unnecessary and would have taken up too much space. The third part, the "Subject Index", also includes an "Author Index". It is intended to give as complete an account as possible of what Luther said about any subject or author. In the arrangement of the passages listed, care has been taken to group those of them that deal with related matters, without intending a strictly logical division. For the sake of clarity, longer articles have been divided into numbered subsections, whereas in other cases
In the case of a blocked sentence or alphabetical order, the clarity is promoted. When looking up a word, one should always look for the main word, not for a closer definition of it; thus, one should look for, for example, "Red Sea", or "Judgment Day", under "Sea", "Day", and so on. Now and then, well-known abbreviations are used for the sake of saving space.
has been used. Where the keyword recurs in a section, as it often does, it is indicated only with the initial letter, except where comprehensibility requires otherwise, which one will easily get used to. In all parts of the register, the Roman numeral indicates the volume, the Arabic numeral the column.
St. Louis, on the Feast of Pentecost, 1881.