Illustrations of Biblical Literature: Exhibiting the History and Fate of the Sacred Writings, from the Earliest Period to the Present Century : Including Biographical Notices of Translators, and Other Eminent Biblical Scholars, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821 - Bible |
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... Moses . Sa- maritan Pentateuch . Materials used in Writing . An- cient Manuscripts . A DIVINE REVELATION is indispensably necessary to man , to instruct him in the nature and perfections of the Deity ; to acquaint him with the history ...
... Moses . Sa- maritan Pentateuch . Materials used in Writing . An- cient Manuscripts . A DIVINE REVELATION is indispensably necessary to man , to instruct him in the nature and perfections of the Deity ; to acquaint him with the history ...
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... Moses was con- temporary . But , after the years of the life of man had been abridged to threescore and ten , the ... Moses has been consi- dered as instructed in the knowledge of ALPHABETICAL CHARACTERS , by divine revelation . Clemens ...
... Moses was con- temporary . But , after the years of the life of man had been abridged to threescore and ten , the ... Moses has been consi- dered as instructed in the knowledge of ALPHABETICAL CHARACTERS , by divine revelation . Clemens ...
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... Moses , their great legislator . Prior to his day we have no certain proofs of the practice of writing , and the most zealous supporters of the ante - mosaic origin of letters , can only offer plausible conjectures ; but from the period ...
... Moses , their great legislator . Prior to his day we have no certain proofs of the practice of writing , and the most zealous supporters of the ante - mosaic origin of letters , can only offer plausible conjectures ; but from the period ...
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... Moses , the revelation of alphabetic characters was made to him , if we consider them of divine origin , is not possible to decide . The author of Conjectural Observations on the Origin and pro- gress of Alphabetic Writing , ( pp . 13 ...
... Moses , the revelation of alphabetic characters was made to him , if we consider them of divine origin , is not possible to decide . The author of Conjectural Observations on the Origin and pro- gress of Alphabetic Writing , ( pp . 13 ...
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... Moses . To this latter opinion it has been objected that , " alpha- betic writing must have been in use before the giving of the Law at Sinai , since Moses had been directed before that time to write an account of the battle with Amalek ...
... Moses . To this latter opinion it has been objected that , " alpha- betic writing must have been in use before the giving of the Law at Sinai , since Moses had been directed before that time to write an account of the battle with Amalek ...
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