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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... appear to have deduced letters from the symbolic figures which they were accustomed to describe , but to have continued the use of them with unvaried similarity , through the whole period of their history . The Greeks and other nations ...
... appear to have deduced letters from the symbolic figures which they were accustomed to describe , but to have continued the use of them with unvaried similarity , through the whole period of their history . The Greeks and other nations ...
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... appears to have seen it till the beginning of the seventeenth century , when Pietro Della Valle , during his travels , obtained not only a copy of the Samaritan Pentateuch itself , but also a trans- lation of it into the Samaritan ...
... appears to have seen it till the beginning of the seventeenth century , when Pietro Della Valle , during his travels , obtained not only a copy of the Samaritan Pentateuch itself , but also a trans- lation of it into the Samaritan ...
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... appear to have taken place , by which the chronological order is interrupted ; these have occasioned a discussion respecting the Materials upon which the Autograph of Moses , and the early transcripts of the Law were written . Father ...
... appear to have taken place , by which the chronological order is interrupted ; these have occasioned a discussion respecting the Materials upon which the Autograph of Moses , and the early transcripts of the Law were written . Father ...
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... appear reversed . This could not have been done , if the letters were the same with those called Hebrew now in common use , because the close letters , such as samech and □ final mem , could not be cut through without falling out ; but ...
... appear reversed . This could not have been done , if the letters were the same with those called Hebrew now in common use , because the close letters , such as samech and □ final mem , could not be cut through without falling out ; but ...
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... appears to have been usual in his day , to write or engrave upon Plates of LEAD , which might easily be done with a Pen , or Graver , or Style of Iron , or other hard metal . Montfaucon ( Antiq . Expliquée , tom . II . p . 378 ...
... appears to have been usual in his day , to write or engrave upon Plates of LEAD , which might easily be done with a Pen , or Graver , or Style of Iron , or other hard metal . Montfaucon ( Antiq . Expliquée , tom . II . p . 378 ...
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