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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... celebrated Jewish and Christian Commentators , and the critical judgment of their respective merits , the latter for the account it contains of the origin of the Various Readings , the most important Greek MSS . and the Ancient Versions ...
... celebrated Jewish and Christian Commentators , and the critical judgment of their respective merits , the latter for the account it contains of the origin of the Various Readings , the most important Greek MSS . and the Ancient Versions ...
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... celebrated work on the Origin and Progress of Writing . The arguments of Mr. Astle were , however , powerfully combated by an able critic in the Monthly Review , ( Old Series ) , vol . lxxi . p . 271. et seq . The invention of an ...
... celebrated work on the Origin and Progress of Writing . The arguments of Mr. Astle were , however , powerfully combated by an able critic in the Monthly Review , ( Old Series ) , vol . lxxi . p . 271. et seq . The invention of an ...
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... celebrated Laws of the Twelve Tables among the Romans , were so called from being written or ( 21 ) Michaelis ' Commentaries on the Laws of Moses , translated by Alex . Smith , D. D. I. pp . 556–558 . Lond . 1814. 8vo . engraved on ...
... celebrated Laws of the Twelve Tables among the Romans , were so called from being written or ( 21 ) Michaelis ' Commentaries on the Laws of Moses , translated by Alex . Smith , D. D. I. pp . 556–558 . Lond . 1814. 8vo . engraved on ...
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... celebrated Jewish critics called MASORITES , or MAZORETES , began their criticisms and grammatical remarks upon the Sacred text . They had their name from the Hebrew word masar , to deliver from one to another , because they professed ...
... celebrated Jewish critics called MASORITES , or MAZORETES , began their criticisms and grammatical remarks upon the Sacred text . They had their name from the Hebrew word masar , to deliver from one to another , because they professed ...
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... celebrated copies ; the Hieriuchan , or copy brought from Jericho ; and the Arabian , or one preserved at Sinai.s The Masoretic notes , called by the Jews , the Fence or Hedge of the Law , were at first written in separate rolls , but ...
... celebrated copies ; the Hieriuchan , or copy brought from Jericho ; and the Arabian , or one preserved at Sinai.s The Masoretic notes , called by the Jews , the Fence or Hedge of the Law , were at first written in separate rolls , but ...
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