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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... correct opinion , " that Moses was the first Sophist , or Wise - Man ; and that he first delivered Grammar or Letters to the Jews , from whom they were received by the Phenicians , and from the Pheni- cians by the Greeks . " And ...
... correct opinion , " that Moses was the first Sophist , or Wise - Man ; and that he first delivered Grammar or Letters to the Jews , from whom they were received by the Phenicians , and from the Pheni- cians by the Greeks . " And ...
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... correct plates of the Palmyrene Inscriptions , which several learned men had before attempted unsuccessfully to decypher , were published in Wood's Ruins of Palmyra , explanations were at once given by two Literati , unknown to each ...
... correct plates of the Palmyrene Inscriptions , which several learned men had before attempted unsuccessfully to decypher , were published in Wood's Ruins of Palmyra , explanations were at once given by two Literati , unknown to each ...
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... correct or blot out , was common among the Romans . The style was sometimes made of iron , sometimes of gold , or silver , or brass , or ivory , or even of wood . The iron styles were dangerous weapons , and were therefore prohibited by ...
... correct or blot out , was common among the Romans . The style was sometimes made of iron , sometimes of gold , or silver , or brass , or ivory , or even of wood . The iron styles were dangerous weapons , and were therefore prohibited by ...
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... correct copy of the Sacred Scriptures ; and their respective followers corrected theirs by that of their master ; the Eastern , or Babylonian Jews , adhering to the copy of Ben Naphtali ; the Western Jews , or those inha- biting ...
... correct copy of the Sacred Scriptures ; and their respective followers corrected theirs by that of their master ; the Eastern , or Babylonian Jews , adhering to the copy of Ben Naphtali ; the Western Jews , or those inha- biting ...
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... correct copy of the Law , and to send a certain number of grave and learned men , who should be capable of translating it out of Hebrew into Greek . Aristeas , Sosibius of Tarentum , and Andreas , three noblemen of Ptolemy's court , and ...
... correct copy of the Law , and to send a certain number of grave and learned men , who should be capable of translating it out of Hebrew into Greek . Aristeas , Sosibius of Tarentum , and Andreas , three noblemen of Ptolemy's court , and ...
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