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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... requested the Committee of the " British and Foreign Bible Society , " to place in his hands a most valuable Manuscript History of Danish Versions , written by himself , and presented to the library of that Institution xi .
... requested the Committee of the " British and Foreign Bible Society , " to place in his hands a most valuable Manuscript History of Danish Versions , written by himself , and presented to the library of that Institution xi .
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... hand of God . " “ His WORKS , we may justly say , have been a kind of text - book to almost every writer on geology , geography , chronology , astronomy , natural history , ethics , jurispru- dence , political economy , theology ...
... hand of God . " “ His WORKS , we may justly say , have been a kind of text - book to almost every writer on geology , geography , chronology , astronomy , natural history , ethics , jurispru- dence , political economy , theology ...
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... hands , being very glad it proves so accept- able to your Lordship . However I find myself to have been abused by a Jew , who pretends to have knowledge in that tongue , affirming to me , that it contained all the Old Testament . How ...
... hands , being very glad it proves so accept- able to your Lordship . However I find myself to have been abused by a Jew , who pretends to have knowledge in that tongue , affirming to me , that it contained all the Old Testament . How ...
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... hands of the uncircumcised , for that is a reproach to us . Neverthe- less we have committed it to him with two other little books , that we might not absolutely deny your request . ' 915 This charge he repels , in a letter addressed to ...
... hands of the uncircumcised , for that is a reproach to us . Neverthe- less we have committed it to him with two other little books , that we might not absolutely deny your request . ' 915 This charge he repels , in a letter addressed to ...
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... of supporting their assertion ; but affirmed that those words had formerly existed in their copy , but had been erased by some sacrilegious unknown hand . " " It is true , as has been told you 16 BIBLICAL LITERATURE ,
... of supporting their assertion ; but affirmed that those words had formerly existed in their copy , but had been erased by some sacrilegious unknown hand . " " It is true , as has been told you 16 BIBLICAL LITERATURE ,
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