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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... Letters to the Jews , from whom they were received by the Phenicians , and from the Pheni- cians by the Greeks . " And Augustin ( De Civit . Dei . Lib . xviii . ch . xxxix . ) asserts , that " the Hebrew Letters began from the Law given ...
... Letters to the Jews , from whom they were received by the Phenicians , and from the Pheni- cians by the Greeks . " And Augustin ( De Civit . Dei . Lib . xviii . ch . xxxix . ) asserts , that " the Hebrew Letters began from the Law given ...
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... letters , refer us to the Egyptian and Mexican hieroglyphics as to the rudiments of alphabets , and assure us that neces- ( 2 ) Conjectural Observations on the Origin and Progress of Alphabetic Writing , p . 41. Lond . 1772. 8vo . * The ...
... letters , refer us to the Egyptian and Mexican hieroglyphics as to the rudiments of alphabets , and assure us that neces- ( 2 ) Conjectural Observations on the Origin and Progress of Alphabetic Writing , p . 41. Lond . 1772. 8vo . * The ...
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... 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 , on the contrary , who ...
... 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 , on the contrary , who ...
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... letters following each other in the same , or nearly the same order , having the same numeral as well as vocal powers , and being called by similar names . Of these , the Samaritan * is generally allowed to be the oldest ; and the ...
... letters following each other in the same , or nearly the same order , having the same numeral as well as vocal powers , and being called by similar names . Of these , the Samaritan * is generally allowed to be the oldest ; and the ...
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... letters had a nu- merical value affixed to them , and were generally used as the signs of numbers , as is occasionally the practice at present . Numerical characters are of later date ; and those which have for some centuries prevailed ...
... letters had a nu- merical value affixed to them , and were generally used as the signs of numbers , as is occasionally the practice at present . Numerical characters are of later date ; and those which have for some centuries prevailed ...
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