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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... persons , or as communicated to them by their gods . The earliest account we have of the use of Alphabetical Characters is among the Jews , a people , certainly not re- markable for their inventive genius , however venerable in other ...
... persons , or as communicated to them by their gods . The earliest account we have of the use of Alphabetical Characters is among the Jews , a people , certainly not re- markable for their inventive genius , however venerable in other ...
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... persons selected for the purpose , and designated to the office of transcription , and graphic instruction . But whatever may be our opinion of the precise period of the discovery to Moses , it must be acknowledged , that " if the ...
... persons selected for the purpose , and designated to the office of transcription , and graphic instruction . But whatever may be our opinion of the precise period of the discovery to Moses , it must be acknowledged , that " if the ...
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... person principally , employ- ed by the Archbishop to purchase Oriental Manuscripts , was Mr. Thomas Davis , an English merchant at Aleppo ; who , though not a learned man , exerted himself in the most handsome manner to fulfil the ...
... person principally , employ- ed by the Archbishop to purchase Oriental Manuscripts , was Mr. Thomas Davis , an English merchant at Aleppo ; who , though not a learned man , exerted himself in the most handsome manner to fulfil the ...
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... person who engaged the Samaritans at Sichem or Nablous , to send a copy of their Pentateuch , accompanied with a letter explanatory of their tenets and rites , to their supposed brethren in England . In this letter expressions were used ...
... person who engaged the Samaritans at Sichem or Nablous , to send a copy of their Pentateuch , accompanied with a letter explanatory of their tenets and rites , to their supposed brethren in England . In this letter expressions were used ...
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... persons had their Ollas in their hands , writing the sermon in Tamul short - hand . " Dr. Francis Buchanan , in a valuable essay " On the Religion and Literature of the Burmas , " informs us , that " in their more elegant books , the ...
... persons had their Ollas in their hands , writing the sermon in Tamul short - hand . " Dr. Francis Buchanan , in a valuable essay " On the Religion and Literature of the Burmas , " informs us , that " in their more elegant books , the ...
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