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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... Priest's breast - plate , like the engra- vings of a signet . " To which it has been replied , " that both these may refer to a picture - writing , or to some improvement of it , whereby entire words were denot- ed , without being ...
... Priest's breast - plate , like the engra- vings of a signet . " To which it has been replied , " that both these may refer to a picture - writing , or to some improvement of it , whereby entire words were denot- ed , without being ...
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... Priests , ( Exod . xxviii . 36. ) Profane writers usually distin- guished it by calling it Phenician ; and from it are derived by far the greater part of the alphabets now used in different parts of the globe . By the Jews it was ...
... Priests , ( Exod . xxviii . 36. ) Profane writers usually distin- guished it by calling it Phenician ; and from it are derived by far the greater part of the alphabets now used in different parts of the globe . By the Jews it was ...
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... priest , and one of the Fathers of that religious house , gave a short account of this Pentateuch in the preface to his edition of the Septuagint , which was printed at Paris in 1628 ; and defended it also in another work published in ...
... priest , and one of the Fathers of that religious house , gave a short account of this Pentateuch in the preface to his edition of the Septuagint , which was printed at Paris in 1628 ; and defended it also in another work published in ...
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... Priests , they make use of the Samaritan characters . " " As to the very ancient Copy of the Law , of which they boast so ... Priest , the report is altogether erroneous and false . For when I passed through Sichem the second time , I ...
... Priests , they make use of the Samaritan characters . " " As to the very ancient Copy of the Law , of which they boast so ... Priest , the report is altogether erroneous and false . For when I passed through Sichem the second time , I ...
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... Priest , at Jerusalem , to request him to transmit a 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 ...
... Priest , at Jerusalem , to request him to transmit a 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 ...
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