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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Page xi
... sometimes days , have been spent , in procuring a biographical notice , fixing a date , ascertaining the author of ' a version , or reconciling the apparent contradictions of his- torical details , and , in some cases , without effect ...
... sometimes days , have been spent , in procuring a biographical notice , fixing a date , ascertaining the author of ' a version , or reconciling the apparent contradictions of his- torical details , and , in some cases , without effect ...
Page xiii
... of references to the works consulted , the author has sometimes been influenc- ed by the authority of the works themselves , and at others , by their being more accessible to the junior student , who may be desirous of pursuing the xiii .
... of references to the works consulted , the author has sometimes been influenc- ed by the authority of the works themselves , and at others , by their being more accessible to the junior student , who may be desirous of pursuing the xiii .
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... sometimes been called Epistolic Writing , to distinguish it from Symbolical , or Hieroglyphical , are so immense ; and its " practice so peculiarly adapted to the state of the Jewish na- tion at the time of the Mosaic legislation , as ...
... sometimes been called Epistolic Writing , to distinguish it from Symbolical , or Hieroglyphical , are so immense ; and its " practice so peculiarly adapted to the state of the Jewish na- tion at the time of the Mosaic legislation , as ...
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... sometimes make use of the palm - leaf , and sometimes of a kind of paper , made of bark , but most generally employ the leaf of the Talipot - tree . From these leaves , which are of immense size , they cut out slips , from a foot to a ...
... sometimes make use of the palm - leaf , and sometimes of a kind of paper , made of bark , but most generally employ the leaf of the Talipot - tree . From these leaves , which are of immense size , they cut out slips , from a foot to a ...
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... sometimes employed for writing upon ; and Zonoras ( Annal . Lib . iii . ) relates , that the Iliad and Odyssey of Homer were written upon the intestines of a serpent , in characters of gold , forming a roll 100 feet in length . This ...
... sometimes employed for writing upon ; and Zonoras ( Annal . Lib . iii . ) relates , that the Iliad and Odyssey of Homer were written upon the intestines of a serpent , in characters of gold , forming a roll 100 feet in length . This ...
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