Illustrations of Biblical Literature Exhibiting the History and Fate of the Sacred Writings ...: Including Biographical Notices of Translators and Other ... Biblical Scholars, Volume 1Carlton, 1856 - Bible |
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... celebrated Jewish and Christian commenta- tors , and the critical judgment of their respective merits , the latter for the account it contains of the origin of the various readings , the most important Greek MSS . , and the ancient ...
... celebrated Jewish and Christian commenta- tors , and the critical judgment of their respective merits , the latter for the account it contains of the origin of the various readings , the most important Greek MSS . , and the ancient ...
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... celebrated Job Ludolf , in which he communicates so much information respecting the modern Samaritans , that I shall present the reader with an extract from it . It is dated the " last day of March , ' 1690 . " The Samaritans , or ...
... celebrated Job Ludolf , in which he communicates so much information respecting the modern Samaritans , that I shall present the reader with an extract from it . It is dated the " last day of March , ' 1690 . " The Samaritans , or ...
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... celebrated Laws of the Twelve Tables among the Romans were so called from being written or engraved on twelve slabs , or tablets of brass , or ivory , or oak ; and hung up for public inspection . The laws penal , civil , and ceremonial ...
... celebrated Laws of the Twelve Tables among the Romans were so called from being written or engraved on twelve slabs , or tablets of brass , or ivory , or oak ; and hung up for public inspection . The laws penal , civil , and ceremonial ...
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... celebrated Jewish critics called MASORITES , OF MAZORETES , began their criticisms and gramma- tical remarks upon the sacred text . They had their name from the Hebrew word masar , to deliver from one to another , because they professed ...
... celebrated Jewish critics called MASORITES , OF MAZORETES , began their criticisms and gramma- tical remarks upon the sacred text . They had their name from the Hebrew word masar , to deliver from one to another , because they professed ...
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... celebrated copies ; the Hieriuchan , or copy brought from Jericho ; and the Arabian , or one preserved at Sinai.t The Masoretic notes , called by the Jews the fence or hedge of the Law , were at first written in separate rolls , but are ...
... celebrated copies ; the Hieriuchan , or copy brought from Jericho ; and the Arabian , or one preserved at Sinai.t The Masoretic notes , called by the Jews the fence or hedge of the Law , were at first written in separate rolls , but are ...
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