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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... correct and interesting information which his peculiar taste and read- ing had rendered familiar to him . This volume has been very widely circulated , and is much admired . It is fully worthy of the piety and talents of its author ...
... correct and interesting information which his peculiar taste and read- ing had rendered familiar to him . This volume has been very widely circulated , and is much admired . It is fully worthy of the piety and talents of its author ...
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... correct opinion , " that Moses was the first sophist , or wise - man ; and that he first delivered grammar or letters to the Jews , from whom they were received by the Phenicians , and from the Phenicians by the Greeks . " And Augustin ...
... correct opinion , " that Moses was the first sophist , or wise - man ; and that he first delivered grammar or letters to the Jews , from whom they were received by the Phenicians , and from the Phenicians by the Greeks . " And Augustin ...
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... correct plates of the Pal- myrene inscriptions , which several learned men had before at- tempted unsuccessfully to decipher , were published in " Wood's Ruins of Palmyra , " explanations were at once given by two liter- ati , unknown ...
... correct plates of the Pal- myrene inscriptions , which several learned men had before at- tempted unsuccessfully to decipher , were published in " Wood's Ruins of Palmyra , " explanations were at once given by two liter- ati , unknown ...
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... correct or blot out , was common among the Romans . The style was sometimes made of iron , sometimes of gold , or sil- ver , or brass , or ivory , or even of wood . The iron styles were dangerous weapons , and were therefore prohibited ...
... correct or blot out , was common among the Romans . The style was sometimes made of iron , sometimes of gold , or sil- ver , or brass , or ivory , or even of wood . The iron styles were dangerous weapons , and were therefore prohibited ...
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... correct copy of the sacred Scriptures ; and their respective followers corrected theirs by that of their master ; the Eastern , or Babylonian Jews , adhering to the copy of Ben Naphtali ; the Western Jews , or those inhabit- ing ...
... correct copy of the sacred Scriptures ; and their respective followers corrected theirs by that of their master ; the Eastern , or Babylonian Jews , adhering to the copy of Ben Naphtali ; the Western Jews , or those inhabit- ing ...
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