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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... persons , or as communicated to them by their gods . The earliest account we have of the use of alphabetical cha- racters is among the Jews , a people certainly not remarkable 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 cha- racters is among the Jews , a people certainly not remarkable for their inventive genius , however venerable in other ...
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... persons selected for the purpose , and designated to the office of transcrip- tion , and graphic instruction . But whatever may be our opinion as to 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 transcrip- tion , and graphic instruction . But whatever may be our opinion as to the precise period of the discovery to Moses , it must be acknowledged , that " if the ...
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... 66 , where he observes , that " while the Rev. Dr. John delivered an animated discourse in the * Percival's Account of Ceylon , ch . i , p . 3 . Tamul tongue , many persons had their ollas in their 1 30 BIBLICAL LITERATURE .
... 66 , where he observes , that " while the Rev. Dr. John delivered an animated discourse in the * Percival's Account of Ceylon , ch . i , p . 3 . Tamul tongue , many persons had their ollas in their 1 30 BIBLICAL LITERATURE .
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... persons had their ollas in their hands , writ- ing 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 , writ- ing 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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... persons are said to be seldom without one of these rolls ; and no mummy has been known to contain more than two . * Many manuscripts written upon papyrus have been found in the ruins of Herculaneum , which was destroyed by an eruption ...
... persons are said to be seldom without one of these rolls ; and no mummy has been known to contain more than two . * Many manuscripts written upon papyrus have been found in the ruins of Herculaneum , which was destroyed by an eruption ...
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