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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... tion of note was a volume of " Biblical Anecdotes , " which appeared in the year 1814. He had been desired by his children to preach them a sermon on the history of the Holy Scriptures , and on the early trans- lations of them into ...
... tion of note was a volume of " Biblical Anecdotes , " which appeared in the year 1814. He had been desired by his children to preach them a sermon on the history of the Holy Scriptures , and on the early trans- lations of them into ...
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... tion , than by endeavouring to render his work more perfect , and thereby , as he hoped , more useful to the Biblical scholar , and more worthy of general perusal . This he has attempted in the present " Illustrations , " which , from ...
... tion , than by endeavouring to render his work more perfect , and thereby , as he hoped , more useful to the Biblical scholar , and more worthy of general perusal . This he has attempted in the present " Illustrations , " which , from ...
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... tion . " But when , it may be inquired , was such a process actually contemplated ; what were the various stages of its advancement toward perfection ; and at what period was it completed ? It is true the advocates of the mere human ...
... tion . " But when , it may be inquired , was such a process actually contemplated ; what were the various stages of its advancement toward perfection ; and at what period was it completed ? It is true the advocates of the mere human ...
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... 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 know- ledge of alphabetic writing was not originally communicated by Moses to ...
... 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 know- ledge of alphabetic writing was not originally communicated by Moses to ...
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... tion of the ceremonial law ; which was transcribed by Moses , and , with the other portions of the Pentateuch , delivered to the Israel- ites before his death , about 1450 years prior to the Christian era ; and about 500 preceding the ...
... tion of the ceremonial law ; which was transcribed by Moses , and , with the other portions of the Pentateuch , delivered to the Israel- ites before his death , about 1450 years prior to the Christian era ; and about 500 preceding the ...
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