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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... transcription , so that if the great mass of the people had not become acquainted with alphabetic characters before their entrance into Canaan , they might easily be furnished by the scribes with copies of the very small portions of the ...
... transcription , so that if the great mass of the people had not become acquainted with alphabetic characters before their entrance into Canaan , they might easily be furnished by the scribes with copies of the very small portions of the ...
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... 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 age of Homer , the first and most cele ...
... 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 age of Homer , the first and most cele ...
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... transcribe the Scriptures , instead of tilling the land . But notwithstanding the great advantage which quills have over reeds , in writing , the latter seem to have continued long in use , even with the former . Men of letters assure ...
... transcribe the Scriptures , instead of tilling the land . But notwithstanding the great advantage which quills have over reeds , in writing , the latter seem to have continued long in use , even with the former . Men of letters assure ...
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... transcription of the Law into the Greek charac- * Hody , De Bibliorum Textibus Originalibus ; Aristeæ Hist . , pt . i , vol . xxxv , fol . Oxon . 1705 . + See Bibliotheca Sacra , edit . Masch . , pt . ii , vol . ii , in Præfat . Waltoni ...
... transcription of the Law into the Greek charac- * Hody , De Bibliorum Textibus Originalibus ; Aristeæ Hist . , pt . i , vol . xxxv , fol . Oxon . 1705 . + See Bibliotheca Sacra , edit . Masch . , pt . ii , vol . ii , in Præfat . Waltoni ...
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... transcription of the sacred books by any but select transcribers . On this account , a particular order of learned ... transcribed the books of the Law , but wrote out the phylacteries ; the mezuzoth , or sentences to be affixed to the ...
... transcription of the sacred books by any but select transcribers . On this account , a particular order of learned ... transcribed the books of the Law , but wrote out the phylacteries ; the mezuzoth , or sentences to be affixed to the ...
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