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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... volumes present a connected view of the history of Biblical translations from the earliest date to the present ... volume has been very widely circulated , and is much admired . It is fully worthy of the piety and talents of its author ...
... volumes present a connected view of the history of Biblical translations from the earliest date to the present ... 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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... volumes , to whom it has long appeared as an indubitable fact , that mankind are indebted to revelation for all true know- ledge of God and divine things . No modification of inert , divisible , and senseless matter , can suggest the ...
... volumes , to whom it has long appeared as an indubitable fact , that mankind are indebted to revelation for all true know- ledge of God and divine things . No modification of inert , divisible , and senseless matter , can suggest the ...
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... volumes ; and that the severity of criti- cism will be superseded by the plaudit of approval . Salford , Manchester , March 14th , 1821 . J. TOWNLEY . ! ILLUSTRATIONS OP BIBLICAL LITERATURE PART I. FROM THE GIVING OF t 12 PREFACE .
... volumes ; and that the severity of criti- cism will be superseded by the plaudit of approval . Salford , Manchester , March 14th , 1821 . J. TOWNLEY . ! ILLUSTRATIONS OP BIBLICAL LITERATURE PART I. FROM THE GIVING OF t 12 PREFACE .
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... volumes . The first writing of which we have any certain knowledge , was , as already observed , that of the decalogue , delivered to Moses on Mount Sinai . This was inscribed on tables or slabs of stone ; which were written or graven ...
... volumes . The first writing of which we have any certain knowledge , was , as already observed , that of the decalogue , delivered to Moses on Mount Sinai . This was inscribed on tables or slabs of stone ; which were written or graven ...
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... volumes . * From Job xix , 24 , it appears to have been usual in his day to write or engrave upon plates of lead , which might easily be done with a pen , or graver , or style of iron , or other hard metal . Mountfaucon ( Antiq ...
... volumes . * From Job xix , 24 , it appears to have been usual in his day to write or engrave upon plates of lead , which might easily be done with a pen , or graver , or style of iron , or other hard metal . Mountfaucon ( Antiq ...
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