Illustrations of Biblical Literature, Exhibiting the History and Fate of the Sacred Writings, from the Earliest Period to the Present Century: Including Biographical Notices of Translators and Other Eminent Biblical Scholars, Volume 2Carlton & Phillips, 1856 - Bible |
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... Hebrew and Greek . His skill in German is universally admitted . With such assiduity did Luther devote himself to the work , that before he left the castle of Wartburg , in March , 1522 , he had translated the whole of the New Testament ...
... Hebrew and Greek . His skill in German is universally admitted . With such assiduity did Luther devote himself to the work , that before he left the castle of Wartburg , in March , 1522 , he had translated the whole of the New Testament ...
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... Hebrew . Greek Modern Greek Hebrew Versions Greek ( Old Testament ) Chaldee 267 Persian 346 Turkish 8 Coptic ... 17 Armenian 51 Tamul Samaritan ( Fragments ) Syriac Arabic . 22 Hindoostanee 4 Malayan 35 Cingalese 28 Jewish - German No ...
... Hebrew . Greek Modern Greek Hebrew Versions Greek ( Old Testament ) Chaldee 267 Persian 346 Turkish 8 Coptic ... 17 Armenian 51 Tamul Samaritan ( Fragments ) Syriac Arabic . 22 Hindoostanee 4 Malayan 35 Cingalese 28 Jewish - German No ...
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... Hebrew tongues . He died in 1543. He was the author of a work on the Hebrew names of countries , cities , rivers , mountains , & c . , mentioned in the Old Testament , printed at Wittemberg , 1526 , 8vo . , and again with improvements ...
... Hebrew tongues . He died in 1543. He was the author of a work on the Hebrew names of countries , cities , rivers , mountains , & c . , mentioned in the Old Testament , printed at Wittemberg , 1526 , 8vo . , and again with improvements ...
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... Hebrew lexicon , printed at Basil , 1557 , fol . Forster was born at Augsburg in 1495. He taught Hebrew at Wittemberg , where he died in 1556. † BERNARD ZIEGLER also contributed his aid to the same great work . He was a native of Misnia ...
... Hebrew lexicon , printed at Basil , 1557 , fol . Forster was born at Augsburg in 1495. He taught Hebrew at Wittemberg , where he died in 1556. † BERNARD ZIEGLER also contributed his aid to the same great work . He was a native of Misnia ...
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... Hebrew to those who spoke Hebrew ; and St. Paul the apostle wrote Epistles both in Greek and Hebrew to those who spoke these languages . If any of them had written Gospels to the kingdom of Denmark , they would assuredly have written ...
... Hebrew to those who spoke Hebrew ; and St. Paul the apostle wrote Epistles both in Greek and Hebrew to those who spoke these languages . If any of them had written Gospels to the kingdom of Denmark , they would assuredly have written ...
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Page 161 - Inasmuch as it is manifest from experience, that if the Holy Bible, translated into the vulgar tongue, be indiscriminately allowed to every one, the temerity of men will cause more evil than good to arise from it, it is, on this point, referred to the judgment of the bishops, or inquisitors, who may, by the advice of the priest, or confessor, permit the reading of the Bible translated into the vulgar tongue by Catholic authors, to those persons whose faith...
Page 44 - But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Page 485 - And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
Page 44 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye pay tithe of mint, and anise, and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith : these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Page 84 - I call God to record against the day we shall appear before our Lord Jesus, to give a reckoning of our doings, that I never altered one syllable of God's word against my conscience, nor would this day, if all that is in the earth, whether it be pleasure, honour, or riches, might be given me.
Page 96 - That every Parson, or Proprietary of any ParishChurch within this Realm, shall on this Side the Feast of St. Peter ad Vincula next coming, provide a Book of the whole Bible, both in Latin, and also in English, and lay the same in the Quire, for every Man that will to read and look therein...
Page 396 - The highest eulogiums have been pronounced on the translation of James I., both by our own writers and by foreigners ; and indeed if accuracy, fidelity, and the strictest attention to the letter of the text, be supposed to constitute the qualities of an excellent version, this, of all versions, must, in general, be accounted the most excellent.
Page 415 - An Essay toward the Amendment of the last English Translation of the Bible ; or, a Proof, by many Instances, that the late Translation of the Bible into English may be improved.
Page 94 - And that moreover his Majesty would vouchsafe to " decree, that the Scriptures should be translated into the " vulgar tongue, by some honest and learned men, to be " nominated by the King, and to be delivered unto the " people according to their learning.
Page 156 - Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi.