The Life of the People in Biblical TimesJewish Publication Society of America, 1929 - 236 pages |
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... associated with the Jews it is poorly watered . It is not arid . We must not imagine that any part of Palestine proper , except in the most southerly section , presents anything like the appearance of a desert . Nor is the lack of water ...
... associated with the Jews it is poorly watered . It is not arid . We must not imagine that any part of Palestine proper , except in the most southerly section , presents anything like the appearance of a desert . Nor is the lack of water ...
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... associated with a Palestinian landscape . But if large trees are scarce , there is an abundant growth of other things . On the plains and some of the hillsides , the meadows are alive with flowers , and the variety is as bewildering as ...
... associated with a Palestinian landscape . But if large trees are scarce , there is an abundant growth of other things . On the plains and some of the hillsides , the meadows are alive with flowers , and the variety is as bewildering as ...
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... associated , the great land of Egypt , physicians were astoundingly numerous and astound- ingly specialized . There was a different physician for every part of the body . But it is likely that these " physicians " were in part at least ...
... associated , the great land of Egypt , physicians were astoundingly numerous and astound- ingly specialized . There was a different physician for every part of the body . But it is likely that these " physicians " were in part at least ...
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