The Life of the People in Biblical TimesJewish Publication Society of America, 1929 - 236 pages |
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Page 86
... became powerful , suffered the fate of all ruling castes . It became corrupt and mercenary . Long before the Exile the exploitation of the priestly office for personal enrichment had been denounced by Micah . " The heads thereof judge ...
... became powerful , suffered the fate of all ruling castes . It became corrupt and mercenary . Long before the Exile the exploitation of the priestly office for personal enrichment had been denounced by Micah . " The heads thereof judge ...
Page 92
... became the only really great city , absorbing all the elements of national life by concentrating all the religious life in itself . Samaria in the north may have been larger and more splendid than Jerusalem ever became at any time ...
... became the only really great city , absorbing all the elements of national life by concentrating all the religious life in itself . Samaria in the north may have been larger and more splendid than Jerusalem ever became at any time ...
Page 175
Max Radin. later as well as that teaching of his children which became so urgent and holy a duty . We can scarcely doubt that many men took all these tasks lightly and that the hours after the siesta became insensibly a time for idle ...
Max Radin. later as well as that teaching of his children which became so urgent and holy a duty . We can scarcely doubt that many men took all these tasks lightly and that the hours after the siesta became insensibly a time for idle ...
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