The Life of the People in Biblical TimesJewish Publication Society of America, 1929 - 236 pages |
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Page 69
... importance . For poetry and romance , a marriage is the leaping together of two kindred souls that recognize each other almost immediately . In the regulated social structure of almost any nation , it is a contract , and a contract ...
... importance . For poetry and romance , a marriage is the leaping together of two kindred souls that recognize each other almost immediately . In the regulated social structure of almost any nation , it is a contract , and a contract ...
Page 140
... important qualifi- cation in this statement . Ointments and perfumes did not become in Palestine , as they did in Renaissance Europe , a substitute for bodily cleanliness . Baths and ablutions were frequent and were actually required as ...
... important qualifi- cation in this statement . Ointments and perfumes did not become in Palestine , as they did in Renaissance Europe , a substitute for bodily cleanliness . Baths and ablutions were frequent and were actually required as ...
Page 221
... important and intense than those which are found between man and man . There is an animal environment as well as a human one . We no longer reckon seriously with one part of the animal environment which was very close to the ancient ...
... important and intense than those which are found between man and man . There is an animal environment as well as a human one . We no longer reckon seriously with one part of the animal environment which was very close to the ancient ...
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