The Life of the People in Biblical TimesJewish Publication Society of America, 1929 - 236 pages |
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Page 83
... merely a large group of apprentices sent to some one preeminently skilful craftsman . With a little imagination we can see such a group of master and apprentices growing into an excellent counterpart of a modern " industrial " or ...
... merely a large group of apprentices sent to some one preeminently skilful craftsman . With a little imagination we can see such a group of master and apprentices growing into an excellent counterpart of a modern " industrial " or ...
Page 91
... merely the capital , not merely the largest city , not merely the center of cultural influences . It stood for the nation in a way we can understand only if we remem- ber that most of the civilized East was organized on the basis of a ...
... merely the capital , not merely the largest city , not merely the center of cultural influences . It stood for the nation in a way we can understand only if we remem- ber that most of the civilized East was organized on the basis of a ...
Page 109
... merely a portion of a populous capital . The Temple at Jerusalem and its environs could be turned on occasion into a fort , as the tragic episodes of later history proved . But the fort proper of the city lay elsewhere . It lay in the ...
... merely a portion of a populous capital . The Temple at Jerusalem and its environs could be turned on occasion into a fort , as the tragic episodes of later history proved . But the fort proper of the city lay elsewhere . It lay in the ...
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