The Life of the People in Biblical TimesJewish Publication Society of America, 1929 - 236 pages |
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... Perhaps that is due to re- membrances of childhood struggles with the geography lesson , often the least popular and least inspiring part of the school course . What made the geography les- son distasteful was the tax it laid on our ...
... Perhaps that is due to re- membrances of childhood struggles with the geography lesson , often the least popular and least inspiring part of the school course . What made the geography les- son distasteful was the tax it laid on our ...
Page 69
... Perhaps it was recognized only when an alien woman was concerned and marriages with aliens were dealt with even more summarily than others . If it really existed as a type of union , it had no importance . For poetry and romance , a ...
... Perhaps it was recognized only when an alien woman was concerned and marriages with aliens were dealt with even more summarily than others . If it really existed as a type of union , it had no importance . For poetry and romance , a ...
Page 180
... Perhaps the word menorah was used for the great lamp in the sanctuary and for this lamp of Elisha because in both cases the lamp was supported on some sort of a stand , while the ordinary lamp stood free . There were also torches made ...
... Perhaps the word menorah was used for the great lamp in the sanctuary and for this lamp of Elisha because in both cases the lamp was supported on some sort of a stand , while the ordinary lamp stood free . There were also torches made ...
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