The Life of the People in Biblical TimesJewish Publication Society of America, 1929 - 236 pages |
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Page 47
... remember , however , that this was principally for her protection . A man - child was the desire of every woman as of every man , but the hearts of parents were not closed to their daughters . Jephthah's daughter was an only child and ...
... remember , however , that this was principally for her protection . A man - child was the desire of every woman as of every man , but the hearts of parents were not closed to their daughters . Jephthah's daughter was an only child and ...
Page 123
... remember Homer's fleet heroes , especially the foremost of all of them , Achilles , who was not more emphatically the strongest than he was the quickest of his associates . And Abner and Jonathan were , we must remember , quite ...
... remember Homer's fleet heroes , especially the foremost of all of them , Achilles , who was not more emphatically the strongest than he was the quickest of his associates . And Abner and Jonathan were , we must remember , quite ...
Page 166
... Under his vine and fig tree , did no one remember with keen zest the eager and precarious life which preceded the taking of the good land , and which crowded songs and legends with deeds of wild daring 166 LIFE IN BIBLICAL TIMES.
... Under his vine and fig tree , did no one remember with keen zest the eager and precarious life which preceded the taking of the good land , and which crowded songs and legends with deeds of wild daring 166 LIFE IN BIBLICAL TIMES.
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