The Life of the People in Biblical TimesJewish Publication Society of America, 1929 - 236 pages |
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Page 112
... suppose that their houses were not unlike the king's a number of courts surrounding separate build- ings , all of them contained within an enclosure . They might be built of expensive materials , adorned as elaborately as a royal ...
... suppose that their houses were not unlike the king's a number of courts surrounding separate build- ings , all of them contained within an enclosure . They might be built of expensive materials , adorned as elaborately as a royal ...
Page 195
... suppose , ever worked their religious customs and convictions into their daily lives so thoroughly as did the Jews . Indeed the preoccupation of the Jews with religion was so great that their religi- ous practices and beliefs have ...
... suppose , ever worked their religious customs and convictions into their daily lives so thoroughly as did the Jews . Indeed the preoccupation of the Jews with religion was so great that their religi- ous practices and beliefs have ...
Page 198
Max Radin. must suppose , in every case . The difficulty was in understanding them . For that , one had to be " wise " in every sense in which the word can be understood . Men professing to be wise in this sense abounded , but it was a ...
Max Radin. must suppose , in every case . The difficulty was in understanding them . For that , one had to be " wise " in every sense in which the word can be understood . Men professing to be wise in this sense abounded , but it was a ...
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