The Syrian ChristHoughton Mifflin, 1916 - 425 pages |
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Abraham Mitrie Rihbany. CHAPTER II BIRTH OF A MAN CHILD In the Gospel story of Jesus ' life there is not a single incident that is not in perfect harmony with the prevailing modes of thought and the current speech of the land of its ...
Abraham Mitrie Rihbany. CHAPTER II BIRTH OF A MAN CHILD In the Gospel story of Jesus ' life there is not a single incident that is not in perfect harmony with the prevailing modes of thought and the current speech of the land of its ...
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... story of Joseph all this is ! In the first chapter of St. Matthew's Gospel , the twentieth verse , it is said of Joseph , " But while he thought on these things , behold , the angel of the Lord ap- peared unto him in a dream , saying ...
... story of Joseph all this is ! In the first chapter of St. Matthew's Gospel , the twentieth verse , it is said of Joseph , " But while he thought on these things , behold , the angel of the Lord ap- peared unto him in a dream , saying ...
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... story of Jesus ' birth and kindred Bible records disclose not only the predisposi- tion of the Syrian mind to accept miracles as divine acts , without critical examination , but also its attitude toward conception and birth , - an [ 21 ] ...
... story of Jesus ' birth and kindred Bible records disclose not only the predisposi- tion of the Syrian mind to accept miracles as divine acts , without critical examination , but also its attitude toward conception and birth , - an [ 21 ] ...
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... stories are found in the Bible shows that in my native land no such sifting of these narratives is ever under- taken when they are read to the people . From childhood I had been accustomed to hear them read at our church , related at ...
... stories are found in the Bible shows that in my native land no such sifting of these narratives is ever under- taken when they are read to the people . From childhood I had been accustomed to hear them read at our church , related at ...
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... stories of Sarah , when the angel - guest prophesied fe- cundity for her in her old age ; of Rebecca , and the wish of her mother for her , that she might become " the mother of thousands " ; of Eliza- beth , when the " babe leaped in ...
... stories of Sarah , when the angel - guest prophesied fe- cundity for her in her old age ; of Rebecca , and the wish of her mother for her , that she might become " the mother of thousands " ; of Eliza- beth , when the " babe leaped in ...
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