The Main Principles of the Creed and Ethics of the Jews, Exhibited in Selections from the Yad Hachazakah of Maimonides, with a Literal English Translation, Copious Illustrations from the Talmud, &c., Explanatory Notes, an Alphabetical Glossary of Such Particles and Technical Terms as Occur in the Selections, and a Collection of the Abbreviations Commonly Used in Rabbinical WritingsDeighton, 1832 - 358 pages |
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... expressions like these . All these [ are used ] with reference to the intellectual capacity of the sons of men , who can comprehend only corporeal beings ; so that the law spoke in the language of the sons of men , and all these are ...
... expressions like these . All these [ are used ] with reference to the intellectual capacity of the sons of men , who can comprehend only corporeal beings ; so that the law spoke in the language of the sons of men , and all these are ...
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... expressions , which are made use of in the law and in the words of the prophets , are altogether figurative and ornamental . Thus it is said : He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh , ( Ps . ii . 4. ) ; They have provoked me to ...
... expressions , which are made use of in the law and in the words of the prophets , are altogether figurative and ornamental . Thus it is said : He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh , ( Ps . ii . 4. ) ; They have provoked me to ...
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... expressions like these . With regard to all these , the sages " The law spoke according to the language of the sons of men . " And thus it is said : Do they provoke me to anger ? ( Jer . vii . 19 ) . XV . Behold ! it is said : I am the ...
... expressions like these . With regard to all these , the sages " The law spoke according to the language of the sons of men . " And thus it is said : Do they provoke me to anger ? ( Jer . vii . 19 ) . XV . Behold ! it is said : I am the ...
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... expressing that he ( the angel ) is not a body , and is not heavy , as are heavy bodies , just as it is said : For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire , ( Deut . iv . 24. ) , although he is not a fire , but the expression is figurative ...
... expressing that he ( the angel ) is not a body , and is not heavy , as are heavy bodies , just as it is said : For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire , ( Deut . iv . 24. ) , although he is not a fire , but the expression is figurative ...
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... expressions by way of an oath , a plain meaning is attached to them , namely , that of : may I , or mayest thou , lose ... expression .חי in the word be met with in several other passages of Scripture , but no where can be proved to be a ...
... expressions by way of an oath , a plain meaning is attached to them , namely , that of : may I , or mayest thou , lose ... expression .חי in the word be met with in several other passages of Scripture , but no where can be proved to be a ...
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Page 288 - And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee...
Page 157 - For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Page 299 - Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.
Page 289 - And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people ; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
Page 121 - The secret things belong unto the LORD our God : but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
Page 127 - What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
Page 142 - There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Page 202 - Who would not fear thee, O King of nations ? for to thee doth it appertain : forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.
Page 144 - Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Page 306 - If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young; but thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee ; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.