Hebrew and Christian Records: An Historical Enquiry Concerning the Age and Authorship of the Old and New Testaments, Volume 1Trübner & Company, 1877 |
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... thousand channels , or were consumed in the fire to which their writings were consigned ; and when ancient literature was overwhelmed by the irruption of the barbarians , there was no one left to question the articles of faith which the ...
... thousand channels , or were consumed in the fire to which their writings were consigned ; and when ancient literature was overwhelmed by the irruption of the barbarians , there was no one left to question the articles of faith which the ...
Page xi
... thousands in our universities at so great a public cost , are to be warped or modified before they can be applied to what concerns us most , it is time that the public should know how weak are the bulwarks which they have erected , at ...
... thousands in our universities at so great a public cost , are to be warped or modified before they can be applied to what concerns us most , it is time that the public should know how weak are the bulwarks which they have erected , at ...
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... thousand years , the one from the other . It is impossible to explain this in any other way than by supposing that the texts of these writers have been altered . It is difficult to conceive that unintentional errors have crept in , to ...
... thousand years , the one from the other . It is impossible to explain this in any other way than by supposing that the texts of these writers have been altered . It is difficult to conceive that unintentional errors have crept in , to ...
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... thousand men were put to death , whilst only twelve hundred became prisoners . Josephus , with forty others , saved his life in a cave ; all his companions but one killed themselves , to escape falling into the hands of the Romans , but ...
... thousand men were put to death , whilst only twelve hundred became prisoners . Josephus , with forty others , saved his life in a cave ; all his companions but one killed themselves , to escape falling into the hands of the Romans , but ...
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... Thousand by Xenophon , to whose military talents mainly was due the success with which that retreat was conducted . * It is evident that the memory of an event , no matter what may have been its magnitude , must entirely perish from the ...
... Thousand by Xenophon , to whose military talents mainly was due the success with which that retreat was conducted . * It is evident that the memory of an event , no matter what may have been its magnitude , must entirely perish from the ...
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Page 245 - For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of 'Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices : but this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people : and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
Page 148 - Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon ; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. 13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
Page 121 - And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place ! This is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
Page 98 - And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people : and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.
Page 148 - And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the Lord hearkened unto the voice of a man : for the Lord fought for Israel.
Page 131 - The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; and the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
Page 251 - See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
Page 136 - Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
Page 130 - Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day : because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.
Page 341 - This title then read many of the Jews : for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city : and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that He said, I am King of the Jews.