The Historians' History of the World: Israel, India, Persia, Phoenicia, Minor nations of western AsiaHenry Smith Williams Outlook Company, 1904 |
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... Greeks gave the name of Phoenicia ; as for that of Palestine , it originally denoted only the south- western part ... Greek and Latin authors , in the New Testament , and in the Fathers of the Church . Two ranges of mountains , with ...
... Greeks gave the name of Phoenicia ; as for that of Palestine , it originally denoted only the south- western part ... Greek and Latin authors , in the New Testament , and in the Fathers of the Church . Two ranges of mountains , with ...
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... Greek rule , their language continued to make conquests in Palestine . By the time of the birth of Christ it had superseded all Semitic languages there and divided the ground with Greek alone . In later days a like fate befell the ...
... Greek rule , their language continued to make conquests in Palestine . By the time of the birth of Christ it had superseded all Semitic languages there and divided the ground with Greek alone . In later days a like fate befell the ...
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... Gileadite . " : There is so great a resemblance between this tradition and the Greek legend of the sacrifice of Iphigenia that we may well believe that one was [ ca. 1200-1020 B.C. ] borrowed from the other . THE JUDGES 73.
... Gileadite . " : There is so great a resemblance between this tradition and the Greek legend of the sacrifice of Iphigenia that we may well believe that one was [ ca. 1200-1020 B.C. ] borrowed from the other . THE JUDGES 73.
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... Greek historian , has been impugned with good reason.1 The high priest in question is called Jadus ( Jaddua ) by Josephus , and Simon the Just by the Talmud . Later amplifi- cations of these stories declare that , as a token of ...
... Greek historian , has been impugned with good reason.1 The high priest in question is called Jadus ( Jaddua ) by Josephus , and Simon the Just by the Talmud . Later amplifi- cations of these stories declare that , as a token of ...
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... Greek dominion in Asia . For more than a century Judea remained under the rule of the Greek kings of Egypt , and on the whole enjoyed , with slight interruptions , a period of happy tranquillity and benevolent treatment . The relation ...
... Greek dominion in Asia . For more than a century Judea remained under the rule of the Greek kings of Egypt , and on the whole enjoyed , with slight interruptions , a period of happy tranquillity and benevolent treatment . The relation ...
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Page 120 - How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people ! how is she become as a widow ! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary...
Page 122 - Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things ; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone ; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself...
Page 122 - THUS saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, Whose right hand I have holden, To subdue nations before him ; And I will loose the loins of kings, To open before him the two leaved gates; And the gates shall not be shut...
Page 63 - And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho.
Page 62 - And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
Page 62 - And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
Page 122 - Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle; and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
Page 83 - Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided : they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
Page 83 - Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon ; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Page 62 - Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover. And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin...