 It is true, our history hath been. written since Artaxerxes very particularly, but hath not been esteemed of the like authority with the former by our forefathers, because there hath not been an exact succession of prophets since that time...  “The” Works of Flavius Josephus - Page 478by Flavius Josephus - 1856Full view - About this book
 | William Howitt - 1863 - 530 pages
...hath not been esteemed of the like authority with the former by our forefathers, because there has not been an exact succession of prophets since that time. And how firmly we have given credit to those books of our own nation is evident by what we do ; for, during so many ages as have already passed,... | |
 | James Bannerman - 1865 - 608 pages
...esteemed of the like authority with the former by our forefathers, because there has not been a like succession of prophets since that time ; and how firmly we have given credit to those books of our own nation is evident from what we do. For so many ages that have already passed... | |
 | John Collyer Knight - 1866 - 102 pages
...since Artaxerxes very particularly, but it hath not been esteemed of the like authority with the former by our forefathers, because there hath not been an exact succession of prophets since that time." The 13 books of the "Prophets" of this passage are, as is well known, commonly regarded as comprising... | |
 | Robert Milligan - 1868 - 456 pages
...particularly, but has not been esteemed of like authority with the former by our forefathers because there has not been an exact succession of prophets since that...during so many ages as have already passed, no one has been so bold as either to add any thing to them, to take any thing from them, or to make any change... | |
 | 1868 - 398 pages
...written since Artaxerxes very particularly, but hath not been esteemed of like authority with the former by our forefathers, because there hath not been an exact succession of Prophets since that time;" in other words, the holy men were wanting who spake by the Holy Ghost ; and therefore the apocryphal... | |
 | William Smith (of Inzievar.) - 1868 - 606 pages
...since Artaxerxes very particularly, but hath not been esteemed of the like authority with the former by our forefathers, because there hath not been an exact succession of prophets since that time.' — Ayainst Apion, B. i. § 8. Is its influence, then, discernible on the age of Joshua ? That it is... | |
 | Manchester diocesan Church assoc - 1868 - 188 pages
...books. The remaining four books contain hymns to God and precepts for the conduct of human life. . . . And how firmly we have given credit to these books of our own nation is evident from what we do ; for during so many ages as have already passed, no one has been so bold as either... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - 1869 - 612 pages
...since Artaxerxes very particularly, but hath not been esteemed of the like authority with the former by our forefathers, because there hath not been an...since that time : and how firmly we have given credit 1 Which were these twenty-two sacred books of the Old Testament, see the Supplement to the Essay on... | |
 | Samuel Sharpe - 1869 - 498 pages
...learned them of God himself hy inspiration." And again : " How firmly we have given credit to those books of our own nation is evident by what we do :...during so many ages as have already passed, no one has been so bold as either to add anything to them, to take anything from them, or to make any change... | |
 | Joseph Angus - 1873 - 792 pages
...thirteen books. The remaining four books contain hymns to God and precepts for the conduct of human life." "And how firmly we have given credit to these books of our own nation is evident from what we do: for during so many ages as have already passed no one has been so bold as either to... | |
| |
