Israel and the Gentiles: Contributions to the History of the Jews from the Earliest Times to the Present Day, Volume 1 |
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... began , to rejoice that I was indeed a Jew . And now , let my book speak for itself ; in giving it the title of a sketch , I have dis- avowed every pretension to its being considered a regular history , or even an attempt at one . A ...
... began , to rejoice that I was indeed a Jew . And now , let my book speak for itself ; in giving it the title of a sketch , I have dis- avowed every pretension to its being considered a regular history , or even an attempt at one . A ...
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... new era in the Christian Church , and the period from which we may date its commencement , is the latter part of the eigh- teenth century , at precisely the same period when the epoch of revolutions began in the history of 10 INTRODUCTION .
... new era in the Christian Church , and the period from which we may date its commencement , is the latter part of the eigh- teenth century , at precisely the same period when the epoch of revolutions began in the history of 10 INTRODUCTION .
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... began in the history of the world . This coincidence is the more worthy of remark , because at the mo- ment when Infidelity is shaking the very foundation of the Papacy , and under the guise of philosophy and rationalism , threatening ...
... began in the history of the world . This coincidence is the more worthy of remark , because at the mo- ment when Infidelity is shaking the very foundation of the Papacy , and under the guise of philosophy and rationalism , threatening ...
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... began their forty years ' wan- derings in the wilderness . How striking must have been the appearance of the twelve tribes of Israel , encamped in the desert , each around its own banner , their four sides facing the four quarters of ...
... began their forty years ' wan- derings in the wilderness . How striking must have been the appearance of the twelve tribes of Israel , encamped in the desert , each around its own banner , their four sides facing the four quarters of ...
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... began the Heroic age , which comprehended four hundred and fifty years , including David , and his con- temporaries in age and war . The relations between Israel and the sur- rounding nations in the times of Moses , Joshua , the judges ...
... began the Heroic age , which comprehended four hundred and fifty years , including David , and his con- temporaries in age and war . The relations between Israel and the sur- rounding nations in the times of Moses , Joshua , the judges ...
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Page 22 - In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD.
Page 620 - In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.
Page 620 - And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications : and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one that mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born.
Page 618 - 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 170 - And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shall have none assurance of thy life: In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even!
Page 621 - Wilt thou not show what thou meanest by these? say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God, Behold I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.
Page 170 - ... in the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning ! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
Page 620 - For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.
Page 63 - And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
Page 621 - And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod. And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.