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... period when letters were invented . On the mere ground of antiquity , they have a higher claim than any other nation . But I have found no evidence in favour of their claims except this . On the contrary , the best authorities dispute ...
... period when letters were invented . On the mere ground of antiquity , they have a higher claim than any other nation . But I have found no evidence in favour of their claims except this . On the contrary , the best authorities dispute ...
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... period . Nor was it known from the time of the flood to the time of Abraham's leaving Chaldea . Nor was it known in ... periods * See these positions illustrated and defended in Winder . and transactions , during which had alphabetical ...
... period . Nor was it known from the time of the flood to the time of Abraham's leaving Chaldea . Nor was it known in ... periods * See these positions illustrated and defended in Winder . and transactions , during which had alphabetical ...
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... period beyond which they are mentioned , and mentioned on almost every fit occasion , and introduced into all the national and ecclesiastical affairs of the Jewish people . That period is the inscription of the law on Mount Sinai by the ...
... period beyond which they are mentioned , and mentioned on almost every fit occasion , and introduced into all the national and ecclesiastical affairs of the Jewish people . That period is the inscription of the law on Mount Sinai by the ...
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... period , Moses must have had the art of writing before the tables were written . But the question is , when were the tables written ? Moses had been up to the mount with God before the period here referred to . His first ascent is ...
... period , Moses must have had the art of writing before the tables were written . But the question is , when were the tables written ? Moses had been up to the mount with God before the period here referred to . His first ascent is ...
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... period when the life of man was prolonged from six hundred to a thou- sand years . The reference to the flood as a very an- cient event is inconsistent with the supposition that Job lived anywhere near the period of those who walked in ...
... period when the life of man was prolonged from six hundred to a thou- sand years . The reference to the flood as a very an- cient event is inconsistent with the supposition that Job lived anywhere near the period of those who walked in ...
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