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Page 9
... writer , that " it sometimes seemed to him that the Bible is as much greater than all other books , as its Author is greater than all other authors . " I am well persuaded that the seeming extravagance of such an observation will ...
... writer , that " it sometimes seemed to him that the Bible is as much greater than all other books , as its Author is greater than all other authors . " I am well persuaded that the seeming extravagance of such an observation will ...
Page 16
... writer in the Edinburgh Encyclopædia ex- presses the opinion , " that the pretensions of the Phoenicians must give way to the better established claim of the Hebrews . " Goguet thinks it more pro- bable that this invention is to be ...
... writer in the Edinburgh Encyclopædia ex- presses the opinion , " that the pretensions of the Phoenicians must give way to the better established claim of the Hebrews . " Goguet thinks it more pro- bable that this invention is to be ...
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... writers have sup- posed that the silence of the author of this book re- specting the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah , the Exodus from Egypt , the passage of the Red Sea , and the promulgation of the law , prove that it was writ- ten ...
... writers have sup- posed that the silence of the author of this book re- specting the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah , the Exodus from Egypt , the passage of the Red Sea , and the promulgation of the law , prove that it was writ- ten ...
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... writers . The passage referred to , is Exodus the fifth chapter and sixth verse . " And Pharaoh commanded the same day the task - masters and the officers , saying , Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick . " Our ...
... writers . The passage referred to , is Exodus the fifth chapter and sixth verse . " And Pharaoh commanded the same day the task - masters and the officers , saying , Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick . " Our ...
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... writers esteemed the most authentic , are disfigured by absurd and disgusting fictions . This defect in the annals of earlier times must be every- where and deeply felt , if we exclude the information obtained from the Bible . There ...
... writers esteemed the most authentic , are disfigured by absurd and disgusting fictions . This defect in the annals of earlier times must be every- where and deeply felt , if we exclude the information obtained from the Bible . There ...
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