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... ancient in the world , must have been compiled since the Chris- tian era . Though no man is warranted in speaking with confidence on this subject , yet is there not some good reason to believe that the earliest specimens of a writ- ten ...
... ancient in the world , must have been compiled since the Chris- tian era . Though no man is warranted in speaking with confidence on this subject , yet is there not some good reason to believe that the earliest specimens of a writ- ten ...
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... ancient writing by books and sculpture , there must have been a written language before the giving of the law . When it shall be made to appear that the book of Job was written at an earlier period than the time of Moses , it will be ...
... ancient writing by books and sculpture , there must have been a written language before the giving of the law . When it shall be made to appear that the book of Job was written at an earlier period than the time of Moses , it will be ...
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... ancient , or modern , and written in the most advanced and cultivated condition of human society , should compare with this ancient record , originating in a comparatively rude age , is to my own mind , a fact not easily accounted for ...
... ancient , or modern , and written in the most advanced and cultivated condition of human society , should compare with this ancient record , originating in a comparatively rude age , is to my own mind , a fact not easily accounted for ...
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... of invalidating , have only served to strengthen and confirm our confidence that the narrator was supernaturally taught of God . The ancient account of the creation of the world among the Chaldeans was , that there was a time.
... of invalidating , have only served to strengthen and confirm our confidence that the narrator was supernaturally taught of God . The ancient account of the creation of the world among the Chaldeans was , that there was a time.
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... Ancient cities too - Thebes , the No - Ammi of Nahum -Nineveh , Jerusalem , Babylon , with all that rendered them the wonders of the world , would be traced to the remote darkness of the fabulous age , but for the Old Testament . The ...
... Ancient cities too - Thebes , the No - Ammi of Nahum -Nineveh , Jerusalem , Babylon , with all that rendered them the wonders of the world , would be traced to the remote darkness of the fabulous age , but for the Old Testament . The ...
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