The Popular Cyclopædia of Biblical Literature: Condensed from the Larger WorkGould and Lincoln, 1856 - 800 pages |
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Page 37
... Jews until they came under the dominion of the Romans , and were obliged to transact their law affairs after the Roman manner . Being then little conversant with the Roman laws , and with the forms of the jurists , it was necessary for ...
... Jews until they came under the dominion of the Romans , and were obliged to transact their law affairs after the Roman manner . Being then little conversant with the Roman laws , and with the forms of the jurists , it was necessary for ...
Page 46
... Jews ( Ezra vii . 11-26 ) , how could Haman , five years afterwards , venture to describe the Jews to him as a people whom , on the very account of their law , it was not for the king's profit to suffer ? And how could Haman so di ...
... Jews ( Ezra vii . 11-26 ) , how could Haman , five years afterwards , venture to describe the Jews to him as a people whom , on the very account of their law , it was not for the king's profit to suffer ? And how could Haman so di ...
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... Jew of Ephesus , known only from the part he took in the uproar about Diana , which was raised there by the preaching of Paul . As the inhabitants confounded the Jews and Jewish Christians , the former put for- ward Alexander to speak ...
... Jew of Ephesus , known only from the part he took in the uproar about Diana , which was raised there by the preaching of Paul . As the inhabitants confounded the Jews and Jewish Christians , the former put for- ward Alexander to speak ...
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... Jews in Alexandria , who knew only the Greek lau- guage . At its foundation Alexandria was peopled less by Egyptians than by colonies of Greeks , Jews . and other foreigners . The Jews , however much their religion was disliked , were ...
... Jews in Alexandria , who knew only the Greek lau- guage . At its foundation Alexandria was peopled less by Egyptians than by colonies of Greeks , Jews . and other foreigners . The Jews , however much their religion was disliked , were ...
Page 53
... Jews were admitted into the first of these classes , and this privilege was so important that it had great effect in drawing them to the new city . ALEXANDRIA 53 53 their ecclesiastical dependence upon Jerusalem | ultimate result of ...
... Jews were admitted into the first of these classes , and this privilege was so important that it had great effect in drawing them to the new city . ALEXANDRIA 53 53 their ecclesiastical dependence upon Jerusalem | ultimate result of ...
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Abimelech Abraham Acts Ahaz altar Ammonites Amorites ancient animals Apostle appears Arabia Arabs Asia Assyria Babylon called Canaan Christ Christian Chron church comp Damascus David death denote Deut divine East Edom Egypt Egyptian epistle Euphrates Exod Ezek Ezra father favour Greek Hebrew Hebron high-priest holy inhabitants Israel Israelites Jehovah Jeroboam Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jews Joab Jordan Josephus Josh Judæa Judah Judg king land latter Lord Luke Matt means ment mentioned Meroë Moses mountains nations natural occurs Palestine passages Paul period Persian persons Philistines possession present priests probably prophet reign rendered Roman sacred Scripture seems Solomon species stone supposed Syria temple Testament thou tion town tree tribe tribe of Judah viii word worship writers xvii xviii xxii xxiii xxiv xxvii