The Popular Cyclopædia of Biblical Literature: Condensed from the Larger WorkGould and Lincoln, 1856 - 800 pages |
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Page 42
... ancient inhabitants were able , in some parts , to avert even the aridity which the summer droughts occasioned , and to keep up a garden - like verdure , by means of aqueducts communicating with the brooks and rivers ( Ps . i . 3 ; lxv ...
... ancient inhabitants were able , in some parts , to avert even the aridity which the summer droughts occasioned , and to keep up a garden - like verdure , by means of aqueducts communicating with the brooks and rivers ( Ps . i . 3 ; lxv ...
Page 43
... Ancient Egyptian . Ploughing in the Seed . - The Egyptian paint- ings illustrate the Scriptures by showing that in those soils which needed no previous preparation by the hoe ( for breaking the clods ) the sower followed the plough ...
... Ancient Egyptian . Ploughing in the Seed . - The Egyptian paint- ings illustrate the Scriptures by showing that in those soils which needed no previous preparation by the hoe ( for breaking the clods ) the sower followed the plough ...
Page 71
... Ancient Oriental . 3 , 4 , 8. Modern Oriental . ] among the Arab women in the country of the Tigris and Euphrates ... ancient promises ( Luke ii . 36 , 37 ) . ANOINTING . The practice of anointing with perfumed oils or ointments appears ...
... Ancient Oriental . 3 , 4 , 8. Modern Oriental . ] among the Arab women in the country of the Tigris and Euphrates ... ancient promises ( Luke ii . 36 , 37 ) . ANOINTING . The practice of anointing with perfumed oils or ointments appears ...
Page 87
... ancient route for travellers by the Red Sea . Arabia , in ancient times , generally preserved its independence , unaffected by those great events which changed the destiny of the surrounding nations ; and in the sixth century of our æra ...
... ancient route for travellers by the Red Sea . Arabia , in ancient times , generally preserved its independence , unaffected by those great events which changed the destiny of the surrounding nations ; and in the sixth century of our æra ...
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... ancient dwellings , blocks of hewn stone , remains of walls , and fragments of granite columns . These are no doubt the remains of Arka ; and the hill was probably the acropolis or citadel , or the site of a temple . ARM . This word is ...
... ancient dwellings , blocks of hewn stone , remains of walls , and fragments of granite columns . These are no doubt the remains of Arka ; and the hill was probably the acropolis or citadel , or the site of a temple . ARM . This word is ...
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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