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... ancient and modern . The ancient translations of the Old Testament from the origi- nal Hebrew may be classed as follows : 1. Greek . -The earliest of these is the Alexandrine or Septuagint ( q . v . ) , after which come respectively the ...
... ancient and modern . The ancient translations of the Old Testament from the origi- nal Hebrew may be classed as follows : 1. Greek . -The earliest of these is the Alexandrine or Septuagint ( q . v . ) , after which come respectively the ...
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... ancient Persia ; but under the Calif Almansur ( 754 being about 25 miles , and its breadth 20. Its bottom -775 ) , it was translated into Arabic by Abdallah - is composed of white clay , which , during stormy ibn - Almokaffa ( published ...
... ancient Persia ; but under the Calif Almansur ( 754 being about 25 miles , and its breadth 20. Its bottom -775 ) , it was translated into Arabic by Abdallah - is composed of white clay , which , during stormy ibn - Almokaffa ( published ...
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... ancient Lystra , where the cripple was healed by St. Paul . was devoured by rats in the year 969. History , how- ever , fixes the date of the erection of the tower in the 13th c . , as a toll - house for the collection of duties on ...
... ancient Lystra , where the cripple was healed by St. Paul . was devoured by rats in the year 969. History , how- ever , fixes the date of the erection of the tower in the 13th c . , as a toll - house for the collection of duties on ...
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... ancient history , it was possessed of a simple greatness , a stately dignity of narrative , coloured here and there but sparingly with grave eulogy or censure . Modern B. , on the other hand , like modern history , is full of ...
... ancient history , it was possessed of a simple greatness , a stately dignity of narrative , coloured here and there but sparingly with grave eulogy or censure . Modern B. , on the other hand , like modern history , is full of ...
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... ancient historians and artists , particularly distinguished those fabulous female warriors , the Amazons . BIQUADRA'TIC . See EQUATIONS . BIR ( ancient Birtha , Turkish Bireh - jik ) , a town of from 1800 to 2000 houses of Asiatic ...
... ancient historians and artists , particularly distinguished those fabulous female warriors , the Amazons . BIQUADRA'TIC . See EQUATIONS . BIR ( ancient Birtha , Turkish Bireh - jik ) , a town of from 1800 to 2000 houses of Asiatic ...
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