The Natural History of the Bible, Or, A Description of All the Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, and Insects, Trees, Plants, Flowers, Gums, and Precious Stones, Mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures: Collected from the Best Authorities, and Alphabetically Arranged |
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Page iii
... animals , plants , & c . under their original names . This difficulty is always felt , and has always been regret ... animals , as salutary or unwholesome , as proper or improper , to be eaten . To perceive the propriety of the ...
... animals , plants , & c . under their original names . This difficulty is always felt , and has always been regret ... animals , as salutary or unwholesome , as proper or improper , to be eaten . To perceive the propriety of the ...
Page iv
... animal . Indeed , they frankly acknowledge , in their preface , the obscurity experienced by them in the Hebrew words which occur but once , and " in the names of certain birds , beasts , and precious stones , " & c . How considerably ...
... animal . Indeed , they frankly acknowledge , in their preface , the obscurity experienced by them in the Hebrew words which occur but once , and " in the names of certain birds , beasts , and precious stones , " & c . How considerably ...
Page vii
... animals and plants are now called in those regions . Dr. SHAW , whose travels I have often quoted , observes that ... animal , plant , & c . which I was examining , occurs ; in order to ascertain its nature and qualities , by such a ...
... animals and plants are now called in those regions . Dr. SHAW , whose travels I have often quoted , observes that ... animal , plant , & c . which I was examining , occurs ; in order to ascertain its nature and qualities , by such a ...
Page xxiv
... animal capable of motion , which either has no feet , or those so short , that it rather creeps than walks . Ifind ... animals : “ maris immensi proles , et genus omne natantum . ” 3. BIRDS . OUPH . 66 Flying creatures . " The historian ...
... animal capable of motion , which either has no feet , or those so short , that it rather creeps than walks . Ifind ... animals : “ maris immensi proles , et genus omne natantum . ” 3. BIRDS . OUPH . 66 Flying creatures . " The historian ...
Page xxv
... animals that seem to creep rather than to walk . V. INTELLECTUAL BEING . and lord of the creation . .ADAM אדם " Man . " The head The classification of Moses , in Deut . iv . 16 , is somewhat simi- lar ; only , being there engaged in ...
... animals that seem to creep rather than to walk . V. INTELLECTUAL BEING . and lord of the creation . .ADAM אדם " Man . " The head The classification of Moses , in Deut . iv . 16 , is somewhat simi- lar ; only , being there engaged in ...
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Aleppo ancient animal appears Arabia Arabic beasts beautiful Bible bird BOCHART called Cantic CELSIUS Chaldee Chron colour common creatures crocodile described desert Deut DIOSCORIDES Egypt Egyptians Exod Ezek feet flesh FORSKAL fruit GEDDES Greek grows HARMER HASSELQUIST Hebr Hebrew Hebrew name Hebrew word HERODOTUS Hieroz Hist horses Hosea insect Isai Isaiah Israelites JEROM Jews JOSEPHUS Judea kind Kings learned Levit lion locust Lord Luke Matth means mentioned MICHAELIS Moses myrrh nature Numb observes ostrich passage plant PLIN PLINY probably prophet Prov Psal Psalm quæ refer remarks rendered resembling sacred says SCHEUCHZER Scripture Illustrated seems Septuagint serpent SHAW signifies Solomon species stone STRABO supposed Syria thou tion translated Trav tree verse viii Vulgate wild wine wings wood worship writers xvii xxiv xxviii