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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The deaf adder , or asp , may either be a serpent of a species naturally deaf , for
such kinds are mentioned by Avicenna , as quoted by Bochart ; or one deaf by
accident ; or on account of its appearing to be so . In either case , in the language
...
The deaf adder , or asp , may either be a serpent of a species naturally deaf , for
such kinds are mentioned by Avicenna , as quoted by Bochart ; or one deaf by
accident ; or on account of its appearing to be so . In either case , in the language
...
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Bochart 72 , is of opinion that the error arose from an expression in Scripture , "
the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it ; " in the Hebrew , PiJehovah , or Pi - Jeo .
Now , in the Egyptian language , pieo signifies an ass ; the Alexandrian
Egyptians ...
Bochart 72 , is of opinion that the error arose from an expression in Scripture , "
the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it ; " in the Hebrew , PiJehovah , or Pi - Jeo .
Now , in the Egyptian language , pieo signifies an ass ; the Alexandrian
Egyptians ...
Page 37
... not always easily distinguished , and are often mistaken by transcribers ; and
so render it the beryl , which , say they , is the prime kind of crystal . The very
learned Bochart 3 considers it as the pearl ; and to his elaborate disquisition I
refer ...
... not always easily distinguished , and are often mistaken by transcribers ; and
so render it the beryl , which , say they , is the prime kind of crystal . The very
learned Bochart 3 considers it as the pearl ; and to his elaborate disquisition I
refer ...
Page 77
A bird of the same name is mentioned in verse 18 , which Bochart supposes to be
the night - owl , by our translation , the Swan . " See More and Swan . II . The
Hebrew word na COACH , Levit . xi . 30 , which the Greek versions , St. Jerom ,
and ...
A bird of the same name is mentioned in verse 18 , which Bochart supposes to be
the night - owl , by our translation , the Swan . " See More and Swan . II . The
Hebrew word na COACH , Levit . xi . 30 , which the Greek versions , St. Jerom ,
and ...
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Our 27 49 See Junius and Tremellius , Piscator , Glassius , Bochart , Buxtorf , and
Schultens . 50 Concerning the distinction between the hare and the rabbit , see
Pbilosophical Transactions , Vol . Ixii . p . 4 . 51 “ Cur immundis accenseretur ...
Our 27 49 See Junius and Tremellius , Piscator , Glassius , Bochart , Buxtorf , and
Schultens . 50 Concerning the distinction between the hare and the rabbit , see
Pbilosophical Transactions , Vol . Ixii . p . 4 . 51 “ Cur immundis accenseretur ...
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| Title | 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 |
| Author | Thaddeus Mason Harris |
| Contributor | Chiswick Press |
| Publisher | T. Teggy, 1824 |
| Original from | Montserrat Abbey Library |
| Digitized | 21 Mar 2011 |
| Length | 430 pages |
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