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 29
The Jewish interpreters are agreed as to its being some animal . Jarchi says it
was a beast of many colours , which no more exists . Kimchi holds the same
opinion . Aben Ezra thinks it some animal of the bovine kind , of whose skins
shoes are ...
The Jewish interpreters are agreed as to its being some animal . Jarchi says it
was a beast of many colours , which no more exists . Kimchi holds the same
opinion . Aben Ezra thinks it some animal of the bovine kind , of whose skins
shoes are ...
Page 37
Interpreters seem at a loss to know what to do with this word , and have rendered
it variously . Many suppose it a mineral production . The Septuagint translates in
the first place avhand a carbuncle , and in the second nguotanlov a crystal .
Interpreters seem at a loss to know what to do with this word , and have rendered
it variously . Many suppose it a mineral production . The Septuagint translates in
the first place avhand a carbuncle , and in the second nguotanlov a crystal .
Page 99
All interpreters have blindly followed the Septuagint in this place , who , either
ignorantly , or perhaps wilfully , rendered it obscure ; for , being unwilling to
gratify the Syrians , who worshiped a dove , with so honourable a mention of their
deity ...
All interpreters have blindly followed the Septuagint in this place , who , either
ignorantly , or perhaps wilfully , rendered it obscure ; for , being unwilling to
gratify the Syrians , who worshiped a dove , with so honourable a mention of their
deity ...
Page 288
Interpreters are not agreed on this bird : some read vulture , others the black
eagle , others the falcon . The name Peres , by which it is called in Hebrew ,
denotes to crush , to break ; and this name agrees with our version , which
implies “ the ...
Interpreters are not agreed on this bird : some read vulture , others the black
eagle , others the falcon . The name Peres , by which it is called in Hebrew ,
denotes to crush , to break ; and this name agrees with our version , which
implies “ the ...
Page 300
Many interpreters , besides the English translators , are disposed to consider the
Hebrew words here named as intending the buffalo or some species of the wild
ox . But Aben Ezra asserts , that no wild bull is to be found in Judea and the ...
Many interpreters , besides the English translators , are disposed to consider the
Hebrew words here named as intending the buffalo or some species of the wild
ox . But Aben Ezra asserts , that no wild bull is to be found in Judea and the ...
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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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