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 ii
The natural history of foreign countries was very little known at the time when our
translation of the Bible was made . Hence we find in it the names of animals
unknown in the east ; as the WHALE and the BADGER , creatures with which the
...
The natural history of foreign countries was very little known at the time when our
translation of the Bible was made . Hence we find in it the names of animals
unknown in the east ; as the WHALE and the BADGER , creatures with which the
...
Page 16
We may be sure that the taphuah was very early known in the Holy Land , as it is
mentioned in the book of Joshua as having given name to a city of Manasseh
and one of Judah 52 . Several interpreters and critics render 770 Ty no Levit .
xxiii .
We may be sure that the taphuah was very early known in the Holy Land , as it is
mentioned in the book of Joshua as having given name to a city of Manasseh
and one of Judah 52 . Several interpreters and critics render 770 Ty no Levit .
xxiii .
Page 211
... and elsewhere often in that book . EIAHPOE , Rev. xviii . 12 , and the adjectives
, Acts , xii . 10 ; Rev. ii . 27 ; ix . 9 ; xii . 5 ; and xix . 15 . A well known and very
serviceable metal . The knowledge of working it was very ancient , as appears
from ...
... and elsewhere often in that book . EIAHPOE , Rev. xviii . 12 , and the adjectives
, Acts , xii . 10 ; Rev. ii . 27 ; ix . 9 ; xii . 5 ; and xix . 15 . A well known and very
serviceable metal . The knowledge of working it was very ancient , as appears
from ...
Page 291
The ostrich ( says M. Buffon ) was known in the remotest ages , and mentioned in
the most ancient books . It is frequently the subject from which the sacred writers
draw their comparisons and allegories . In still more distant periods , its flesh ...
The ostrich ( says M. Buffon ) was known in the remotest ages , and mentioned in
the most ancient books . It is frequently the subject from which the sacred writers
draw their comparisons and allegories . In still more distant periods , its flesh ...
Page 335
But was the coccus known so early ? Is not tola , the worm - dye , perhaps the
same with purple , because the ancients made no distinction between vermis and
snail ? I believe not . For purple the orientals have a particular name , argaman ...
But was the coccus known so early ? Is not tola , the worm - dye , perhaps the
same with purple , because the ancients made no distinction between vermis and
snail ? I believe not . For purple the orientals have a particular name , argaman ...
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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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