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 xix
... hoof or foot ; ruminating animals , & c . II . Birds , into ( 1 , ) those of the land ; ( 2
) those of the air , or “ flying fowl ; " and ( 3 , ) those of the water which are not web
- footed : the birds of prey being classed into ( 1 , ) those that feed on living ...
... hoof or foot ; ruminating animals , & c . II . Birds , into ( 1 , ) those of the land ; ( 2
) those of the air , or “ flying fowl ; " and ( 3 , ) those of the water which are not web
- footed : the birds of prey being classed into ( 1 , ) those that feed on living ...
Page xx
the historian was merely now to state , that God having created the living
creatures , Adam gave names to such as were brought before him ; and that he
perceived that the creatures were paired , whereas he had no mate .
Understanding the ...
the historian was merely now to state , that God having created the living
creatures , Adam gave names to such as were brought before him ; and that he
perceived that the creatures were paired , whereas he had no mate .
Understanding the ...
Page xxi
... this more fully , the words being , not as rendered in our version , “ whatsoever
Adam called every living creature , ” ( there is no word in the text for every , " ] but
, whatsoever Adam called the living creature , that was the name of it .
... this more fully , the words being , not as rendered in our version , “ whatsoever
Adam called every living creature , ” ( there is no word in the text for every , " ] but
, whatsoever Adam called the living creature , that was the name of it .
Page 109
From the Apochryphal story of Bel and the Dragon it appears evident that the idol
was a living crocodile 68 . See LEVIATHAN and WHALE . DROMEDARY . This
name answers to two words in the original . 723 , and fem . 17733 BACAR , or ...
From the Apochryphal story of Bel and the Dragon it appears evident that the idol
was a living crocodile 68 . See LEVIATHAN and WHALE . DROMEDARY . This
name answers to two words in the original . 723 , and fem . 17733 BACAR , or ...
Page 363
And there was the greater propriety in this act of punishment , as they were not
subject to the jurisdiction of the Jewish sanhedrim , living under heathen
government . The disposition they discovered upon this occasion , in being more
...
And there was the greater propriety in this act of punishment , as they were not
subject to the jurisdiction of the Jewish sanhedrim , living under heathen
government . The disposition they discovered upon this occasion , in being more
...
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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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