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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it cannot be supposed to be the proper apple - tree ? There are five places ,
besides this in Joel , in which the word occurs , and from them we learn that it
was thought the noblest of the trees of the wood , and that its fruit was very sweet
or ...
it cannot be supposed to be the proper apple - tree ? There are five places ,
besides this in Joel , in which the word occurs , and from them we learn that it
was thought the noblest of the trees of the wood , and that its fruit was very sweet
or ...
Page 37
... gum brought from Arabia and the East Indies , bdellium , some critics have
supposed this to be the bedolah of the Scripture ; but this opinion , however
ingeniously supported , cannot be correct 4 . BEAN . SD PHUL . Arabic ,
PHOULONS .
... gum brought from Arabia and the East Indies , bdellium , some critics have
supposed this to be the bedolah of the Scripture ; but this opinion , however
ingeniously supported , cannot be correct 4 . BEAN . SD PHUL . Arabic ,
PHOULONS .
Page 109
Some have supposed that the crocodile , a well known Egyptian animal , is here
intended . In chap . iv . 3 , it is said that this rod was changed into a serpent ; but
the original word there is wnij NACHASH , and here youn TANNIN . As nachash ...
Some have supposed that the crocodile , a well known Egyptian animal , is here
intended . In chap . iv . 3 , it is said that this rod was changed into a serpent ; but
the original word there is wnij NACHASH , and here youn TANNIN . As nachash ...
Page 142
BAAL - ZEBUB was worshiped by the Philistines , because he was supposed to
defend his votaries from the Aies which infested those regions . History informs
us that those who live in hot climates , and where the soil was moist ( which was ...
BAAL - ZEBUB was worshiped by the Philistines , because he was supposed to
defend his votaries from the Aies which infested those regions . History informs
us that those who live in hot climates , and where the soil was moist ( which was ...
Page 177
5 , and no where else in the Hebrew bible , is supposed to be the tragelaphus , or
goat - deer . Schultens , in his manuscript “ Origines Hebraicę , " conjectures that
this animal might have its name , ob fugacitatem , ” from its shyness , or ...
5 , and no where else in the Hebrew bible , is supposed to be the tragelaphus , or
goat - deer . Schultens , in his manuscript “ Origines Hebraicę , " conjectures that
this animal might have its name , ob fugacitatem , ” from its shyness , or ...
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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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