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 19
... Bochart himself , in the former part of his learned work , informs us that the chameleon is called also by more than one of the Arabian poets , bakira , the lioness ; and that an animal , like the chameleon , is called in their language ...
... Bochart himself , in the former part of his learned work , informs us that the chameleon is called also by more than one of the Arabian poets , bakira , the lioness ; and that an animal , like the chameleon , is called in their language ...
Page 23
... 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 , Pi- Jehovah , or Pi - Jeo . Now , in the Egyptian language , pieo sig- nifies an ass ; the ...
... 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 , Pi- Jehovah , or Pi - Jeo . Now , in the Egyptian language , pieo sig- nifies an ass ; the ...
Page 29
... Bochart has exhausted the subject , and seems to have proved that no kind of animal is here intended , but a colour . None of the versions acknowledge an animal of any kind , except the Chaldee , which supposes the badger is intended ...
... Bochart has exhausted the subject , and seems to have proved that no kind of animal is here intended , but a colour . None of the versions acknowledge an animal of any kind , except the Chaldee , which supposes the badger is intended ...
Page 40
... Bochart 13 quotes several authors , who celebrate conjointly the labours and the skill of the ant and the bee ; as Ælian , Plutarch , Phocilides , Cicero , and others . One or two instances must suf- fice here . " Sola byemi metuens ...
... Bochart 13 quotes several authors , who celebrate conjointly the labours and the skill of the ant and the bee ; as Ælian , Plutarch , Phocilides , Cicero , and others . One or two instances must suf- fice here . " Sola byemi metuens ...
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... Bochart , Scheuchzer , Shaw , Calmet , and Dr. Stock ; among the principal advocates for the latter interpretation are Schultens and Scott19 . " In the first edition of this work I took some pains to prove that the elephant was intended ...
... Bochart , Scheuchzer , Shaw , Calmet , and Dr. Stock ; among the principal advocates for the latter interpretation are Schultens and Scott19 . " In the first edition of this work I took some pains to prove that the elephant was intended ...
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