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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... sacred natural history ; for some of them , it may be presumed , continue to be the very same ; whilst many others may prove to be traditional , or derivatives from the original . " In 1793 I published a small volume with a similar ...
... sacred natural history ; for some of them , it may be presumed , continue to be the very same ; whilst many others may prove to be traditional , or derivatives from the original . " In 1793 I published a small volume with a similar ...
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... Sacred Scriptures there are upwards of two hundred and fifty botanical terms ; which none use so frequently as the poets . " MICHAELIS Note upon LOWTH'S Lect . vi . fairly , and candidly . If I have at all PREFACE . vii.
... Sacred Scriptures there are upwards of two hundred and fifty botanical terms ; which none use so frequently as the poets . " MICHAELIS Note upon LOWTH'S Lect . vi . fairly , and candidly . If I have at all PREFACE . vii.
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... Sacred Scriptures have been most successfully explained . DORCHESTER , November , 1820 . The alphabetic arrangement consists only of those names which are found in our translation of the Bible . Next is the Hebrew word ; and the ...
... Sacred Scriptures have been most successfully explained . DORCHESTER , November , 1820 . The alphabetic arrangement consists only of those names which are found in our translation of the Bible . Next is the Hebrew word ; and the ...
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... sacred legislator had given directions for separating quadru peds according to their hoofs and claws , so he directs that fishes , which had no clear and distinct members adapted to locomotion , should be unclean ; but those which had ...
... sacred legislator had given directions for separating quadru peds according to their hoofs and claws , so he directs that fishes , which had no clear and distinct members adapted to locomotion , should be unclean ; but those which had ...
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... sacred , being so expressly consecrated to a deity that they durst not slaughter them . The Hebrews , by killing and eating these animals , must 4 Dr. Tappan's Lectures , p . 260 . 5 This was the opinion of Minutius Fælix , which his ...
... sacred , being so expressly consecrated to a deity that they durst not slaughter them . The Hebrews , by killing and eating these animals , must 4 Dr. Tappan's Lectures , p . 260 . 5 This was the opinion of Minutius Fælix , which his ...
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Aleppo ancient animal appears Arabia Arabic beasts beautiful Bible bird Bochart called Cantic Celsius Chaldee Chron colour common creature crocodile described desert Deut Dioscorides Egypt Egyptians Exod Ezek feet flesh flowers Forskal fruit Geddes Greek grows Harmer Hasselquist Hebr Hebrew Hebrew name Hebrew word Herodotus Hieroz Hist horses Hosea insect Isai Isaiah Israel Israelites Jerom Jews Josephus Judea kind Kings learned Levit lion locust Luke Matth means mentioned Michaelis Moses myrrh nature Numb observes ostrich passage plant Plin Pliny probably prophet Prov Psal Psalm quæ referred remarks rendered resemblance sacred says Scheuchzer Scripture Illustrated seems Septuagint serpent Shaw signifies Solomon species stone Strabo supposed Syria thou tion translated Trav tree verse viii Vulgate wild wine wings wood worship writers xvii xxiv xxviii