Oriental Customs, Or, An Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures: By an Explanatory Application of the Customs and Manners of the Eastern Nations, and Especially the Jews, Therein Alluded to : Collected from the Most Celebrated Travellers, and the Most Eminent CriticsWhittingham, 1807 - 431 pagina's |
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Pagina x
... they indulged a laudable curiosity in collecting information on general subjects , they did not neglect sacred literature . By their industry the geography , natural history , religious ceremonies , and miscel- laneous customs X PREFACE .
... they indulged a laudable curiosity in collecting information on general subjects , they did not neglect sacred literature . By their industry the geography , natural history , religious ceremonies , and miscel- laneous customs X PREFACE .
Pagina xi
... ceremonies , and miscel- laneous customs of the Bible and the eastern nations have been compared and explained , and that essentially to the advantage of the former . But with regard to these writers it must be observed , that many ...
... ceremonies , and miscel- laneous customs of the Bible and the eastern nations have been compared and explained , and that essentially to the advantage of the former . But with regard to these writers it must be observed , that many ...
Pagina 14
... ceremony had some relation to their believing the promise of God , to bless all the nations of the earth , by means of one that was to descend from Abraham . HARMER , vol . iv . p . 477 . No. 14. xxvii . 39. Dew of Heaven . ] Egypt ...
... ceremony had some relation to their believing the promise of God , to bless all the nations of the earth , by means of one that was to descend from Abraham . HARMER , vol . iv . p . 477 . No. 14. xxvii . 39. Dew of Heaven . ] Egypt ...
Pagina 16
... ceremonies incumbent upon the priests of these stone deities , according to Tavernier , is to anoint them daily with odoriferous oils : a circumstance which immediately brings to our remembrance the similar practice of Jacob , who ...
... ceremonies incumbent upon the priests of these stone deities , according to Tavernier , is to anoint them daily with odoriferous oils : a circumstance which immediately brings to our remembrance the similar practice of Jacob , who ...
Pagina 22
... ceremony is very ancient , and is frequently mentioned in scripture . Levi ( Rites and Ceremonies of the Jews , p . 174. ) says , it was performed in the following man- ner : " they take a knife , and holding the blade down- wards , do ...
... ceremony is very ancient , and is frequently mentioned in scripture . Levi ( Rites and Ceremonies of the Jews , p . 174. ) says , it was performed in the following man- ner : " they take a knife , and holding the blade down- wards , do ...
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