HINTS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE

STUDY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, BY

AUGUSTUS THOLUCK

TRANSLATED

By R. B. PATTON.

Page

. 191

REMARKS ON THE INTERPRETATION OF THE

TROPICAL LANGUAGE OF THE NEW TES.

TAMENT, BY M. J. H. BECKHAUS, D. D.

TRANSLATED

BY CHARLES H. TERROT, A. M.

LATE FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

1. Nature and Importance of the Subject

2. Error of using Dogmatic and Controverted Ex-

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272

274

232

5. Tropes detected by the genius of the Author, and by

Fage

9. Of the Explanation of Tropes, by the statement of

the Author

296

10. Of the Explanation of Tropes by parallel Passages, 303

11. Of the Resemblance between the sign and the thing

ON THE

LANGUAGE OF PALESTINE

IN

THE AGE OF CHRIST

AND

THE APOSTLES.

BY DE ROSSI,

AND

DR. HEINR. FRIEDB. PFANNKUCHE.

THE

LANGUAGE OF PALESTINE

IN THE

AGE OF CHRIST AND THE APOSTLES.

As long as the Jews of Palestine maintained their political independence as a nation, the language of the country-the Hebrew-if we may judge of it from its still extant relics, remained, if not altogether pure, at all events free from any remarkable changes in any of those characteristic points, whether material or formal, by which it is distinguished from other languages. Only a few foreign words slided in imperceptibly along with foreign produce, arts and inventions; and, when the language of the country did not happen to possess a suitable expression, by a fate which is common to almost all languages in the world, they obtained currency and became free of Palestine. Even in the age of Hezekiah the

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