The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideLittle, Brown, 1902 |
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Page vii
... fact . To - day , though Bibles are still printed with the year 4004 B.C. in the margin of the first chapter of Genesis , no scholar would pretend to regard this reference seriously . On the contrary , the scholarship of to - day ...
... fact . To - day , though Bibles are still printed with the year 4004 B.C. in the margin of the first chapter of Genesis , no scholar would pretend to regard this reference seriously . On the contrary , the scholarship of to - day ...
Page xii
... fact that their studies brought them more or less within the field of Bible history . A fair proportion of the workers who have delved so enthusiastically in the fields of Egyptian and Assyrian exploration would never have taken up the ...
... fact that their studies brought them more or less within the field of Bible history . A fair proportion of the workers who have delved so enthusiastically in the fields of Egyptian and Assyrian exploration would never have taken up the ...
Page xiii
... fact . Even conservative students of the Bible urge that its historical passages must be viewed precisely in the light of any other historical writings of antiquity ; and the fact that the oldest Hebrew manuscript dates only from the ...
... fact . Even conservative students of the Bible urge that its historical passages must be viewed precisely in the light of any other historical writings of antiquity ; and the fact that the oldest Hebrew manuscript dates only from the ...
Page xiv
... fact , as it now appears , the Assyrian king survived that campaign by twenty years . One cannot avoid the suspicion that in this instance the Hebrew chronicler purposely phrased his account to convey the impression that Sennacherib's ...
... fact , as it now appears , the Assyrian king survived that campaign by twenty years . One cannot avoid the suspicion that in this instance the Hebrew chronicler purposely phrased his account to convey the impression that Sennacherib's ...
Page xv
... fact that both Hebrew and Greek historians , writing at a considerable interval after the events , and apparently lacking authentic sources , confused the peaceful occupation of Babylon by Cyrus with its siege and capture by a successor ...
... fact that both Hebrew and Greek historians , writing at a considerable interval after the events , and apparently lacking authentic sources , confused the peaceful occupation of Babylon by Cyrus with its siege and capture by a successor ...
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