The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideLittle, Brown, 1902 |
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Page ix
... hand , some of the most remarkable advances for which the historian must thank the archæologist have to do with the chronology of the early periods of Oriental history . Indeed , the greatest feat of the archæologist has been the ...
... hand , some of the most remarkable advances for which the historian must thank the archæologist have to do with the chronology of the early periods of Oriental history . Indeed , the greatest feat of the archæologist has been the ...
Page xiii
... hand in which the names of Joseph and Moses , and the deeds of the Israelites as a subject people who finally escaped from bondage by crossing the Red Sea , were recorded in hieroglyphic characters , such a monument would have been ...
... hand in which the names of Joseph and Moses , and the deeds of the Israelites as a subject people who finally escaped from bondage by crossing the Red Sea , were recorded in hieroglyphic characters , such a monument would have been ...
Page xiv
... hand , the ambiguity may be quite unintentional , for the Hebrew writers were notoriously lacking in the true historical sense , which shows itself in a full appreciation of the value of chronology . One of the most striking instances ...
... hand , the ambiguity may be quite unintentional , for the Hebrew writers were notoriously lacking in the true historical sense , which shows itself in a full appreciation of the value of chronology . One of the most striking instances ...
Page xv
... hand , the general agreement everywhere between the Hebrew accounts and contemporaneous records from Mesopotamia proves beyond cavil that , broadly speaking , the Bible accounts are historically true , and were written by persons who in ...
... hand , the general agreement everywhere between the Hebrew accounts and contemporaneous records from Mesopotamia proves beyond cavil that , broadly speaking , the Bible accounts are historically true , and were written by persons who in ...
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... hand , the absence of letters from Mycenae among the tablets of Tel el - Amarna must be regarded as at least suggestive . Seemingly the widespread Babylonian culture had not reached the Aegean peoples ; yet these peoples cannot have ...
... hand , the absence of letters from Mycenae among the tablets of Tel el - Amarna must be regarded as at least suggestive . Seemingly the widespread Babylonian culture had not reached the Aegean peoples ; yet these peoples cannot have ...
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