Abraham: His Life and TimesRevell, 1888 - 179 páginas |
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... feet above the plain . This temple is built of large bricks , raised on a basement of great size , and facing the cardinal points . Originally this basement rose in receding stages , on the highest of which was placed the shrine ...
... feet above the plain . This temple is built of large bricks , raised on a basement of great size , and facing the cardinal points . Originally this basement rose in receding stages , on the highest of which was placed the shrine ...
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... feet . An irregular circle , nearly six miles in circumference , is defined by the traces of an earthen rampart , in some places forty feet high . An extensive platform of undulating mounds , brown and scorched by the burning sun , and ...
... feet . An irregular circle , nearly six miles in circumference , is defined by the traces of an earthen rampart , in some places forty feet high . An extensive platform of undulating mounds , brown and scorched by the burning sun , and ...
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... feet square , called Buwariyya . Through a country whose soil was a tenacious clay , crossed by many canals and ... feet wide . Nearly in the centre of the eastern portion of this platform are the remains of a brick tower of early ...
... feet square , called Buwariyya . Through a country whose soil was a tenacious clay , crossed by many canals and ... feet wide . Nearly in the centre of the eastern portion of this platform are the remains of a brick tower of early ...
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... feet of these moun- tains , where they rise from the town , are not more than 500 yards apart . The bottom of the valley is about 1,800 feet above Malan , " Philosophy or Truth , " p . 98 . So the word " Hebrew " is explained . The name ...
... feet of these moun- tains , where they rise from the town , are not more than 500 yards apart . The bottom of the valley is about 1,800 feet above Malan , " Philosophy or Truth , " p . 98 . So the word " Hebrew " is explained . The name ...
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... feet higher still Those who have been to Heidelberg will assent to Von Richter's remark , that the scenery , as viewed from the foot of the hills , is not unlike the beautiful German town . The site of the present city , which we ...
... feet higher still Those who have been to Heidelberg will assent to Von Richter's remark , that the scenery , as viewed from the foot of the hills , is not unlike the beautiful German town . The site of the present city , which we ...
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Abimelech Abraham Abram Amorites ancient angels appeared Babylonia Beersheba blessing Book of Jubilees called Canaan Canaanites Chaldæa chap character Chedorlaomer child Christ Christian covenant Damascus daughter dead descendants Divine doubtless dwelt earth Egypt Elamite Eliezer Euphrates faith father favour feet God's Hagar hand Haran heaven Hebrew Hebron heir hills Hittites Holy honour hundred inhabitants inscriptions Isaac Ishmael Israel Israelites Jacob Jehovah Jewish Jordan Josephus Josephus Antiq Keturah king land live Lord Machpelah Mamre Melchizedek miles moral Moses mother Nahor nations natural neighbourhood obedience offered Palestine patriarch plain possession posterity priest probably promise Rawlinson Rebekah received revelation righteous sacrifice Sarah Sarai says Scripture seed seems Semitic Septuagint servant Shechem Sodom sojourn soul spot stranger supposed temple tent Terah thee thou town tradition transaction tribes true religion truth unto valley wife word worship