Abraham: His Life and TimesRevell, 1888 - 179 páginas |
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... seems to have had the name Orrha at one time . This city , situated in Upper Mesopotamia , which became famous in Christian times as the capital of that king Abgarus who is supposed to have written a letter to Christ , still retains ...
... seems to have had the name Orrha at one time . This city , situated in Upper Mesopotamia , which became famous in Christian times as the capital of that king Abgarus who is supposed to have written a letter to Christ , still retains ...
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... seem incredible to those who have never visited the country . The whole plain is covered with palm trees , most of them bearing fruit , and from them they make bread , wine , and honey . " Modern travellers recognize the productive ...
... seem incredible to those who have never visited the country . The whole plain is covered with palm trees , most of them bearing fruit , and from them they make bread , wine , and honey . " Modern travellers recognize the productive ...
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... seems to have been developed from the worship of the celestial bodies . But it was not as mere powers of nature that these were adored , but as real persons with a history and character , many of whom bear a striking resemblance to the ...
... seems to have been developed from the worship of the celestial bodies . But it was not as mere powers of nature that these were adored , but as real persons with a history and character , many of whom bear a striking resemblance to the ...
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... seem to confound the Magian tenets prevalent in Media and Persia with those held by other Eastern nations . Of the degraded nature of the Chaldæan religion there can be no doubt . However poetically the popular faith was treated by men ...
... seem to confound the Magian tenets prevalent in Media and Persia with those held by other Eastern nations . Of the degraded nature of the Chaldæan religion there can be no doubt . However poetically the popular faith was treated by men ...
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... seems to have been an idolater ; Joshua ( chap . xxiv . 2 ) speaks of him and his family as worshipping other gods ; and we find his descendant Laban possessed of " images " or teraphim , and calling them his gods ( Gen. xxxi . 30 ) ...
... seems to have been an idolater ; Joshua ( chap . xxiv . 2 ) speaks of him and his family as worshipping other gods ; and we find his descendant Laban possessed of " images " or teraphim , and calling them his gods ( Gen. xxxi . 30 ) ...
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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