Illustrations of the Holy Scriptures, derived principally from the manners, customs, rites, traditions, forms of speech, antiquities, climate, and works of art and literature of the Eastern nations; embodying all that is valuable in the works of Harmer, Burder, Paxton, and Roberts, and the most celebrated oriental travellers; embracing also the subject of the fulfilment of prophecy, as exhibited by Keith and others ... Edited by Rev. G. Bush. [With plates.]Brattleboro' Typographic Company, 1839 - 656 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 100
Página 6
... ancient usages of the East , is abundantly confirmed from other sources , as scarcely a traveller has set foot upon oriental soil , without professing himself to be at once struck with the remarkable coincidence between the picture of ...
... ancient usages of the East , is abundantly confirmed from other sources , as scarcely a traveller has set foot upon oriental soil , without professing himself to be at once struck with the remarkable coincidence between the picture of ...
Página 29
... ancient eastern saddles were like our modern ones . Such were not known to the Greeks and Romans till many ages after the Hebrew judges . " No nation of antiquity knew the use of either saddles or stirrups , " ( GOGUET ; ) and even in ...
... ancient eastern saddles were like our modern ones . Such were not known to the Greeks and Romans till many ages after the Hebrew judges . " No nation of antiquity knew the use of either saddles or stirrups , " ( GOGUET ; ) and even in ...
Página 30
... ancient example of a family vault or an hereditary sepulchre in a cave . In the southern mountain- ous part of Palestine , there are many natural caves in the rocks , which may easily be formed into spacious burying- places . There are ...
... ancient example of a family vault or an hereditary sepulchre in a cave . In the southern mountain- ous part of Palestine , there are many natural caves in the rocks , which may easily be formed into spacious burying- places . There are ...
Página 33
... ancient Greeks and Romans sat at meals . Ho- mer's heroes were ranged on separate seats along the wall , with a small table before each , on which the meat and drink were placed . This custom is still observed in China , and perhaps ...
... ancient Greeks and Romans sat at meals . Ho- mer's heroes were ranged on separate seats along the wall , with a small table before each , on which the meat and drink were placed . This custom is still observed in China , and perhaps ...
Página 66
... ancient city of Troy was forced to open her gates , after a war of ten years , not so much by the victorious arms of the Greeks , as by an innumerable host of mice , which compelled the Trojans to desert their houses , and retire to the ...
... ancient city of Troy was forced to open her gates , after a war of ten years , not so much by the victorious arms of the Greeks , as by an innumerable host of mice , which compelled the Trojans to desert their houses , and retire to the ...
Términos y frases comunes
Abner Absalom according Achish Aleppo Ammonites ancient animal appears Arabs army beard beasts blood bread called camels Canaan CHAP CHAPTER children of Israel circumstances command corn crime custom David death desert earth East eastern Egypt enemies ephod eyes father favour feet give ground hand hath head heaven Hebrew holy honour horses inhabitants Ishbosheth Israel Israelites Jebusites Jerusalem Jews Joab Josephus journey Judah kind king land Lord manner means mentioned Mephibosheth Moses mountains murder nations nature never observed occasion passage Persia person Philistines polygamy present princes probably prophet punishment rain reason rendered sacred Samaria Saul Saul's says scripture seems sent servant Shimei signifies Solomon stones suppose Syria temple thee thing thou shalt throne tion translation traveller tree tribe of Judah tribes unto Uzzah whole wife word writers