An historical connection of the Old and New Testaments, revised with notes, analyses, and introductory review by J.T. Wheeler, Volume 2 |
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... victory of Judas Maccabæus . - Second Syrian invasion of Judæa under Timotheus and Bacchides : defeated by Judas . - Third Syrian invasion under Lysias defeated by Judas . - Solemn purification of the Temple at Jerusalem.- Feast of ...
... victory of Judas Maccabæus . - Second Syrian invasion of Judæa under Timotheus and Bacchides : defeated by Judas . - Third Syrian invasion under Lysias defeated by Judas . - Solemn purification of the Temple at Jerusalem.- Feast of ...
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... victory of Judas Maccabæus . - Second Syrian invasion of Judæa under Timotheus and Bacchides : defeated by Judas . - Third Syrian invasion under Lysias defeated by Judas . - Solemn purification of the Temple at Jerusalem.- Feast of ...
... victory of Judas Maccabæus . - Second Syrian invasion of Judæa under Timotheus and Bacchides : defeated by Judas . - Third Syrian invasion under Lysias defeated by Judas . - Solemn purification of the Temple at Jerusalem.- Feast of ...
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Humphrey Prideaux James Talboys Wheeler. a second decisive victory over Lysias , and concludes an advantageous peace through the friendly intervention of Rome . - Identification of the month Dioscorinthius , and true date of the peace ...
Humphrey Prideaux James Talboys Wheeler. a second decisive victory over Lysias , and concludes an advantageous peace through the friendly intervention of Rome . - Identification of the month Dioscorinthius , and true date of the peace ...
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... victory over Alexander Jannæus . - Cleopatra sends an army to check the progress of Lathyrus . - Lathyrus retires to Cole - Syria and makes an unsuccessful attempt on Egypt . - Cleopatra captures Ptolemais and gives a favourable ...
... victory over Alexander Jannæus . - Cleopatra sends an army to check the progress of Lathyrus . - Lathyrus retires to Cole - Syria and makes an unsuccessful attempt on Egypt . - Cleopatra captures Ptolemais and gives a favourable ...
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... victory over Hyrcanus : resignation of Hyrcanus and end of the tyranny of the Pharisees . - Error of Josephus concerning the duration of the reigns of Hyrcanus II . and Aristobulus II . - Explanation of the matter . - Commencement of ...
... victory over Hyrcanus : resignation of Hyrcanus and end of the tyranny of the Pharisees . - Error of Josephus concerning the duration of the reigns of Hyrcanus II . and Aristobulus II . - Explanation of the matter . - Commencement of ...
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Page xix - And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
Page 209 - In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the Lord of hosts; one shall be called, 'The city of destruction'.
Page 534 - And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. But Jesus, turning unto them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. For behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
Page xvi - The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the Church of England, together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches : and the form or manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of bishops, priests, and deacons.
Page 433 - I shall see him, but not n'ow; I shall behold him, but not nigh; There shall come a Star out of Jacob, And a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, And shall smite the corners of Moab, And destroy all the children of Sheth.
Page xiv - Easter-Day is the first Sunday after the full moon which happens upon, or next after, the 21st day of March ; and if the full moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter-Day is the Sunday after.
Page 284 - Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.
Page 12 - ... inscription.' When the mortar had decayed by time, Ptolemy's name disappeared, and the following inscription then became visible;— " Sostratus the Cnidian, son of Dexiphanes, to the gods, the saviours, for the benefit of sailors.
Page 197 - Then Jonathan and they that were with him rose up against them from the place where they lay in ambush, and made a slaughter of them in such sort, as many fell down dead, and the remnant fled into the mountain, and they took all their spoils. Thus was the marriage turned into mourning, and the noise of their melody into lamentation.
Page 432 - New. As to the Old Testament they serve to vindicate the genuineness of the present Hebrew text, by proving it to be the same that was in use when these targums were made, contrary to the opinion of those who think the Jews corrupted it after our Saviour's time.