Collected Essays: Science and Hebrew traditionAppleton, 1894 |
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Side v
... position in literature , in that they possess an authority , different in kind , and im- measurably superior in weight , to that of all other books . Age after age , they have held it to be an indisputable truth that , whoever may be ...
... position in literature , in that they possess an authority , different in kind , and im- measurably superior in weight , to that of all other books . Age after age , they have held it to be an indisputable truth that , whoever may be ...
Side ix
... positions that have become untenable ; while the dead hand of a book sets and stiffens , amidst texts and formulæ , until it becomes a mere petrifaction , fit only for that func- tion of stumbling block , which it so admirably per ...
... positions that have become untenable ; while the dead hand of a book sets and stiffens , amidst texts and formulæ , until it becomes a mere petrifaction , fit only for that func- tion of stumbling block , which it so admirably per ...
Side xiii
... position of the fundamental law of Judaism . The kernel of the priestly code may be a few decades or even a century older ; but it assuredly did not exist before Deuteronomy . At the present day , it is almost universally admitted that ...
... position of the fundamental law of Judaism . The kernel of the priestly code may be a few decades or even a century older ; but it assuredly did not exist before Deuteronomy . At the present day , it is almost universally admitted that ...
Side 2
... position of a great many other philosophers . What he was like when he was in the flesh , indeed whether he existed at all , are matters of no great consequence . What we care about in a light is that it shows the way , not whether it ...
... position of a great many other philosophers . What he was like when he was in the flesh , indeed whether he existed at all , are matters of no great consequence . What we care about in a light is that it shows the way , not whether it ...
Side 10
... position to be occupied by one of Jupiter's moons six months hence ; nay , more , that , if it were worth while , the Astronomer - Royal could furnish us with as infallible a prediction applicable to 1980 or 2980 . But astronomy is not ...
... position to be occupied by one of Jupiter's moons six months hence ; nay , more , that , if it were worth while , the Astronomer - Royal could furnish us with as infallible a prediction applicable to 1980 or 2980 . But astronomy is not ...
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Side 195 - And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image ; and called his name Seth...
Side 336 - The mother of Sisera looked out at a window and cried through the lattice Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
Side 219 - Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark : and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged ; the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained...
Side 290 - Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the Lord is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy ? And the Lord hath done to him as he spake by me : for the Lord hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to David: because thou obeyedst not the voice of the Lord, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the Lord done this thing unto thee this day.
Side 332 - And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite. And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly : but these sheep, what have they done ? let Thine hand, I pray Thee, be against me, and against my father's house.
Side 290 - Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.
Side 297 - Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, .and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: and they saw the God of Israel...
Side 140 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind : and God saw that it was good.
Side 289 - And Saul answered, I am sore distressed ; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets nor by dreams : therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.
Side 195 - OF ADAM. °In the day that °God created °man, in the likeness of °God made He ° Jjtm ; 2 Male and female created He °them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, 1 in the day when they were created.