The Documents of the Hexateuch: The oldest book of Hebrew historyD. Nutt, 1892 - Bible |
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Page xvi
... according to the Pentateuch itself , Moses is the author . Besides this , we are told that the decalogue was written by God during the lifetime of Moses on tables of stone . But the witness of the Pentateuch concerning itself is not ...
... according to the Pentateuch itself , Moses is the author . Besides this , we are told that the decalogue was written by God during the lifetime of Moses on tables of stone . But the witness of the Pentateuch concerning itself is not ...
Page xxvi
... According to it , Israel centres in the priesthood , the priesthood centres in the High Priest . The peculiar characteristic of this document is that it vindicates the exclusive rights of the priests who claimed descent from Aaron , and ...
... According to it , Israel centres in the priesthood , the priesthood centres in the High Priest . The peculiar characteristic of this document is that it vindicates the exclusive rights of the priests who claimed descent from Aaron , and ...
Page xxviii
... According to another writer , who also uses the name Elohim ( Gen. xxviii . 11-22 ) , God appeared to Jacob when he was not returning from , but -- just setting out for his long stay in Mesopotamia . It was then that Jacob undertook to ...
... According to another writer , who also uses the name Elohim ( Gen. xxviii . 11-22 ) , God appeared to Jacob when he was not returning from , but -- just setting out for his long stay in Mesopotamia . It was then that Jacob undertook to ...
Page xxix
... According to the ' Priestly Writer , ' Jacob is sent to Mesopotamia by his father that he may take a wife there from his own kindred and not from the Canaanites . Jacob , therefore , leaves home in quite a peaceable manner ( xxviii . 1 ...
... According to the ' Priestly Writer , ' Jacob is sent to Mesopotamia by his father that he may take a wife there from his own kindred and not from the Canaanites . Jacob , therefore , leaves home in quite a peaceable manner ( xxviii . 1 ...
Page xxxvi
... according to 2 Kings xxii . , it was discovered , viz . , the eighteenth year of Josiah's reign , about 621 B.C. De Wette put the investigation on a sound basis , and his conclusions , in the main , have gradually obtained universal ...
... according to 2 Kings xxii . , it was discovered , viz . , the eighteenth year of Josiah's reign , about 621 B.C. De Wette put the investigation on a sound basis , and his conclusions , in the main , have gradually obtained universal ...
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Aaron Abimelech Abraham according altar Amorites Balaam Balak behold belong Bethel bless Book of Hebrew book of Joshua brother brought called his name Canaan Canaanites cattle children of Israel comp covenant critics daughters Decalogue Deut Deuteronomical code Deuteronomy Dillmann documents dwell dwelt earth Egypt Egyptians Elohim Esau Exod eyes father first-born flocks Genesis give hand Hebrew History Hebrew text Hexateuch interpolation Isaac Israelites Jacob Jahvist and Elohist Jordan Joseph Joshua Judah king Kittel Kuenen Laban land of Egypt Levites lord Manasseh midst Moab Moses name Yahweh narrative Oldest Book pass Pentateuch Pharaoh pillar pray Priestly Writer priests Rachel Reuben sacrifice saying sent servants seven shalt thou Shechem Sihon sons speak spoke stone story tent thee thine thou hast thou shalt thy slave took tribes verses Wellhausen whole wife words xviii
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Page 21 - And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth : so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Page 36 - And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering...
Page 27 - That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee : Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right...
Page 66 - And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him : and they wept.
Page 220 - Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.
Page 8 - And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
Page 188 - My doctrine shall drop as the rain, My speech shall distil as the dew, As the small rain upon the tender herb, And as the showers upon the grass : Because I will publish the name of the LORD.
Page 66 - And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh ; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
Page 217 - And the other issued out of the city against them ; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.
Page 21 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.