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... probably reflects the influence of Babylonian scientific speculation . Though the progressive development of modern science has rendered it obsolete , it is worthy of our respect , and its noble monotheistic setting is of enduring value ...
... probably reflects the influence of Babylonian scientific speculation . Though the progressive development of modern science has rendered it obsolete , it is worthy of our respect , and its noble monotheistic setting is of enduring value ...
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... Probably Jesus was born in 6 B.C. and crucified in A.D. 29 . He normally used the Aramaic dialect of Palestine ; but He knew Hebrew , and probably could speak Greek . A century before His birth the popu- lation of Galilee was largely ...
... Probably Jesus was born in 6 B.C. and crucified in A.D. 29 . He normally used the Aramaic dialect of Palestine ; but He knew Hebrew , and probably could speak Greek . A century before His birth the popu- lation of Galilee was largely ...
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... Probably St. John , the beloved disciple , the son of Zebedee , in the beginning made his own intimate knowledge of ... probably ten genuine Epistles of St. Paul . The first to be written , the two letters to the Thessalonians , must be ...
... Probably St. John , the beloved disciple , the son of Zebedee , in the beginning made his own intimate knowledge of ... probably ten genuine Epistles of St. Paul . The first to be written , the two letters to the Thessalonians , must be ...
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HOMER | 18 |
THE STORY OF THE BIBLE | 41 |
THE ENGLISH BIBLE AS LITERATURE | 74 |
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