Oriental Illustrations of the Sacred Scriptures,: Collected from the Customs, Manners, Rites, Superstitions, Traditions, Parabolical, Idiomatical, and Proverbial Forms of Speech, Climate, Works of Art, and Literature, of the Hindoos, During a Residence in the East of Nearly Fourteen YearsJohn Murray, 1835 - 619 pages |
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Page viii
... Hebrew nation , came originally from near to India " † , can we suppose the customs and manners , the sciences and figures of speech , would not be preserved ? But what were the idols worshipped by the Jews ? The leading deities were ...
... Hebrew nation , came originally from near to India " † , can we suppose the customs and manners , the sciences and figures of speech , would not be preserved ? But what were the idols worshipped by the Jews ? The leading deities were ...
Page xxiv
... HEBREWS . xxi . 5 . - 575 X. 25. 28 . - 582 xi . 37 . 588 7 . - 575 xii . 6 . 588 2 CORINTHIANS . JAMIS . ACTS . V. 1 . 583 iv . 13 . 589 iv . 34 , 35 . - 576 xii . 2 . 583 ix . 17 . - 576 2 PETER . X. 23 . 576 GALATIANS . iii . 10 ...
... HEBREWS . xxi . 5 . - 575 X. 25. 28 . - 582 xi . 37 . 588 7 . - 575 xii . 6 . 588 2 CORINTHIANS . JAMIS . ACTS . V. 1 . 583 iv . 13 . 589 iv . 34 , 35 . - 576 xii . 2 . 583 ix . 17 . - 576 2 PETER . X. 23 . 576 GALATIANS . iii . 10 ...
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... Hebrew has for life , soul ; and the Orientals believe that the vital principle in animals will never die ; and when the life or soul has departed from one body , it is said to enter into and to animate some other body . II . 7.— “ The ...
... Hebrew has for life , soul ; and the Orientals believe that the vital principle in animals will never die ; and when the life or soul has departed from one body , it is said to enter into and to animate some other body . II . 7.— “ The ...
Page 21
... Hebrew has " Be builded by her . " When a wife has been for some time considered steril , should she have a child , she is said to be making her house new , or rather , she has caused the house to be newly built . When a man marries ...
... Hebrew has " Be builded by her . " When a wife has been for some time considered steril , should she have a child , she is said to be making her house new , or rather , she has caused the house to be newly built . When a man marries ...
Page 37
... Hebrew has for this , " to - morrow ; " his righteousness would be perpetual . In Eastern language , therefore , " yesterday and the day before " signify time past ; but " to - day and to - morrow " time to come . ( See Ex . xiii . 14 ...
... Hebrew has for this , " to - morrow ; " his righteousness would be perpetual . In Eastern language , therefore , " yesterday and the day before " signify time past ; but " to - day and to - morrow " time to come . ( See Ex . xiii . 14 ...
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alluded allusions amongst animals Assyria Baal Peor Baal-zebub Babylon beasts beautiful believe blessed body Boothroyd Brahma Brahmin burning called Calmet cast ceremonies Ceylon CHAP child Dagon daughter dead death deity earth East Eastern Egypt enemies enquired evil eyes face familiar spirit father favour fear feast feet fellow female fire fruit give gods gold gone ground hair hand hath head heathen heaven Hebrew Hence Hindoos holy husband idols Imaus Israel jewels Jews Kandian war king lingam live look Lord margin marriage moon mother mountains mouth never night offering ornaments person Philistines Priapus priest rain reference rice Royal Asiatic Society sacred says Scanda Purana seen Septuagint serpent servant Siva sorrow speak stone taken Tamul translation temple thee thing thou shalt tree unto verse vessel Vishnoo walk wife woman word worship Yama