The Book of Job, Literally Translated from the Original Hebrew, and Restored to Its Natural Arrangement: With Notes Critical and Illustrative; And an Introductory Dissertation on Its Scene, Scope, Language, Author, and Object (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from The Book of Job, Literally Translated From the Original Hebrew, and Restored to Its Natural Arrangement: With Notes Critical and Illustrative; And an Introductory Dissertation on Its Scene, Scope, Language, Author, and Object Here the account of Ishmael, or Ismael, (ml) breaks off abruptly in the Sacred Writings; which are chie y intended as a history of the descendants of Abraham through the line of Isaac: and we are com pelled, in order to fill up the chasm, to have recourse to the Arabian historians, in ...
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Excerpt from The Book of Job, Literally Translated From the Original Hebrew, and Restored to Its Natural Arrangement: With Notes Critical and Illustrative; And an Introductory Dissertation on Its Scene, Scope, Language, Author, and Object Here the account of Ishmael, or Ismael, (ml) breaks off abruptly in the Sacred Writings; which are chie y intended as a history of the descendants of Abraham through the line of Isaac: and we are com pelled, in order to fill up the chasm, to have recourse to the Arabian historians, in Whose country Ismael was now residing, and of whose tribes he may be regarded as the head and common father. The Arabian writers make no mention of his marriage with an Egyptian, but distinctly relate the miracle of the well, which they affirm, for obvious reasons, but with a palpable deviation from the truth, was performed in the very spot on which Mecca, the birth-place of Mahomet, now stands. They assert that at this time the inhabi tants of Arabia consisted of two classes - ah elder. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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