Sephardim: Or, The History of the Jews in Spain and PortugalJ.G.F. & J. Rivington, 1841 - 486 pages |
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... Rabbis ] produce monuments of stone , to prove that Spain being subject to Solomon , paid him tribute : and that that prince sent thither his officers to levy it annually . " A sentence which contains three gratuitous assumptions , with ...
... Rabbis ] produce monuments of stone , to prove that Spain being subject to Solomon , paid him tribute : and that that prince sent thither his officers to levy it annually . " A sentence which contains three gratuitous assumptions , with ...
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... Rabbis as well as Christians . R. Moses bar Shem Tob , aben Hhaviv , in the " Ways of Pleasantness , " writes thus : " When I was in the kingdom of Valencia , at the synagogue of Morvitri ( Murviedro ) , all the people in the gate and ...
... Rabbis as well as Christians . R. Moses bar Shem Tob , aben Hhaviv , in the " Ways of Pleasantness , " writes thus : " When I was in the kingdom of Valencia , at the synagogue of Morvitri ( Murviedro ) , all the people in the gate and ...
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... Rabbi has yielded to the temptation of associating an Iambic distich of his own with the reality of an inscription at Murviedro , for the purpose of proving his own argument ? Never- theless , it is worth observing that this account was ...
... Rabbi has yielded to the temptation of associating an Iambic distich of his own with the reality of an inscription at Murviedro , for the purpose of proving his own argument ? Never- theless , it is worth observing that this account was ...
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... rabbi assigns this notion to a Christian king , he forgets that the New Testament brings the genealogy of David down to Jesus , in the reign of Herod , and to his cousins , still later . 2 Mariana makes this Pyrrhus a prince of Merida ...
... rabbi assigns this notion to a Christian king , he forgets that the New Testament brings the genealogy of David down to Jesus , in the reign of Herod , and to his cousins , still later . 2 Mariana makes this Pyrrhus a prince of Merida ...
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... Rabbis appealed likewise to the Scripture , in Obadiah , verse 20. " The captivity of Jeru– salem , which is in Sepharad , " where the Targum of Jonathan renders Sepharad as Spain . Now this Chaldee Targum was written about the time of ...
... Rabbis appealed likewise to the Scripture , in Obadiah , verse 20. " The captivity of Jeru– salem , which is in Sepharad , " where the Targum of Jonathan renders Sepharad as Spain . Now this Chaldee Targum was written about the time of ...
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Page 43 - But now I have' written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
Page 247 - Fear ye not me? Saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Page 157 - ... the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in His ways, and to fear Him. For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills ; a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig-trees, and pomegranates ; a land of oil-olive, and honey...
Page 396 - Therefore shall evil come upon thee: thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
Page 255 - For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
Page 152 - I have now reigned above fifty years in victory or peace ; beloved by my subjects, dreaded by my enemies, and respected by my allies. Riches and honours, power and pleasure, have waited on my call, nor does any earthly blessing appear to have been wanting to my felicity. In this situation I have diligently numbered the days of pure and genuine happiness which have fallen to my lot : they amount to fourteen. O man ! place not thy confidence in this present world.
Page 48 - And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?
Page 48 - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart : and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
Page 383 - He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
Page 43 - Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.