Author: Alfred E. KnightPublisher:
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Category : Animals in the Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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Bible Plants and Animals
Author: Alfred E. KnightPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animals in the Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Bible Plants And Animals
Author: Alfred Ernest KnightPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781019424483
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Bible Plants and Animals offers a fascinating glimpse into the natural world as seen through the lens of the Bible. Drawing on a range of scholarly and popular sources, Alfred Ernest Knight identifies and describes over a thousand different species of flora and fauna mentioned in the Old and New Testaments, as well as their cultural, historical, and symbolic significance. Enhanced by hundreds of full-color illustrations, this unique book is an essential companion for anyone exploring the intersections between religion, nature, and culture. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Bible Plants and Animals; Illustrations of Over One Thousand Passages of Scripture, from the Works of Travellers and Other Sources
Author: Alfred Ernest KnightPublisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230340838
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VI. THE ANIMAL CREATION, - INSECTS, BEASTS, AND REPTILES. Ailder--Ant--Antelope--Ape--Asp--Ass-- Bat-- Bear-- Bee-- Behemoth -- Boar -- Bull -- Camel -- Camel-leopard (see Chamois) -- Cankerworm -- Caterpillar--Chameleon--Chamois--Cockatrice-- Coney--Dog--Dragon -- Fallow-deer -- Ferret--Flea--Fly--Fox --Frog -- Gazelle (see Antelope) -- Gnat--Goat (see Flocks and Herds, and Wild Goat, chap, v.)--Hare--Hart (see Antelope)-- Hind (see Antelope)--Hornet--Horse--Hyena--Hyrax (see Coney) --Jackal-- Jerboa (see Coney)--Kangfud -- Leopard -- Leviathan --Lice--Lion--Lizard--Locust--Mole--Moth--Mouse (see Coney) --Mule--Palmer-worm--Porcupine (see Kangfud)--Pygarg (see Antelope)--Roe (see Antelope)--Roebuck (see Antelope)--ScorpionSerpent--Sheep (see Flocks and Herds, chap, v.)--Snail--Spider-- Swine--Tortoise--Unicom--Viper (see Serpent)--Weasel--Whale (see Dragon and Fish, chap, viii.l--Wild Ass (see Ass)--Wild Goat --Wolf. The Bible not being a book designed to instruct mankind in the laws of creation, but rather a revelation of the mind of God with reference to man himself, we need not expect, when entering upon an examination of the animals therein referred to, to find that any systematic arrangement has been recognised, nor even the broad divisions into classes, orders, and families. When animals are mentioned at all it is always in connection with man. In Genesis i. and ii., where man is first brought upon the scene, we see him as the lord of creation, giving names "to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field" (ver. 19 and 20). At the fall the lower creation participates in the curse, and suffering and death become the portion of animals as well as men; at the present moment, in the expressive...
Bible Plants and Animals, Illustrations of Over One Thousand Passages of Scripture from the Works of Travellers and Other Sources, by Alfred E. Knight...
Author: Alfred Ernest KnightPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 250
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Bible Plants and Animals: Illustrations of Over One Thousand Passages of Scripture, from the Works of Travellers and Other Sources, Etc
Author: Alfred Ernest KNIGHTPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 250
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Harvard University Bulletin
Author: Harvard University Bulletin
Author: Harvard UniversityPublisher:
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Category : Cambridge (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 472
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Author: William Swan SonnenscheinPublisher:
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Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 478
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