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6361 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Miracle.46
It is therefore a mistake to try to put the evidence of the miracles into a logically demonstrative argument. Paley stated the case too much in this almost anathematized form.
6362 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Miracle.48
Coleridge, in the Aids to Reflection, criticizes the above and puts the argument in a more just and more human form.
6363 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Miracle.60
… (Mozley's argument is perhaps somewhat marred by its too positive and controversial tone, but, if the notes be read as well as the Lectures, the reader will …
6364 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Money.14
… this argument is negative only, and such coins may have existed but have not come to light, and there are reasons which seem to the present writer sufficient …
6365 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Moses.91
… this argument, as the time of its composition is not absolutely known and is probably not very far from the close of the Babylonian exile of Judah. But the prophets …
6366 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Nahum; the Book of.36
… convincing argument has been presented against the genuineness of Nahum 1:2 through Nahum 2:2. "Therefore," says G.A. Smith, "while it is possible that a later …
6367 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Nathanael (2).3
… principal arguments in support of this identification are: (1) Nathanael is never mentioned by the synoptists, and Bartholomew is never mentioned by John …
6368 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Nehemiah.13
The argument based upon Nehemiah 10:1 - 8 will fall to the ground, if we change the pointing of the "Seraiah" of the Nehemiah 3:1 1-32rd verse and read "its princes …
6369 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Nehemiah.14
Some have thought that he was of the royal line of Judah, inasmuch as he refers to his "fathers' sepulchres" at Jerusalem ( Nehemiah 2:3 ). This would be a good argument only if it could be shown that none but kings had sepulchers at Jerusalem.
6370 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Nehemiah.15
… this argument, it would need to be shown that none but persons of noble birth could serve in this position; but this has not been shown, and cannot be shown.
6371 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Nicolaitans.5
… his arguments on consideration for the weaker brethren (compare 1 Corinthians 8:1 - 13 ).
6372 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Numbers, Book of.82
… , any argument for plurality of documents rounded on them must be set aside. Nor is it a fair conclusion against the literary unity of the book that its contents …
6373 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Numbers, Book of.85
… critical argument is that a contemporary historian would naturally have placed this paragraph before Numbers 1:1. The answer is that possibly he would …
6374 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Numbers, Book of.96
… solid argument to prove the unreliable character of the statement about the size of the army, and therefore of the congregation. Every person knows that …
6375 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Numbers, Book of.100
… an argument against the size of the congregation, has been discovered in the two silver trumpets which, it is contended, were too few for summoning so vast …
6376 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Numbers, Book of.104
… the argument from the use of the divine names is now generally abandoned.
6377 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Numbers, Book of.110
… the arguments pro and con, it is not too much to say that the preponderance of evidence lies on the side of the substantial Mosaicity of the Book of Numbers …
6378 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Obadiah, Book of.6
… the arguments from meter advanced by Bewer and others. (c) Did both Obadiah and Jeremiah quote from an older oracle? This is the favorite solution among recent …
6379 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Obadiah, Book of.12
… . This argument has considerable force; but it is well to remember that Amos, in the first half of the 8th century, describes wholesale deportations from the …
6380 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ophel.3
… strong arguments in favor of Ophel, when used as the name of a locality, meaning "fortress."