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14461 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 79.1 (General Conference of SDA)

… the argument that the decrees of many earlier councils have been lost, and that such catalogues may have existed in them, we affirm, and shall proceed to prove …

14462 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 85.1 (General Conference of SDA)

… the arguments adduced in its favor on the Roman side.— The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. II, art. “ Celibacy ,” pp. 465, 466.

14463 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 139.2 (General Conference of SDA)

… sole argument of value that has been advanced for the Babylonian origin is, that in purely Israelite environment it is impossible to see how it should have …

14464 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 155.4 (General Conference of SDA)

… their arguments. Dr. Driver (more suo) takes a middle course and brands it as “doubtful” (“Daniel,” pp. xlviii and 2). I propose to show that the statement is historically …

14465 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 156.4 (General Conference of SDA)

“On the side of the earlier date (i. e., b. c. 570-536), the external arguments are as follows:

14466 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 157.4 (General Conference of SDA)

… the argument from, and counterbalances this omission. The book of Baruch, which is probably as old as, if no older than, the late date assigned to Daniel, bears …

14467 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 158.1 (General Conference of SDA)

… the “arguments” above spoken of, when examined, are virtually insubstantial; and this being so, their “collective weight” cannot be of any consideration in itself …

14468 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 176.2 (General Conference of SDA)

… bandying arguments with the evolutionist over such minor details as the question of just what geological “age” should be assigned for the first appearance …

14469 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 185.2 (General Conference of SDA)

… . Their arguments or evidence must have been too strong for his disbelief, for he became converted, and at once assumed an influential position among the Christians …

14470 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 193.4 (General Conference of SDA)

… two arguments: First, the great age of Babylonian civilization and of the deluge narrative as well; second, the frequent occurrence of floods is very natural …

14471 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 194.1 (General Conference of SDA)

advanced by Zimmern, who holds also that the narrative was transplanted from Babylonia, its birthplace, is practically the same as the arguments of …

14473 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 195.3 (General Conference of SDA)

… weighty arguments in support of the theory that the deluge story originated in southern Babylonia. [pp. 71-76] ...

14474 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 205.1 (General Conference of SDA)

… irrefragable argument for the unity of Genesis is that it is a continuous and connected whole, written with a definite design and upon an evident plan which …

14475 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 221.2 (General Conference of SDA)

… the argument for the foreign origin of the dynasty. By Assyriologists Hammurabi is quite generally identified with the Amraphel of Genesis 14, though the …

14476 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 231.1 (General Conference of SDA)

… his arguments, and accepting whatever facts he may adduce, though we are not bound to receive his perverted interpretation of them. Nevertheless we cannot …

14477 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 232.3 (General Conference of SDA)

… of argument. True, some people refer to numerous pieces of evidence coming from Assyrian and other independent sources, confirming many a detail in your …

14478 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 232.5 (General Conference of SDA)

… endless arguments about the prophetic writings. The method they use must inevitably lead them to a rejection of the most probable events and persons; and …

14479 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 233.1 (General Conference of SDA)

… the arguments of the higher critics have so far not been able to move a stone from the edifice inside which over a hundred generations have sought and found …

14480 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 268.6 (General Conference of SDA)

… telling arguments against it. This book created a great stir in the council, and of course was speedily placed upon the papal Index.—Eds.