Researches and Missionary Labours Among the Jews, Mohammedans, and Other SectsResearches and Missionary Labours Among the Jews, Mohammedans, And Other Sects by Joseph Wolff, first published in 1835, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it. |
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... according to the sacred oracles , shall be united to the house of Judah ; and whose present abode is a matter of speculation among many Christian Divines , and Jewish Rabbies . The latter assign to them a fabulous country , which they ...
... according to the sacred oracles , shall be united to the house of Judah ; and whose present abode is a matter of speculation among many Christian Divines , and Jewish Rabbies . The latter assign to them a fabulous country , which they ...
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... According to this author , ( of whom I never heard before ) there had been at Theman , an Academy of Science , and another at Debir or Kirjath Sepher , mentioned in Jeremiah xlix . 7 , and in Joshua xv . 15 , 49 . It is also said by him ...
... According to this author , ( of whom I never heard before ) there had been at Theman , an Academy of Science , and another at Debir or Kirjath Sepher , mentioned in Jeremiah xlix . 7 , and in Joshua xv . 15 , 49 . It is also said by him ...
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... According to my friend , the Mufti , men have two spirits ; the one , at the time of sleep , goes about in the world , to seek news for the other spirit , which remains behind . I thereupon proclaimed to the Mufti , to the na- tive ...
... According to my friend , the Mufti , men have two spirits ; the one , at the time of sleep , goes about in the world , to seek news for the other spirit , which remains behind . I thereupon proclaimed to the Mufti , to the na- tive ...
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... according to his Sect ; and , as I am informed , a good General . Mr. Brant is a kind hearted , open , intelligent gentleman ; he pressed me to stay with him until my health was restored . I met again with the Dervish Youssuf . No razor ...
... according to his Sect ; and , as I am informed , a good General . Mr. Brant is a kind hearted , open , intelligent gentleman ; he pressed me to stay with him until my health was restored . I met again with the Dervish Youssuf . No razor ...
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... According to your desire , at this time , when we were dispatching a Cossid ( Messenger ) to Meshed , we have written an intimation to each of our friends , on this sub- ject , that stage by stage , they should send their Agents with ...
... According to your desire , at this time , when we were dispatching a Cossid ( Messenger ) to Meshed , we have written an intimation to each of our friends , on this sub- ject , that stage by stage , they should send their Agents with ...
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Page 198 - And it shall come to pass in that day, That the Lord shall set his hand again the second time To recover the remnant of his people, Which shall be left, from Assyria, And from Egypt, and from Pathros, And from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, And from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
Page 57 - I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul ; that then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee.
Page 192 - I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
Page 200 - Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them One stick, and they shall be One in mine hand.
Page 61 - But who may abide the day of his coming ? and who shall stand when he appeareth ? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap. And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver ; and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that thejr may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
Page 198 - And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
Page 399 - There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
Page 197 - And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind...
Page 397 - But of that day and hour knows no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.