Miscellanies, antiquarian and historical / By F. Sayers.

  • Sayers, F. (Frank), 1763-1817.
Date:
1805
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Credit: Miscellanies, antiquarian and historical / By F. Sayers. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    no mn ON THE TERM “HEBREW.” I — Aisranam is called in the Old Teftament say* CBégatos, 6 Teparast) becaufe he came from beyond the river (Euphrates); his pofterity are thence denominated by the Jewifh writers, both before and after the captivity,t Hebrews, 1.e. Trans- fluvials.§ * Genelis, xiv.1%. + Septuagint (Bos.) Gen, x1v. 13. (various readings.) o Venues, 2 xen, 46, 4.400, 1, 169. Welty xvr aes 2 Corinth. x1. 22. Adts v1.1. § The opinion entertained by fome writers that Abraham and his pofterity were named Hebrews, from Heder, the | fon of Salah, is now generally deemed erroneous, B The