Oriental customs: or an illustration of the sacred Scriptures, by an explanatory application of the customs and manners of the Eastern nations, and especially the Jews. Therein alluded to, together with observations on many difficult and obscure texts, collected from the most celebrated travellers, and the most eminent critics / by Samuel Burder.

  • Samuel Burder
Date:
1802
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Credit: Oriental customs: or an illustration of the sacred Scriptures, by an explanatory application of the customs and manners of the Eastern nations, and especially the Jews. Therein alluded to, together with observations on many difficult and obscure texts, collected from the most celebrated travellers, and the most eminent critics / by Samuel Burder. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Doddridge says, that though such inferior prizes were common in funeral games, secondary prizes were not bestowed on the Olympic foot-race. (See West’s Dissert, on the Olympic Games, p. 63.) .... . V. : ; - ~ . . . . No. 551.—iii. 14. The prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.] L'Enfant thinks the apostle com- pares our Lord to those who,stood at the elevated place at the end of the course, calling the racers by their names, and encouraging them by holding out the crown to exert themselves with vigour. ... * - • ' * / r t> •* _ . . I •. . »' l , ^ - •: • •• '■ • ‘ . j ’ • * 3..^ j h/n.- ! L'J < . * No. 552.—iv. 3. The book of life.) This expression refers to the custom of those cities which had registers containing the names of all the citizens, from which the names of infamous persons were erased. Agreeable to this we read of names being blotted, out of God’s book. (JRev. iii. 5.) Those citizens who were orderly and obe- dient were continued on the roll, from whence they could easily obtain their title to all the immunities and privileges common to all the members of the city; and to be excluded from these was both disgraceful and in- jurious.