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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    expressing familiarity and delight, to distinguished fa- vourites, by which to call them in the greatest intimacy of converse, whether by discourse, or by letter, arid which have not been communicated to others, or used by them at other times. No. 586.—iii. 12. I will write upon him the name of my God.] Great numbers of inscriptions are yet re- maining, brought from the Grecian cities of Europe and Asia, and some from islands in the neighbourhood of Patinos, in which the victories of eminent persons are commemorated. Some of these were placed near the temples of their deities, others were in the temples, to signify that they were put under their particular protec- tion ; upon these w ere inscribed the names of the deities, of the conquerors, and of the cities to which they be- longed, and the names of the generals by wdiose conduct the victory was gained. Inscriptions also were sometimes placed upon pillars, to record the privileges granted to cities, and also the names of their benefactors. No. 587.—iv. 4. Round about the throne.] The situ- ation of the elders is agreeable to the ancient manner of sitting in council or consistory among the Jews. There is a representation of this in Daniel vii. 9. I beheld till the seats or thrones were pitched, not thrown down, as in our translation, and the ancient of days did sit in the midst of the other thrones, as the father or head of the consistory, and the judgment was set, (ver. 10.) that is, the whole sanhedrim; the rest of the elders were seated on those thrones which were round about, and the books were opened preparatory to the judicature. Hammond in loc. No. 588.—v. 8. When he had taken the book.] Some interpreters understand the delivering of this book into