Identifier: dictionaryofbibl01hast (find matches)
Title: A dictionary of the Bible; dealing with its language, literature, and contents, including the Biblical theology;
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Hastings, James, 1852-1922 Selbie, John A. (John Alexander), 1856-1931
Subjects: Bible
Publisher: Edinburgh : Clark New York, Scribner's Sons
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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at the N.W.corner of the Sea of Azov. And Major-GeneralTulloch has recorded an instance even more tothe point, when, as he himself observed, under astrong east wind the waters of Lake Menzaleh atthe entrance to the Suez Canal receded for adistance of 7 miles (see Journal of VictoriaInstitute, vol. xxviii. p. 267). Other instances ofthe same efiect, which would be counted miracuJousif they had been biblical, may be found in a paperby Naville (Jour. Vict. Instit. xxvi. p. 12). Wemay therefore lay on one side any question ofdirect miraculous agency: where the phenomenaare so nearly natural to the country, we may becontent to sav that they are not necessarily unhis-torical, and tliat the question of miracle is merelyone of interpretation. Nor need we be delayed inour inquiry by considerations as to whether thestory has sutiered from over-colouring; both thenumbers of the persons involved and the length oftheir supposed stay in the desert may be deferred, 5 CAllAATi ILLUSTRATING THE EXODUS
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