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Work: Biblical Antiquities of Pseudo-Philo
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Biblical Antiquities — M. R. James 1917, retained OCR
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RELIGIOUS TEACHING 37 Punishment, long deferred, for past sins, is much in our authors mind. VI. 1 1. Abram says " I may be burned to death on account of my (former) sins. God's will be done." XXVII. 7. If Kenaz falls in battle it will be because of his sins. 15. Certain men were punished, not for their present offence, but for a former one. XLII. 2. Manoah's wife is barren because of sins. XLV. 3. The Levite's concubine had sinned years before and is now punished. XLIX. 5. Elkanah says : If my sins have over- taken me, I had better kill myself The greatness of Israel and of the Law. VII. 4. T…
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- Biblical Antiquities — M. R. James 1917, retained OCR
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- Complete identified historical English edition body from title and contents through introduction, translation, appendices and final index p.280. Source translation starts at printed p.75 / physical object 78, including the complete narrative through the historical ending; final publisher adverts and library stamps/covers omitted. Includes historical conjectures and uncertainty as explicitly printed by James; no modern correction. Reader uses verified physical scan-page navigation; source OCR errors are visible and disclosed.
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Recorded provenance: Exact OCR LINE/WORD text from retained DjVu XML, joined with LF, retained in identified page order. Exact scan-data included leaf order verifies physical object IDs. No invented historical chapter labels, conjectural OCR correction or translation. Complete identified historical English edition body from title and contents through introduction, translation, appendices and final index p.280. Source translation starts at printed p.75 / physical object 78, including the complete narrative through the historical ending; final publisher adverts and library stamps/covers omitted. Includes historical conjectures and uncertainty as explicitly printed by James; no modern correction. Reader uses verified physical scan-page navigation; source OCR errors are visible and disclosed.
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