A Manual of Scripture History

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Excerpt from A Manual of Scripture History: Being and Analysis of the Historical Books of the Old Testament The spelling of the proper names adopted in this little book is that which is in common use among Catholics, and is found in the ordinary editions of the Douai Bible. It is copied from the Latin Vulgate, and is based on the Greek spelling of the Septuagint, from which the earliest Latin translations were made. It represents the ancient Hebrew pronunciation, so far as it could be rendered in Greek characters by learned Jews who spoke both Greek and Hebrew. The accents on the Greek words are a guide to the proper pronunciation of the names. It may be added, that the letter c, wherever it occurs in these names, should be sounded ask, since it is the Latin form of the Greek kappa. The sound of s, given to the Latin cby the French, is a corruption, and was quite unknown to the Eomans. In some few instances the example of Archbishop Kenrick has been followed, and the k restored. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.