"Paraphrast" Quotes from Famous Books
... this explication, by adducing, in confirmation of it, the paraphrase of the words given in the Targum of Jonathan. "The nations you are about to possess, (says the Jewish paraphrast) hearken to jugglers and diviners; but you shall not be like them; for your priests shall enquire by Urim and Thummim, and the Lord your God shall give you a true prophet." And this explication is the one adopted ... — The Grounds of Christianity Examined by Comparing The New Testament with the Old • George Bethune English |