Word: persian
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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ORIENTAL Rugs and Carpets, Ateshian & Co., 169 Tremont Street. Fine assortment of every kind of Turkish and Persian Rugs, Carpets, Hangings, etc., at exceedingly low prices to close out a collection of 5,000 pieces before first of January. All in need of fine rugs should visit this establishment before going elsewhere. Most artistic and fine goods sold at low prices...
...original objects are, perhaps, even more interesting than the casts. These consist of clay tablets, containing records of ancient life and customs; amulets, written in Syriac and worn to keep away evil spirits; Babylonian and Assyrian seals which were used as charms and for stamping written documents; and ancient Persian coins...
...Greenough White's Bible class which has been meeting on Wednesday evenings, has taken up the following subjects: Babylonia; Persian mon archy; Post-exilian psalms, giving aims and emotions of Jews; formation of Old Testament canon; the Temple and Synagogue and great influence on early Christianity of Jewis ideas, strengthened by contact with Persians. Last Wednesday night Haggai was studied from a literary standpoint, and approached as a preacher or writer of our own time. Five points of interpretation or higher criticism were considered: character of author; plan of composition of the prophecy; date of composition; the people to whom...
...Persian language is taught at Cornell...
...found in Egypt some wonderful letters written about too B. C., in the Cuneiform script. The Old Testament aids us largely. It is a series of old letters written at about the time of the Babylonian and Assyrian civilization. If certain persons had not found similar letters in the Persian language, it is probable it might never have been clear. Even then we might never have known the sequence of historical events in the Jewish nation if the Persian kings had not written their records in parallel columns, one in the Persian and the other in the Babylonian tongue. During...