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A34874 The history of the Old Testament methodiz'd according to the order and series of time wherein the several things therein mentioned were transacted ... to which is annex'd a Short history of the Jewish affairs from the end of the Old Testament to the birth of our Saviour : and a map also added of Canaan and the adjacent countries ... / by Samuel Cradock ... Cradock, Samuel, 1621?-1706. 1683 (1683) Wing C6750; ESTC R11566 1,349,257 877

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