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Phylacteries and speech balloons floated out of paintings.
Archive 2008-01-01 2008
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Putting The Phallus in Phylacteries by Mobius ➚ · Tuesday, July 6th, 2004
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Phylacteries ... that is, parchments, on which they wrote the ten commandments, and carried them on their foreheads before their eyes: which the Pharisees affected to wear broader than other men; so to seem more zealous for the law.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous
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Phylacteries ... that is, parchments, on which they wrote the ten commandments, and carried them on their foreheads before their eyes: which the Pharisees affected to wear broader than other men; so to seem more zealous for the law.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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There were Phylacteries for the head, reaching from one ear to the other, and tied behind with a thong; and Phylacteries for the hand, fastened upon the left arme, above the elbow, on the inside, so that it might be near the heart.
Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery Robert Means Lawrence
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Phylacteries ... that is, parchments, on which they wrote the ten commandments, and carried them on their foreheads before their eyes: which the Pharisees affected to wear broader than other men; so to seem more zealous for the law.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 47: Matthew The Challoner Revision
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Simeon, Son of Gamaliel — Straps of Phylacteries — Rolls of the
Hebrew Literature Epiphanius Wilson 1880
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Phylacteries upon the hand were of no value at all, any further than they occasioned pious thoughts and affections in the heart.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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Phylacteries - called tefillin in Hebrew - are two small boxes, usually made of black leather, with straps attached to them.
BBC - Ouch 2010
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Sponsored Links for Jewish Prayer Boxes Phylacteries Tefillin what's this? tefillin on Daymix
Orthodox Jews Indistinguishable From Terrorists | Manolith 2010
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