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OBAN , a municipal and See also:police See also:burgh and seaport of See also:Argyll-See also:shire, See also:Scotland. Pop. (1901) 5374. It is situated 113 M. N.W. of See also:Glasgow by the Caledonian railway via See also:Stirling and eallander, and about the same distance by See also:water via the Crinan See also:Canal. The See also:fine See also:bay on which it lies is screened from the See also:Atlantic See also:gales by the See also:island of Kerrera (41- M. See also:long by 2 M. broad), which practically converts it into a See also:land-locked See also:harbour. Being also sheltered from the See also:north and See also:east by the hills at the See also:foot of which it nestles, the See also:town enjoys an exceptionally mild See also:climate for its See also:latitude. The public buildings include the See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:pro-See also:cathedral, erected by the 3rd See also:marquis of See also:Bute, the See also:county
1 See also:Wellhausen and Nowack regard vv. 8, 9 as a later addition, intended to apply vv. 1-7 to the future; so See also:Marti, who See also:groups with these verses 15a, because of the See also:common reference to " the See also:day of Yahweh."
2 The Judaeans are addressed in v. 16 (" as ye have drunk "), not the Edomites. See also:Verse 20 anticipates that the exiles from See also:northern See also:Israel will occupy Phoenician territory, whilst those from See also:Jerusalem " which are in Sepharad " will occupy the See also:southern districts in the Messianic restoration. " Sepharad " has been connected with various places, e.g. Saparda in See also:south-See also:west See also:Media (G. A. See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith), and cparda of See also:Darius in the See also:Behistun inscription (See also:Robertson Smith) ; whilst,
according to Winckler (K.A.T.3 p. 301), it is the name, from the
See also:Persian See also:period onwards, for See also:Asia See also:Minor. Many of the See also:Jews were doubtless sold as slaves by See also:Nebuchadrezzar. See also:Lydia was a See also:great slave-See also:market, and Asia Minor was a See also:chief seat of the Diaspora at an See also:early date (comp. Gutschmidt, Neue Beitrage, p. 77), so that " Sepharad " in itself does not See also:supply ground for See also:Hitzig's See also:argument that See also:Obadiah was written in the See also:Greek period, when we read of many Jews being transplanted to Asia Minor (Jos. See also:- ANT
- ANT (O. Eng. aemete, from Teutonic a, privative, and maitan, cut or bite off, i.e. " the biter off "; aemete in Middle English became differentiated in dialect use to (mete, then amte, and so ant, and also to emete, whence the synonym " emmet," now only u
Ant. xii. 3).
buildings and two hospitals. It is the centre of tourist See also:traffic for western See also:Argyllshire and the islands. Oban was a small See also:village at the date of See also:- JOHNSON, ANDREW
- JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
- JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
- JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
- JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
- JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
- JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
- JOHNSON, THOMAS
Johnson's visit during his Hebridean tour; in 1786 it became a See also:government fishing station; it was made a burgh of See also:barony in 1811 and a See also:parliamentary burgh in 1832. With See also:Ayr, See also:Campbeltown, See also:Inveraray and See also:Irvine (the Ayr burghs) it unites to send one member to See also:parliament.
At the north end of the bay stands the ruin of Dunolly See also:Castle, the old stronghold of the Macdougalls of Lorne, whose See also:modern See also:mansion adjoins it. In the grounds is a huge See also:conglomerate See also:rock called the See also:Dog See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
Stone (Clash-a-See also:chain), from the See also:legend that Fingal used to fasten his favourite dog See also:Bran to it. About 3 M. N.E. are the ruins of See also:Dunstaffnage Castle. It was here that the " Stone of Destiny," now contained in the See also:base of the See also:coronation See also:chair at See also:Westminster See also:Abbey, was kept before its removal to See also:Scone. At the south end of the island of Kerrera stand the ruins of Gylen Castle, an old fortalice of the Macdougalls.
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