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4 unusual facts about John Merlin Powis Smith


John Merlin Powis Smith

While attending college in Iowa, Smith also taught introductory Greek, and after earning his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1893, taught Greek at Cedar Valley Seminary in Osage, Iowa.

On 19 September 1899, Smith married Catherine McKlveen in Chariton, Iowa.

Having migrated to America, Smith lived on the farm of an uncle in Denison, Iowa.

Taboo

For example, J. M. Powis Smith, in his "The American Bible" (editor's preface 1927), used "taboo" occasionally in relation to Israel's Tabernacle and ceremonial laws, including Exodus 30:36, 29:37; Numbers 16:37,38; Deuteronomy 22:9, Isaiah 65:5, Ezekiel 44:19 and 46:20.



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