Quæstiones Mosaicæ: Or the Book of Genesis Compared with the Remains of Ancient ReligionsJohn Bohn, 1842 - 497 pages |
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... Jews as it appears in the Prophets . And as I believe that the same stages of civilization best understand and best represent each other , with the rites and the religion of Moses I compared the rites and the religion of other ancient ...
... Jews as it appears in the Prophets . And as I believe that the same stages of civilization best understand and best represent each other , with the rites and the religion of Moses I compared the rites and the religion of other ancient ...
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... Jews even so late as the times of the author of the Book of Enoch . “ I surveyed the stone which sup- ports the corners of the earth . ” Enoch , xviii . 2 . creation , some beginning in eternity , or some first 4 CHAPTER I.
... Jews even so late as the times of the author of the Book of Enoch . “ I surveyed the stone which sup- ports the corners of the earth . ” Enoch , xviii . 2 . creation , some beginning in eternity , or some first 4 CHAPTER I.
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... Jews , the Alexandrian Jews at least , held in this respect the opinions of their age , Philo - Judæus is evidence . In his tract ( De Mundi Opif . p . 12 ) he speaks not merely of the one cause , efficient and intelligent , but also of ...
... Jews , the Alexandrian Jews at least , held in this respect the opinions of their age , Philo - Judæus is evidence . In his tract ( De Mundi Opif . p . 12 ) he speaks not merely of the one cause , efficient and intelligent , but also of ...
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... Jew , at what time he lived and where , and whether he was not likely to have been infected by the Platonic notions of the Alexan- drian Jews . Not to mention that this passage has been considered a for- gery ( De Rossi Dizionario , vol ...
... Jew , at what time he lived and where , and whether he was not likely to have been infected by the Platonic notions of the Alexan- drian Jews . Not to mention that this passage has been considered a for- gery ( De Rossi Dizionario , vol ...
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... Jewish conception of Him , a merely material God . The deities of Homer and Hesiod mix with men , and love and are ... Jews , were not in the eyes of the old world quite so ab- surd as in ours . Common consent , argues Velleius , gives ...
... Jewish conception of Him , a merely material God . The deities of Homer and Hesiod mix with men , and love and are ... Jews , were not in the eyes of the old world quite so ab- surd as in ours . Common consent , argues Velleius , gives ...
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Page 220 - And of every living thing of all flesh two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark to keep them alive with thee ; they shall be male and female.
Page 220 - Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
Page 220 - For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
Page 221 - And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him : and the LORD shut him in.
Page 222 - And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
Page 222 - And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
Page 221 - And Noah went forth, and his sons and his wife and his sons
Page 200 - And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me ; for the earth is filled with violence through them ; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Page 222 - I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake ; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth ; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Page 201 - Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark...