Quæstiones Mosaicæ: Or the Book of Genesis Compared with the Remains of Ancient ReligionsJohn Bohn, 1842 - 497 pages |
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... evidence . In his tract ( De Mundi Opif . p . 12 ) he speaks not merely of the one cause , efficient and intelligent , but also of a second , passive , inert , inanimate.1 He tells us that matter ( ovoia ) was , in its nature , without ...
... evidence . In his tract ( De Mundi Opif . p . 12 ) he speaks not merely of the one cause , efficient and intelligent , but also of a second , passive , inert , inanimate.1 He tells us that matter ( ovoia ) was , in its nature , without ...
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... evidence of the dishonesty of the early Christians , is of little import- ance ; and notwithstanding Moses could scarcely express himself otherwise than he did , I am still content to admire . as though they had been present at the one ...
... evidence of the dishonesty of the early Christians , is of little import- ance ; and notwithstanding Moses could scarcely express himself otherwise than he did , I am still content to admire . as though they had been present at the one ...
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... evidence of its well - being ; it implies a soil and climate suited to its constitu- tion and habits , abundance of room and food , and safety or protection from external dangers . But this increase has , it must be remembered , its ...
... evidence of its well - being ; it implies a soil and climate suited to its constitu- tion and habits , abundance of room and food , and safety or protection from external dangers . But this increase has , it must be remembered , its ...
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... evidence whatever of any interchange of thought and customs between the two people . 5 Herodotus , b . ii , c . lxxxii ; Dio Cassius , B. xxxvi , p . 37 : " Quod vero dies adsignantur septem stellis quæ planetæ vocantur , id certe est ...
... evidence whatever of any interchange of thought and customs between the two people . 5 Herodotus , b . ii , c . lxxxii ; Dio Cassius , B. xxxvi , p . 37 : " Quod vero dies adsignantur septem stellis quæ planetæ vocantur , id certe est ...
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... evidence have we that this creation was ever revealed to any other than Moses ? -there is not the slightest allusion to any seventh , as a peculiarly holy , day . Not indeed , till after the Exodus is the Sabbath men- tioned , and then ...
... evidence have we that this creation was ever revealed to any other than Moses ? -there is not the slightest allusion to any seventh , as a peculiarly holy , day . Not indeed , till after the Exodus is the Sabbath men- tioned , and then ...
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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...