Quæstiones Mosaicæ: Or the Book of Genesis Compared with the Remains of Ancient ReligionsJohn Bohn, 1842 - 497 pages |
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... objects cognizable by the intellect or produced form , He was Himself , " say the Cabalists , " alone , without figure or similitude . But when creation commenced , His ex- istence being only demonstrable by His energies , from the ...
... objects cognizable by the intellect or produced form , He was Himself , " say the Cabalists , " alone , without figure or similitude . But when creation commenced , His ex- istence being only demonstrable by His energies , from the ...
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... objects to struggle for ; and their wiser priests , atheists at heart , hypocrites by profession , take on them the vows and offices of religion for wealth , and honour , and glory , and not in order that by precept and exhorta- tion ...
... objects to struggle for ; and their wiser priests , atheists at heart , hypocrites by profession , take on them the vows and offices of religion for wealth , and honour , and glory , and not in order that by precept and exhorta- tion ...
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... object : 1st . That though , when viewed alone , each one may carry with it some air of probability , yet , when taken toge- ther , they are rather contradictory one of the other ; and , 2dly . That while the second is quite unsupported ...
... object : 1st . That though , when viewed alone , each one may carry with it some air of probability , yet , when taken toge- ther , they are rather contradictory one of the other ; and , 2dly . That while the second is quite unsupported ...
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... object of practical adoration to the Hindu ; while to the Persian , Zeruane Akerene , as the creator of both light and darkness , good and evil , as the first father of both Amschaspands and Dews , can never be other than a curious ...
... object of practical adoration to the Hindu ; while to the Persian , Zeruane Akerene , as the creator of both light and darkness , good and evil , as the first father of both Amschaspands and Dews , can never be other than a curious ...
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... the few initiated , and efficacious only when pronounced by them ; but they were the published law and the common prayer of a people , and their meaning and objects were evi- If now we examine these two principles , as seen 56 CHAPTER I.
... the few initiated , and efficacious only when pronounced by them ; but they were the published law and the common prayer of a people , and their meaning and objects were evi- If now we examine these two principles , as seen 56 CHAPTER I.
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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...