Quæstiones Mosaicæ: Or the Book of Genesis Compared with the Remains of Ancient ReligionsJohn Bohn, 1842 - 497 pages |
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... favour this translation ; and that many great Hebrew scholars seem to have been unaware of the force of this little word . 9 The contrary opinion is advo- cated by Dr. Adam Clarke , -vid . Comment on Genesis , i . 1 . 1 remember ...
... favour this translation ; and that many great Hebrew scholars seem to have been unaware of the force of this little word . 9 The contrary opinion is advo- cated by Dr. Adam Clarke , -vid . Comment on Genesis , i . 1 . 1 remember ...
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... favour is an accident . They are gods ; but as they have been raised to their celestial thrones only by their superior power , or for extraordinary benefits , their simpler votaries either kneel to them from fear and not from a grateful ...
... favour is an accident . They are gods ; but as they have been raised to their celestial thrones only by their superior power , or for extraordinary benefits , their simpler votaries either kneel to them from fear and not from a grateful ...
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... favour and pro- tection - either by single acts of devotion , such as might perchance find grace in the eyes of an ignorant tyrant , or by the continued observance of that heavy code of ceremo- nies and external compliments , which ...
... favour and pro- tection - either by single acts of devotion , such as might perchance find grace in the eyes of an ignorant tyrant , or by the continued observance of that heavy code of ceremo- nies and external compliments , which ...
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... favoured land , His own special temple , His holy of holies . He looks not on the great family of man with an equal eye , as His children ; He has His eldest born , His favourite , His peculiar people . He is not so much the God of the ...
... favoured land , His own special temple , His holy of holies . He looks not on the great family of man with an equal eye , as His children ; He has His eldest born , His favourite , His peculiar people . He is not so much the God of the ...
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... favoured of the Deity are known by the blessings which the Deity heaps upon them . Now Ormuzd is the creator and dispenser of all good things , spiritual and temporal , as Ahriman of all things evil and impure . The true worshipper of ...
... favoured of the Deity are known by the blessings which the Deity heaps upon them . Now Ormuzd is the creator and dispenser of all good things , spiritual and temporal , as Ahriman of all things evil and impure . The true worshipper of ...
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2ndly 3rdly Abimelech Abraham according Ahriman ancient animals arts beasts Bedouins Berossus blessings Brahme Brahmins Cain Canaan chap chapter Chou-king circumcision cosmogony created creation creatures creed crime curse Deity deluge descendants Dews divine earth Egypt Egyptians Eichhorn Elohim evil faith father favour flesh fruit Genesis Gerar God's gods Greeks Hagar heaven Hebrew Herodotus Hesiod Hindu Hist holy honour human inhabitants Israelites Jehovah Jewish Jews Josephus Kings Koran labour Lamech land laws legend living Lord man's mankind merely Michaelis Mœurs moral Moses nations nature Noah observe origin Ormuzd Persian priests promises prophets punishment qu'il race regard religion rite sacrifice Sarah says seems serpent slaves Sodom soul speaks spirit suppose supra thee things thou tion tree unto Vedas verse Vide viii Voyages waters words worship xviii Yncas Zend Zoroaster δε καὶ