Sacred Annals; Or, Researches Into the History and Religion of Mankind, Volume 1Carlton & Porter, 1856 |
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... CONSIDERED - Alledged im- possibility and want of necessity - Alledged difficulty of accounting for the quan- tity of water - Alledged want of historical confirmation - PROOF TO THE CON- TRARY - Identity of Heathen Deities with the ...
... CONSIDERED - Alledged im- possibility and want of necessity - Alledged difficulty of accounting for the quan- tity of water - Alledged want of historical confirmation - PROOF TO THE CON- TRARY - Identity of Heathen Deities with the ...
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... considered ; but they also stand before us as inseparably interwoven with the history and religion of the world . While , therefore , we ought to know the chronological order and position of the events of this period , that we may ...
... considered ; but they also stand before us as inseparably interwoven with the history and religion of the world . While , therefore , we ought to know the chronological order and position of the events of this period , that we may ...
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... considered to be the true reading and interpretation of Scripture . This consisted of two parts : the true reading , which they called the Masorah ; and the true interpretation , named the Mishna and Gemara . These writers , who have ...
... considered to be the true reading and interpretation of Scripture . This consisted of two parts : the true reading , which they called the Masorah ; and the true interpretation , named the Mishna and Gemara . These writers , who have ...
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... considered the subject must be of this opinion . We mention this , that the objection raised may possess its full strength . II . Having said thus much , we proceed to our next inquiry ; namely , Whether there be any evidence to show ...
... considered the subject must be of this opinion . We mention this , that the objection raised may possess its full strength . II . Having said thus much , we proceed to our next inquiry ; namely , Whether there be any evidence to show ...
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... considered as a part of genuine Holy Scripture . As proof of the reasonableness of this , and as supporting some of the conclusions to which we have come , we append a few observations from the pen of a late eminent commentator . 1. The ...
... considered as a part of genuine Holy Scripture . As proof of the reasonableness of this , and as supporting some of the conclusions to which we have come , we append a few observations from the pen of a late eminent commentator . 1. The ...
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Page 398 - 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 388 - And God heard the voice of the lad ; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar ? fear not ; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. № Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand ; for I will make him a great nation.
Page 305 - And surely your blood of your lives will I require ; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man ; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed : for in the image of God made he man.
Page 214 - By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts : and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
Page 146 - And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
Page 404 - And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends : for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
Page 244 - 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. Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
Page 162 - And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
Page 122 - And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof. And the rib which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
Page 305 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the 25 earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea ; into your hand are they delivered.