Quæstiones Mosaicæ: Or the Book of Genesis Compared with the Remains of Ancient Religions |
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... character and individuality . Hence an essay towards an " Esprit des Religions . " But that I may not raise expectations which must be disappointed , I will at once state that I know nothing of the oriental languages . My igno- rance ...
... character and individuality . Hence an essay towards an " Esprit des Religions . " But that I may not raise expectations which must be disappointed , I will at once state that I know nothing of the oriental languages . My igno- rance ...
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... character of a perfect and infinite existence ? Miserable sophist ! Does not a world of facts rise up to confute me ? To my speculations the plain man has but to oppose this solid earth , and man's iron will ; and what can I answer him ...
... character of a perfect and infinite existence ? Miserable sophist ! Does not a world of facts rise up to confute me ? To my speculations the plain man has but to oppose this solid earth , and man's iron will ; and what can I answer him ...
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... character to the Deity , are all of them easily resolvable into metaphors , they will not bear me out in my conclusions . True ; but so to resolve , so to inter- pret them , is , it seems to me , to confound together the modes of ...
... character to the Deity , are all of them easily resolvable into metaphors , they will not bear me out in my conclusions . True ; but so to resolve , so to inter- pret them , is , it seems to me , to confound together the modes of ...
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... character . They are special laws , and not the great universal laws of Humanity ; they are special laws , intended for His own people , and for them only ; and they are laws , which are no doubt very well adapted to a half - barbaric ...
... character . They are special laws , and not the great universal laws of Humanity ; they are special laws , intended for His own people , and for them only ; and they are laws , which are no doubt very well adapted to a half - barbaric ...
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... character , and gra- dually appears to them as the God of the world and of Humanity . He retains his individuality , and yet is universal as the Supreme Soul of the Hindus ; and His religion , with a moral law , which no sophistry can ...
... character , and gra- dually appears to them as the God of the world and of Humanity . He retains his individuality , and yet is universal as the Supreme Soul of the Hindus ; and His religion , with a moral law , which no sophistry can ...
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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...