Quæstiones Mosaicæ: Or the Book of Genesis Compared with the Remains of Ancient Religions |
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... laws of Moses , and the religion of the Jews as it appears in the Prophets . And as I believe that the same stages of civilization best understand and best represent each other , with the rites and the religion of Moses I compared the ...
... laws of Moses , and the religion of the Jews as it appears in the Prophets . And as I believe that the same stages of civilization best understand and best represent each other , with the rites and the religion of Moses I compared the ...
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... law of the Mehestans . He then made Ardibehescht , then Schari- ver , & c . " Here , the Amschas- pands are the creation of Ormuzd ; such also they are represented in the Jescht of Bahman Ardibehescht , v . ii . p ... laws , 2 CHAPTER I.
... law of the Mehestans . He then made Ardibehescht , then Schari- ver , & c . " Here , the Amschas- pands are the creation of Ormuzd ; such also they are represented in the Jescht of Bahman Ardibehescht , v . ii . p ... laws , 2 CHAPTER I.
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... laws of the human reason , sought by them to determine the laws and 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 ...
... laws of the human reason , sought by them to determine the laws and 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 ...
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... laws , or subject to other laws than those which now regulate its existence , he drove forth our planet , either to wander or stand motionless in the abyss of space ? Or , basing our conjectures on the several offices . assigned to the ...
... laws , or subject to other laws than those which now regulate its existence , he drove forth our planet , either to wander or stand motionless in the abyss of space ? Or , basing our conjectures on the several offices . assigned to the ...
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... laws of their nature are the blessings which God 5 The author of this hymn sees but with the sensual eye , the eye of the great bulk of men . With him the moon , though a lesser light , is great comparatively with those specks of stars ...
... laws of their nature are the blessings which God 5 The author of this hymn sees but with the sensual eye , the eye of the great bulk of men . With him the moon , though a lesser light , is great comparatively with those specks of stars ...
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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...