A New System: Or, An Analysis of Antient Mythology ...J. Walker, 1807 - Folklore and history |
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... speaks to the same purpose : 3 Ara- bia - sterilis , præterquam ubi Syria confinia attin- · git . - Agrippa a Pelusio Arsinoen Rubri maris op- pidum per deserta CXXV . M. passuum tradit . Diodorus Siculus , speaking of the same part of ...
... speaks to the same purpose : 3 Ara- bia - sterilis , præterquam ubi Syria confinia attin- · git . - Agrippa a Pelusio Arsinoen Rubri maris op- pidum per deserta CXXV . M. passuum tradit . Diodorus Siculus , speaking of the same part of ...
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... speaks to the same effect and all antient writers agree that Arabia and the desert of Arabia commenced from the river of Pelusium , the extreme branch of the Nile eastward . 16 Sandys's Travels . 17 Johan . Math . Hasi Mathem . Profess ...
... speaks to the same effect and all antient writers agree that Arabia and the desert of Arabia commenced from the river of Pelusium , the extreme branch of the Nile eastward . 16 Sandys's Travels . 17 Johan . Math . Hasi Mathem . Profess ...
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... Egypt , nor the extent of Arabia , nor the limits of the land he speaks of . He did not know that all to the east of 19 Universal History , vol . 1. p . 457 , note A. : 20 ' H the Nile was called Arabia . 30 ANTIENT HISTORY OF EGYPT . 15.
... Egypt , nor the extent of Arabia , nor the limits of the land he speaks of . He did not know that all to the east of 19 Universal History , vol . 1. p . 457 , note A. : 20 ' H the Nile was called Arabia . 30 ANTIENT HISTORY OF EGYPT . 15.
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... speak of a circumstance as peculiar to the lower parts of the country , which was common to all that lay in the same direction , for some hundreds of miles ? Why would he speak so hastily and prema- turely ? and not weigh well , and ...
... speak of a circumstance as peculiar to the lower parts of the country , which was common to all that lay in the same direction , for some hundreds of miles ? Why would he speak so hastily and prema- turely ? and not weigh well , and ...
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... speak at large of Abaris and Pithom hereafter ; which were distinct cities , and far enough removed from Pelu- sium . There were cities in Egypt called " Typho- nian ; but I do not recollect any of the name of Typhon . And as for ...
... speak at large of Abaris and Pithom hereafter ; which were distinct cities , and far enough removed from Pelu- sium . There were cities in Egypt called " Typho- nian ; but I do not recollect any of the name of Typhon . And as for ...
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Abaris Africanus alludes Amalek Amalekites antient Arabian Arioch Assyrians Babylon Bochart Bubastus called Canaan canal Chaldeans Chron Chus circumstance contra Apion Cuseans deity Delta Diodorus Edom Egyptians Ethiopians Euseb Eusebius Evang father Geogr Grecians Greeks Hebrew Heliopolis Hence Herodotus Israel Israelites Jews Joseph Josephus king Kronus land of Egypt land of Goshen learned likewise Litopolis lower Egypt Manetho mentioned mistake Moses nations Nile nome Onias original Orus particular passage Pelusium Perizonius Phaccusa Phacusa Pharaoh Phenicians PLATE Præp prince province Ptolemy Red Sea reigned river sacred sacrifice Saïs says Scriptures Shem Shepherds shew shewn signifies situation sons speaks Strabo supposed Syncellus Tanis temple tion unto whence word worship writers Zoan γαρ δε Δελτα δια εις εκ εν επι ες εςι και κατα μεν παρα περι πολις προς τας τε τοις τῷ
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Page 319 - And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan : and the land was polluted with blood.
Page 196 - That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.
Page 213 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua : for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
Page 223 - Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water...
Page 130 - For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs : but the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven...
Page 176 - And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
Page 364 - Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
Page 287 - When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. For the Lord's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Page 287 - Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.
Page 282 - So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him ; and Lot went with him ; and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.