Observations Upon the Plagues Inflicted Upon the Egyptians: In which is Shewn the Peculiarity of Those Judgments, and Their Correspondence with the Rites and Idolatries of that People. To which is Prefixed, a Prefatory Discourse, Concerning the Grecian Colonies from EgyptT. Hamilton and R. Ogle, 1810 - 392 pages |
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... Greeks was rendered 3 Nuɛavos , Oceanus , and from hence they deduced their deities . There was therefore a great propri- ety in the judgment brought upon this peo- ple by Moses . They must have felt the ut- most astonishment and horror ...
... Greeks was rendered 3 Nuɛavos , Oceanus , and from hence they deduced their deities . There was therefore a great propri- ety in the judgment brought upon this peo- ple by Moses . They must have felt the ut- most astonishment and horror ...
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... Greeks , and the Venus of the Romans : whose origin 4 3 Atar - catus , or cetus , signifies the fish Atar . Catus and Cetus in many languages signified a fish . 2 Pliny speaking of Joppa says -- colitur illic fabulosa Ceto . 1. 5. c ...
... Greeks , and the Venus of the Romans : whose origin 4 3 Atar - catus , or cetus , signifies the fish Atar . Catus and Cetus in many languages signified a fish . 2 Pliny speaking of Joppa says -- colitur illic fabulosa Ceto . 1. 5. c ...
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... Greeks and of the Ro- mans . They worshipped many deities out of dread , such as Ate , Proserpine , and the Furies : and there were others , which they must have hated and despised : witness , Priapus , Fatua , Vacuna , Cloacina , and ...
... Greeks and of the Ro- mans . They worshipped many deities out of dread , such as Ate , Proserpine , and the Furies : and there were others , which they must have hated and despised : witness , Priapus , Fatua , Vacuna , Cloacina , and ...
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... Greeks , is uncertain . The tree may have been so stiled among other nations ; and perhaps by the Egyptians . Even among the Greeks Haus signified a prince ; or , as I should suspect , a conquerour . It came pro- bably from an old word ...
... Greeks , is uncertain . The tree may have been so stiled among other nations ; and perhaps by the Egyptians . Even among the Greeks Haus signified a prince ; or , as I should suspect , a conquerour . It came pro- bably from an old word ...
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... Greek epigram stiles the frog - των Νυμφών θεραποντα , an attendant upon the deities of streams , and fountains . Esteemed sacred from its Inflation . Another reason may be given for the frog being an emblem of Apollo , and Osiris ...
... Greek epigram stiles the frog - των Νυμφών θεραποντα , an attendant upon the deities of streams , and fountains . Esteemed sacred from its Inflation . Another reason may be given for the frog being an emblem of Apollo , and Osiris ...
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Aaron Accaron Ægyptus ancient Arabia Baal Baal-zephon Bedea behold brought called children of Israel Clysma consequence Coptic darkness deity Diodorus Diodorus Siculus divine earth Egyp Egyptians Ekron emblem encamped esteemed Etham evil Exod Exodus farther fire first-born flies Grecians Greek hail heaven Heliopolis Hence Herod Herodotus Ibid idolatry Israelites Josephus judgment king land of Egypt land of Goshen learned locusts Lord said unto Manetho mentioned Moses mountain night Nile nome Osiris particularly person Pharaoh plague Plato Pliny Plutarch Pocock priests prophet Ptolemy purport Red-sea rites river sacred says seems sent serpent shew shewn signified speaks stiled Strabo supposed swarms temple thee things thou tion unto Moses wilderness word worship writers Αιγυπτιοι γαρ δε εις εκ εν εσιν ην θεον και κατα μεν παρα προς τας τε τες τοις τῷ Ων