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 Egypt |
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And it was found , as we have seen , upon the basis of Apollo's statue at the seat
of prophetic knowledge , Delphi : where was the principal oracle of that supposed
divinity in Greece . Above all things , these animals were particularly natives of ...
And it was found , as we have seen , upon the basis of Apollo's statue at the seat
of prophetic knowledge , Delphi : where was the principal oracle of that supposed
divinity in Greece . Above all things , these animals were particularly natives of ...
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And here it is proper to remedy a mistake , into which we are led by our version ,
concerning Ahaziah , who is supposed to have enquired of Baal - zebub at the
place above mentioned . The fly was probably worshipped at ' Ekron : and the
god ...
And here it is proper to remedy a mistake , into which we are led by our version ,
concerning Ahaziah , who is supposed to have enquired of Baal - zebub at the
place above mentioned . The fly was probably worshipped at ' Ekron : and the
god ...
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And when Bellerophon was supposed to have rashly mounted the winged horse ;
and to have tried to pass to heaven , this fly was sent , which by rendering the
horse unruly , brought him soon to the earth . The like calamity happened to ...
And when Bellerophon was supposed to have rashly mounted the winged horse ;
and to have tried to pass to heaven , this fly was sent , which by rendering the
horse unruly , brought him soon to the earth . The like calamity happened to ...
Page 239
But it may be said , that these supposed miracles were casual and fortunate
events , of which Moses availed himself to soothe his brethren and alarm the
superstition of the king . In truth , they are occurrences so interwoven with the
history ...
But it may be said , that these supposed miracles were casual and fortunate
events , of which Moses availed himself to soothe his brethren and alarm the
superstition of the king . In truth , they are occurrences so interwoven with the
history ...
Page 287
This secondary Heliopolis is by many supposed to have been the city which was
rebuilt þy that fugitive Jew Onias , who came into Egypt in the time of Ptolemy
Philometor . This ' person requested of the king , that he would permit him to build
a ...
This secondary Heliopolis is by many supposed to have been the city which was
rebuilt þy that fugitive Jew Onias , who came into Egypt in the time of Ptolemy
Philometor . This ' person requested of the king , that he would permit him to build
a ...
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| Title | 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 Egypt |
| Author | Jacob Bryant |
| Publisher | T. Hamilton and R. Ogle, 1810 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 2 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 392 pages |
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