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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The Fourth Plague -- Kurouvili , or Flies 54 Of Flies held sacred 58 The Worship
of Achors and Acoron , the God - fly , & c . 59 The true Place ascertained where
ahaziah sent to enquire 63 A more determinate Proof of the Author's Opinion 67 ...
The Fourth Plague -- Kurouvili , or Flies 54 Of Flies held sacred 58 The Worship
of Achors and Acoron , the God - fly , & c . 59 The true Place ascertained where
ahaziah sent to enquire 63 A more determinate Proof of the Author's Opinion 67 ...
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To which is Prefixed, a Prefatory Discourse, Concerning the Grecian Colonies
from Egypt Jacob Bryant. parts of Syria , abstained from fish : and held those of
the lake as so many deities . Extent of this Worship . 5 However strange this
idolatry ...
To which is Prefixed, a Prefatory Discourse, Concerning the Grecian Colonies
from Egypt Jacob Bryant. parts of Syria , abstained from fish : and held those of
the lake as so many deities . Extent of this Worship . 5 However strange this
idolatry ...
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these prohibitions the children of Israel forsook the law of the Lord : and the rites ,
which they adopted , consisted in this symbolical worship , introduced from Egypt
. They had polluted the house of God by painting these vile hieroglyphics upon ...
these prohibitions the children of Israel forsook the law of the Lord : and the rites ,
which they adopted , consisted in this symbolical worship , introduced from Egypt
. They had polluted the house of God by painting these vile hieroglyphics upon ...
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The second commandment in the decalogue seems to have been framed with a
view to the worship of Egypt . To any people , who had not been conversant in
that country , it had been sufficient to have said --- Thou shalt make no graven ...
The second commandment in the decalogue seems to have been framed with a
view to the worship of Egypt . To any people , who had not been conversant in
that country , it had been sufficient to have said --- Thou shalt make no graven ...
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and the stars , even all the host of heaven ; thou shouldset be driven to worship
them , and serve . them , & c . Whosever is at all acquainted with the ancient
religion of Egypt , will see every article of their idolatry included in this address .
and the stars , even all the host of heaven ; thou shouldset be driven to worship
them , and serve . them , & c . Whosever is at all acquainted with the ancient
religion of Egypt , will see every article of their idolatry included in this address .
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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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