 | Jacob Bryant - 1807 - 494 pages
...to (S^nm) the moon. All things " being in this situation, Belus came, and cut the " woman asunder : and out of one half of her he " formed the earth, and of the other half the " heavens ; and at the same time destroyed the " animals in the abyss. All this, Berosus said, " was an allegorical description... | |
 | Jacob Bryant - 1807 - 502 pages
...(ZtXnvn) the moon. All things " being in this situation, Belus came, and cut the '* woman asunder : and out of one half of her he " formed the earth, and of the other half the " heavens ; and at the same time destroyed the " animals in the abyss. All this, Berosus said, " was an allegorical description... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 788 pages
...this situation, their god (says Eusebius), the god (says Syncellus) came and cut the woman asunder ; and out of one half of her he formed the earth, and out of the other he made the heavens ; and, at the same time, he destroyed the monsters of the abyss."... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 820 pages
...the moon/ Matters being in this situation, their god, says Eusebius, came and cut the woman asunder ; and out of one half of her he formed the earth, and out of the other the heavens ; and he destroyed the monsters of the abyss.' This whole mythology is... | |
 | Isaac Preston Cory - 1832 - 468 pages
...interpreted the Moon. All things being in this situation, Belus came, and cut the woman asunder : and of one half of her he formed the earth, and of the other half the heavens ; and at the same time destroyed the animals within her.** All this (he says) was an allegorical description of... | |
 | Isaac Preston Cory - 1832 - 462 pages
...interpreted the Moon. All things being in this situation, Belus came, and cut the woman asunder : and of one half of her he formed the earth, and of the other half the heavens ; and at the same time destroyed the animals within her.** All this (he says) was an allegorical description of... | |
 | Sanchoniathon - 1832 - 474 pages
...interpreted the Moon. AH things being in this situation, Belus came, and cut the woman asunder : and of one half of her he formed the earth, and of the other half the heavens ; and at the same time destroyed the animals within her.** All this (he says) was an allegorical description of... | |
 | 1834 - 438 pages
...interpreted the moou. All things being in this situation, Belus came, and cut the woman asunder: and of one half of her he formed the earth, and of the other half the heavens, and at the same time destroyed the animals within her. All this (lie says) was an allegorical description of nature.... | |
 | P. Austin Nuttall - 1840 - 722 pages
...interpreted the moon. All things being in this situation, Belus came, and cut the woman asunder: and of one half of her he formed the earth, and of the other half the heavens ; and at the same time destroyed the animals within her." — All this (he says) was an allegorical description... | |
 | George Smith - 1847 - 646 pages
...interpreted ' the Moon.' All things being in this situation, Belus came and cut the woman asunder ; and of one half of her he formed the earth, and of the other half the heavens ; and at the same time destroyed the animals within her, or, in the abyss. All this," he says, " was an allegorical... | |
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All this, he says, was an allegorical description of nature. For the whole universe consisting of moisture, and animals being continually generated therein; the deity... 
