The Progress of Religious Ideas: Through Successive Ages : in Three Volumes, Volume 1C. S. Francis & Company, 1855 |
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... Moses , 391 to 395 . Manetho , 393. Resemblances between Egyptian and Hebrew Ideas , 396 to 401. The Laws and Writings of Moses , 402 to 411. Joshua , 411 . Gideon , 415. Frequent Appearance of Angels , 384 , 387 , 416. Priest- hood ...
... Moses , 391 to 395 . Manetho , 393. Resemblances between Egyptian and Hebrew Ideas , 396 to 401. The Laws and Writings of Moses , 402 to 411. Joshua , 411 . Gideon , 415. Frequent Appearance of Angels , 384 , 387 , 416. Priest- hood ...
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... Moses . He arrived at this conclusion from certain astronomical state- ments therein contained . The learned Heeren says : " There is no reliable data by which to ascertain the pre- cise period , either when the separate parts were ...
... Moses . He arrived at this conclusion from certain astronomical state- ments therein contained . The learned Heeren says : " There is no reliable data by which to ascertain the pre- cise period , either when the separate parts were ...
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... Moses lived about three thousand four hun- dred and forty - nine years ago ; and the latest of these kings was prior to the date we assign to Moses . Several ancient authors agree in testifying that Menei , commonly called Menes , was ...
... Moses lived about three thousand four hun- dred and forty - nine years ago ; and the latest of these kings was prior to the date we assign to Moses . Several ancient authors agree in testifying that Menei , commonly called Menes , was ...
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... Moses , or a century later . In the tomb of this monarch was found a large massive circle of wrought gold , divided into three hundred and sixty- five degrees , and each division marked the rising and setting of the stars for each day ...
... Moses , or a century later . In the tomb of this monarch was found a large massive circle of wrought gold , divided into three hundred and sixty- five degrees , and each division marked the rising and setting of the stars for each day ...
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... Moses was educated in the house- hold of Pharaoh , and became " learned in all the wisdom . of the Egyptians . " There are now scarcely any remains of this mighty city ; but Abdallatif , a traveller from Bag- dad , thus describes it ...
... Moses was educated in the house- hold of Pharaoh , and became " learned in all the wisdom . of the Egyptians . " There are now scarcely any remains of this mighty city ; but Abdallatif , a traveller from Bag- dad , thus describes it ...
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