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Druids , 374 to 380 . Women , 377 . JEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Abraham , 381
to 387 . Patriarchs , 387 to 390 . Moses , 391 to 895 . Manetho , 393 .
Resemblances between Egyptian and Hebrew Ideas , 396 to 401 . The Laws and
Writings of ...
Druids , 374 to 380 . Women , 377 . JEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Abraham , 381
to 387 . Patriarchs , 387 to 390 . Moses , 391 to 895 . Manetho , 393 .
Resemblances between Egyptian and Hebrew Ideas , 396 to 401 . The Laws and
Writings of ...
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He thinks the Yajur Veda can be traced as far as one thousand five hundred and
eighty years before Christ ; that is , one hundred years before the birth of Moses .
He arrived at this conclusion from certain astronomical statements therein ...
He thinks the Yajur Veda can be traced as far as one thousand five hundred and
eighty years before Christ ; that is , one hundred years before the birth of Moses .
He arrived at this conclusion from certain astronomical statements therein ...
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We suppose that Moses lived about three thousand four hundred 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 ...
We suppose that Moses lived about three thousand four hundred 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 ...
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Ramses the Great , generally called Sesostris , is supposed to have reigned one
thousand five hundred years before the Christian era , about coeval with Moses ,
or a century later . In the tomb of this monarch was found a large massive circle ...
Ramses the Great , generally called Sesostris , is supposed to have reigned one
thousand five hundred years before the Christian era , about coeval with Moses ,
or a century later . In the tomb of this monarch was found a large massive circle ...
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Here Moses was educated in the household 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 , as he ...
Here Moses was educated in the household 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 , as he ...
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Page 400 - And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
Page 398 - And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff-necked people ; now, therefore, let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them ; and I will make of thee a great nation.
Page 417 - And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
Page 427 - And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all. And he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
Page 399 - And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
Page 405 - Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you to inherit them for a possession ; they shall be your bondmen for ever : but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
Page 404 - The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed. The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart...
Page 428 - And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.
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| Title | The Progress of Religious Ideas: Through Successive Ages Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Women: Transnational Networks Volume 1 of The Progress of Religious Ideas: Through Successive Ages : in Three Volumes, Lydia Maria Child |
| Author | Lydia Maria Child |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | C. S. Francis & Company, 1855 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 30 Nov 2005 |
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