Palmoni: an essay on the chronographical and numerical systems in use among the ancient Jews. To which is added, an appendix, containing an examination of the Assyrian, Egyptian, and other ancient chronographies etcLongmann, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851 - 681 pages |
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... notice in this place . ( 1. ) The Cycle of indiction was 15 years . ( 2. ) The Cycle of revolution of the moon's node 18.6yrs . The Saros was a Chaldæan period of 223 lunations = 18 years and 10 or 11 days . too systematic a character ...
... notice in this place . ( 1. ) The Cycle of indiction was 15 years . ( 2. ) The Cycle of revolution of the moon's node 18.6yrs . The Saros was a Chaldæan period of 223 lunations = 18 years and 10 or 11 days . too systematic a character ...
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... notice here , by the way , that there is probably a mystery hidden under these statements . If we take the last , and multiply 60 x 60 , we obtain ten Cycles of the same number of units as the old Egyptian year contained . If we take ...
... notice here , by the way , that there is probably a mystery hidden under these statements . If we take the last , and multiply 60 x 60 , we obtain ten Cycles of the same number of units as the old Egyptian year contained . If we take ...
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... notice only a few of the more remarkable as they happen to come in our way - purposing , if our space permit , to give a Tabular Index of some of the principal cyclical numbers , at the end of the volume . The reader , who cares to ...
... notice only a few of the more remarkable as they happen to come in our way - purposing , if our space permit , to give a Tabular Index of some of the principal cyclical numbers , at the end of the volume . The reader , who cares to ...
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... notice the only various reading , -namely , that which occurs against the name of Jared . 64. This reading may not be of equal authority with the received text , but it obtains great weight from the circum- stance that a similar various ...
... notice the only various reading , -namely , that which occurs against the name of Jared . 64. This reading may not be of equal authority with the received text , but it obtains great weight from the circum- stance that a similar various ...
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... notice a remarkable feature , which indeed is not peculiar to the Samaritan , but is found in all the authorities . 68. They all agree in placing the birth of Abram in the 70th year of Terah . And there can be no mistake in this , not ...
... notice a remarkable feature , which indeed is not peculiar to the Samaritan , but is found in all the authorities . 68. They all agree in placing the birth of Abram in the 70th year of Terah . And there can be no mistake in this , not ...
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