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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... passage from the Antiquities , on account of the clear indication it affords of a disposition in the Jewish mind to attach a mystical signification to every- thing with a special reference to the heavenly bodies . 66 6. Josephus's ...
... passage from the Antiquities , on account of the clear indication it affords of a disposition in the Jewish mind to attach a mystical signification to every- thing with a special reference to the heavenly bodies . 66 6. Josephus's ...
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... and the Call , presents as many variations as the first . The sum total of his procreation - ages to the birth of Abram is 993 ; or , denuded of 7 centenary additions , = 293 ; yet ( in the same passage , 102-103 . 45 DIVISIONS A AND B.
... and the Call , presents as many variations as the first . The sum total of his procreation - ages to the birth of Abram is 993 ; or , denuded of 7 centenary additions , = 293 ; yet ( in the same passage , 102-103 . 45 DIVISIONS A AND B.
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... passage here only for the purpose of showing what has been suggested as the origin of the introduc- tion of the compound Cycle which we have discovered in these total ages , and to note that the same Great Cycle which is patent in the ...
... passage here only for the purpose of showing what has been suggested as the origin of the introduc- tion of the compound Cycle which we have discovered in these total ages , and to note that the same Great Cycle which is patent in the ...
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... passage in the Hebrew , ( Gen. iv . 15 ) ; " whosoever slayeth Cain , vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold . " But it can scarcely be that , by Cain's " posterity in the 7th generation " is meant " the 7th after Cain , " since only ...
... passage in the Hebrew , ( Gen. iv . 15 ) ; " whosoever slayeth Cain , vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold . " But it can scarcely be that , by Cain's " posterity in the 7th generation " is meant " the 7th after Cain , " since only ...
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... passage that the Hebrew year at this time could not have consisted of 360 days . It will be seen by the Table below , that the Diluvian year exceeded the Hebrew year by 10 days . Hence it may reasonably be inferred that the former ...
... passage that the Hebrew year at this time could not have consisted of 360 days . It will be seen by the Table below , that the Diluvian year exceeded the Hebrew year by 10 days . Hence it may reasonably be inferred that the former ...
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