The works of Flavius Josephus. To which are added, 3 dissertations. Tr. by W. Whiston1847 |
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... honour and thanksgiving . " For which doctrines , when the Chaldeans and other people of Mesopotamia raised a tumult against him , he thought fit to leave that country ; and at the command , and by the assistance of God , he came and ...
... honour and thanksgiving . " For which doctrines , when the Chaldeans and other people of Mesopotamia raised a tumult against him , he thought fit to leave that country ; and at the command , and by the assistance of God , he came and ...
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... honour of burial at Hebron ; and when he had mourned for her a great while , he called the son that was born of her Benjamin , † because of the sorrow the mother had with him . These are all the children of Jacob , twelve males and one ...
... honour of burial at Hebron ; and when he had mourned for her a great while , he called the son that was born of her Benjamin , † because of the sorrow the mother had with him . These are all the children of Jacob , twelve males and one ...
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... honour , and taught him the learning that became a free man , and gave him leave to make use of a diet better than ... honours . He , on the con- yield to her threatenings , and was afraid to trary , exhorted her to govern that passion ...
... honour , and taught him the learning that became a free man , and gave him leave to make use of a diet better than ... honours . He , on the con- yield to her threatenings , and was afraid to trary , exhorted her to govern that passion ...
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... honour beyond what be deserved , and what he hoped for ; insomuch that he concluded , that he who was deemed St to be trusted with thy estate and the govern- ment of thy family , and was preferred above thy eldest servants , might be ...
... honour beyond what be deserved , and what he hoped for ; insomuch that he concluded , that he who was deemed St to be trusted with thy estate and the govern- ment of thy family , and was preferred above thy eldest servants , might be ...
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... honours from the king , who called him Psothom Phanech , out of regard to his prodigious degree of wisdom ; for that ... honour that was paid the king himself advan- This Potiphar , or , as Josephus , Petephres , who was now a priest of ...
... honours from the king , who called him Psothom Phanech , out of regard to his prodigious degree of wisdom ; for that ... honour that was paid the king himself advan- This Potiphar , or , as Josephus , Petephres , who was now a priest of ...
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Page 30 - And that their inventions might not be lost before they were sufficiently known, upon Adam's prediction that the world was to be destroyed at one time by the force of fire, and at another time by the violence and quantity of water, they made two pillars, the one of brick, the other of stone: they inscribed their discoveries on them both...
Page 38 - And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
Page 30 - ... upon Adam's prediction that the world was to be destroyed at one time by the force of fire, and at another time by the violence and quantity of water, they made two pillars ;* the one of brick, the other of stone ; they inscribed their discoveries on them both, that in case the pillar of brick should be destroyed by the flood, the pillar of stone might remain, and exhibit those discoveries to mankind ; and also inform them that there was another pillar of brick erected by them. Now this remains...
Page 368 - I would now explain is this, that the Pharisees have delivered to the people a great many observances by succession from their fathers, which are not written in the laws of Moses; and for that reason it is that the Sadducees reject them, and say that we are to esteem those observances to be obligatory which are in the written word, but are not to observe what are derived from the tradition of our forefathers.
Page 32 - There is a great mountain in Armenia, over Minyas, called Baris, upon which it is reported that many who fled at the time of the Deluge were saved ; and that one who was carried in an ark came on shore upon the top of it ; and that the remains of the timber were a great while preserved. This might be the man about whom Moses the legislator of the Jews wrote.
Page 30 - They also were the inventors of that peculiar sort of wisdom which is concerned with the heavenly bodies, and their order. And that their inventions might not be lost before they were sufficiently known, upon Adam's prediction that the world was to be destroyed at one time by...
Page 352 - In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the Lord of hosts; one shall be called, 'The city of destruction'.
Page 14 - And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
Page 237 - ... some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city; that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel, unto the blood of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
Page 352 - In that day shall there be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the Lord.