The works of Flavius Josephus. To which are added, 3 dissertations. Tr. by W. Whiston1847 |
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... presents from Poppea , I returned home again . contented myself with hard fare , and under- went great difficulties ... present , and to let the enemy go away , still hoping that Gessius [ Florus ] would not be long ere he came , and ...
... presents from Poppea , I returned home again . contented myself with hard fare , and under- went great difficulties ... present , and to let the enemy go away , still hoping that Gessius [ Florus ] would not be long ere he came , and ...
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... present hap- piness , was derived from him ; and he said that he required this son of his as a sacrifice and holy oblation . Accordingly he command- ed him to carry him to the mountain Moriah , and to build an altar , and offer him for ...
... present hap- piness , was derived from him ; and he said that he required this son of his as a sacrifice and holy oblation . Accordingly he command- ed him to carry him to the mountain Moriah , and to build an altar , and offer him for ...
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... present weak condition , on account of which I most earnestly pray to thee . Be gracious to this my son ; and pre- serve him , and keep him from every thing that is evil . Give him a happy life , and the possession of as many good ...
... present weak condition , on account of which I most earnestly pray to thee . Be gracious to this my son ; and pre- serve him , and keep him from every thing that is evil . Give him a happy life , and the possession of as many good ...
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... presents to his brother . The presents were made up of cattle , and a great number of four - footed beasts , of many ... present and the old Jerusalem analogy ther with him , while he was in anger against him , and so had gone out of the ...
... presents to his brother . The presents were made up of cattle , and a great number of four - footed beasts , of many ... present and the old Jerusalem analogy ther with him , while he was in anger against him , and so had gone out of the ...
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... present state of prosperity . fore the festival and its solemnity ; or whether he opposed her former discourses , as not be- lieving she could be in earnest , she now gave him sufficient security , by thus repeating her application ...
... present state of prosperity . fore the festival and its solemnity ; or whether he opposed her former discourses , as not be- lieving she could be in earnest , she now gave him sufficient security , by thus repeating her application ...
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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.