The Complete Works of Flavius-Josephus the Celebrated Jewish Historian1895 |
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... suppose their might had made in remote ages , till they were un - even now be many lovers of learning , like the willingly engaged in this last with the Romans ; but because this work would take up a great ompass , I separated it into a ...
... suppose their might had made in remote ages , till they were un - even now be many lovers of learning , like the willingly engaged in this last with the Romans ; but because this work would take up a great ompass , I separated it into a ...
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... suppose he literally means those four rivers , especially as to Geon or Nile , which arises from the Fast , while he very well knew the literal Nile arises from the South ; though what farther allegorical sense he had in view is now , I ...
... suppose he literally means those four rivers , especially as to Geon or Nile , which arises from the Fast , while he very well knew the literal Nile arises from the South ; though what farther allegorical sense he had in view is now , I ...
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... suppose that either Enoch or Josephus meant to interpret these 120 years for the life of men before the flood , to be different from the 120 years of God's patience [ perhaps while the ark * Of Josephus's mistake here , when he took ...
... suppose that either Enoch or Josephus meant to interpret these 120 years for the life of men before the flood , to be different from the 120 years of God's patience [ perhaps while the ark * Of Josephus's mistake here , when he took ...
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... suppose . Shem is also called the Father of all the children of Heber , or of all the Hebrews , in a history long before Abram passed over Euphrates , Gen. x . 21 , though it must be confessed , that , Gen. xiv . 13 , where the original ...
... suppose . Shem is also called the Father of all the children of Heber , or of all the Hebrews , in a history long before Abram passed over Euphrates , Gen. x . 21 , though it must be confessed , that , Gen. xiv . 13 , where the original ...
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... suppose that his victory was a small one , but that he had overcome divine angel , and to esteem the victory as a sign of great blessings that should come to him ; and that his offspring should never fail ; and that no man should be too ...
... suppose that his victory was a small one , but that he had overcome divine angel , and to esteem the victory as a sign of great blessings that should come to him ; and that his offspring should never fail ; and that no man should be too ...
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Page 32 - ... 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, 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...
Page 125 - And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation ; and not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.
Page 198 - ... to return into him no more, making still mention of Solomon, and reciting the incantations which he composed. And when Eleazar would persuade and demonstrate to the spectators that he had such a power, he set a little way off a cup or basin full of water, and commanded the demon, as he went out of the man, to overturn it, and thereby to let the spectators know that he had left the man...
Page 331 - 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 198 - God also enabled him to learn that skill which expels demons, which is a science useful and sanative to him. He composed such incantations also by which distempers are alleviated. And he left behind him the manner of using exorcisms, by which they drive away demons so that they never return: and this method of cure is of great force...
Page 395 - ... the valley was very deep, and its bottom could not be seen, if you looked from above into the depth, this farther vastly high elevation of the cloister stood upon that height, insomuch, that if any one looked down from the top of the battlements, or down both those altitudes, he would be giddy, while his sight could not reach to such an immense depth.
Page 117 - Canaan,) he dismissed the senate ; and as he was going to embrace Eleazar and Joshua, and was still discoursing with them, a cloud stood over him on the sudden, and he disappeared in a certain valley, although he wrote in the holy books that he died, which was done out of fear lest they should venture to say, that because of his extraordinary virtue he went to God.
Page 32 - God to be their enemy, (73) for many angels of God accompanied with women, and begat sons that proved unjust, and despisers of all that was good, on account of the confidence they had in their own strength; for the tradition is, that these men did what resembled the acts of those whom the Grecians call giants.
Page 250 - And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.