Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Religion of Ancient Egypt: Delivered in May and June, 1879Williams and Norgate, 1884 - 259 pages |
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... Hebrew or Greek religions or philoso- phies , " I was not speaking rashly , or without due study of the subject . I have all my life been an attentive student of the history of religious and philosophical thought . When I was a ...
... Hebrew or Greek religions or philoso- phies , " I was not speaking rashly , or without due study of the subject . I have all my life been an attentive student of the history of religious and philosophical thought . When I was a ...
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... Hebrew meschenoth is commonly translated ) , or rather sanctuaries , of Pithom and Rameses . It may be con- sidered absolutely certain that no place in Egypt ever had the name of Rameses till the appearance of the celebrated hero of the ...
... Hebrew meschenoth is commonly translated ) , or rather sanctuaries , of Pithom and Rameses . It may be con- sidered absolutely certain that no place in Egypt ever had the name of Rameses till the appearance of the celebrated hero of the ...
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... Hebrew monarchy . But though the book of Exodus as a whole may not be the work of a contemporary , there is really no reason for doubting the accuracy of the statement about Pithom and Rameses . Egyptian history renders it most probable ...
... Hebrew monarchy . But though the book of Exodus as a whole may not be the work of a contemporary , there is really no reason for doubting the accuracy of the statement about Pithom and Rameses . Egyptian history renders it most probable ...
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... Hebrew with Portuguese . All that he meant to say was , that it preferred the letter m where the kindred languages took n , as the Portuguese language often does in contrast with its sister languages , the Spanish , French and Italian ...
... Hebrew with Portuguese . All that he meant to say was , that it preferred the letter m where the kindred languages took n , as the Portuguese language often does in contrast with its sister languages , the Spanish , French and Italian ...
Page 57
... Hebrew and Arabic verbs can as little be thrown into moods and tenses corresponding to the Greek or Latin verbs , as you can find Pual or Hithpahel forms in French or English . Personal endings are indispensable to the Indo - European ...
... Hebrew and Arabic verbs can as little be thrown into moods and tenses corresponding to the Greek or Latin verbs , as you can find Pual or Hithpahel forms in French or English . Personal endings are indispensable to the Indo - European ...
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abode Abydos Amenhotep II Amon ancient ancient Egypt Anubis Book Brugsch called Chabas Champollion chapter Christian cloth coffin Dead deceased deity Dendera derived divine doctrine dynasty earth Egyp Egypt Egyptian language Egyptian mythology Egyptian religion Egyptian texts Egyptian word eighteenth dynasty eleventh dynasty evidence existence expressed father feast Fravashi funereal genius goddess gods Greek hath Hathor heart heaven Hebrew Heliopolis Henotheism hieroglyphic Horus hymns Indo-European inscriptions Isis king language Lectures legend living Lord Maat manuscripts Mariette Max Müller meaning monuments mother Museum myth mythology Nephthys nether world notion nutar nutra Osiris papyrus period person prayers Ptah Pyramids Rameses reign religious Renenet represented Rougé royal sacred says scholars Semitic Seti signifies soul sovereign speak sun-god symbol tablet Tefnut Tehutimes temple Thebes thine things thou art thou hast tion tombs translated verb worship written
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