What is truth? An inquiry concerning the antiquity and unity of the human race1871 |
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... Scripture CHRONOLOGY , • The three Versions of the Pentateuch , Period I. From the Creation to the Flood , Period II . From the Flood to the Birth of Abraham , Period III . From the Birth of Abraham to the Exodus , Period IV . From the ...
... Scripture CHRONOLOGY , • The three Versions of the Pentateuch , Period I. From the Creation to the Flood , Period II . From the Flood to the Birth of Abraham , Period III . From the Birth of Abraham to the Exodus , Period IV . From the ...
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... Scripture Language not to be pressed too literally , Earlier and later Departures from original Seats , Alleged Aborigines of Egypt , Evidence from Names of the Country and People , Evidence from Physical Characteristics and Language ...
... Scripture Language not to be pressed too literally , Earlier and later Departures from original Seats , Alleged Aborigines of Egypt , Evidence from Names of the Country and People , Evidence from Physical Characteristics and Language ...
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... Scripture Chronology . - Three Ver- sions of the Pentateuch . - Period I. From the Creation to the Flood . II . From the Flood to the Birth of Abraham .. - III . From the Birth of Abraham to the Exodus . - IV . From the Exodus to the ...
... Scripture Chronology . - Three Ver- sions of the Pentateuch . - Period I. From the Creation to the Flood . II . From the Flood to the Birth of Abraham .. - III . From the Birth of Abraham to the Exodus . - IV . From the Exodus to the ...
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... Scriptures respecting the age of man on the earth , had been in entire accord . But within the last twenty years a series of investigations has been made which to some extent have again awakened doubt on this subject . THE HUMAN RACE . 21.
... Scriptures respecting the age of man on the earth , had been in entire accord . But within the last twenty years a series of investigations has been made which to some extent have again awakened doubt on this subject . THE HUMAN RACE . 21.
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... Scriptures . It has been remarked * that not less than ninety- seven systems of chronology have been put forth , some of them professing to be derived from the Bible , but most of them avowedly and irreconcilably differing from it ...
... Scriptures . It has been remarked * that not less than ninety- seven systems of chronology have been put forth , some of them professing to be derived from the Bible , but most of them avowedly and irreconcilably differing from it ...
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Page 284 - And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
Page 285 - And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred' and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
Page 145 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Page 197 - No man hath seen God at any time ; the only-begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
Page 13 - I need not dwell on the proofs of the low antiquity of our species, for it is not controverted by any experienced geologist ; indeed, the real difficulty consists in tracing back the signs of man's existence on the earth to that comparatively modern period when species, now his contemporaries, began to predominate. If there be a difference of opinion respecting the occurrence in certain deposits of the remains of man and his works, it...
Page 325 - ... composition with them, that they should leave Egypt, and go, without any harm to be done to them, whithersoever they would; and that, after this composition was made, they went away with their whole families and effects, not fewer in number than two hundred and forty thousand, and took their journey from Egypt, through the wilderness, for Syria; but that as they were in fear of the Assyrians, who had then the dominion over Asia, they built a city in that country which is now called Judea...
Page 324 - That under a king, whose name was Alisphragmuthosis, the shepherds were subdued by him, and were indeed driven out of other parts of Egypt, but were shut up in a place that contained ten thousand acres; this place was named Avaris-.
Page 284 - And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
Page 195 - He, having willed to produce various beings from his own divine substance, first with a thought created the waters, and placed in them a productive seed...
Page 127 - And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth : and Ham is the father of Canaan. 19 These are the three sons of Noah : and of them was the whole earth overspread.