 ... 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...  The Works of Flavius Josephus - Page 24by Flavius Josephus - 1857 - 880 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1836 - 498 pages
...they made two pillars, the one of brick, and the other of stone : they inscribed their discoveries on them both, that in case the pillar of brick should...brick erected by them. Now this remains in the land of Siriad to this day." (Ant. Jud. lib. 1, c. 2, sec. 3.) As Seth was long anterior to Moses, and as... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - 1809 - 570 pages
...deftroyed by the flood, the pillar of none might remain, and exhibit thofe difcoveries tomankmd ; and alio inform them that there was another pillar of brick erected by them. Now this remains in the land of S ii lad to ibis day. * * The number of Adam's children, as fays the old tradition, was thirty-three... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1814 - 970 pages
...stone. On each of these columns . they inscribed their astronomical discoveries; in order that, if the pillar of brick should be destroyed by the flood,...remain, and exhibit those discoveries to mankind : and this stone pillar (he adds) was to be seen in his time in the land of Siriad. This account of Josephus... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - 1815 - 322 pages
...Siriail, anil p.Tlmps in the <i»ys of Jotepbus also, us it : howu in the pi act here referred to. of brick should be destroyed by the flood, the pillar...brick erected by them. Now this remains in the land of Siriad to this day. CHAP. III. Concerning the Flood ; and after what manner Ao«/< was sared in... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - 1823 - 608 pages
...two such pillars ; yet it is no way credible the other of stone ; they inscribed their discoveries on them both, that in case the pillar of brick should...brick erected by them. Now this remains in the land of Siriad, to this day. CHAP. III. OF THE DELUGE : NOAH's PRESERVATION IN AN AUK, AND HIS SUBSEQUENT... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - 1825 - 350 pages
...they made two pillars ;* the one of brick, the other of stone : ttiey inscribed their discoveries on them both, that in case the pillar of brick should...brick erected by them. Now this remains in the land of Siriad to this day. CHAFTJ3B III. CONCERNING THE FLOOD ; AND AFTER WHAT MANNER NOAH WAS SAVED IN... | |
 | Henry Dana Ward - 1828 - 428 pages
...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...brick erected by them. Now this remains in the land of Siriad to this day." The two accounts are as much alike as parent and child; but two important discrepances... | |
 | 1831 - 740 pages
...deluge, they made two pillars, the one of brick, the other of stone, and inscribed their discoveries on them both, that in case the pillar of brick should...another pillar of brick erected by them. Now this, says Josephus, remains in the land of Siriad to this day. It was asserted by the Egyptians, that Thoth,... | |
 | 1834 - 438 pages
...they made two pillars, the one of brick, the other of stone, inscribing on both their discoveries, that in case the pillar of brick should be destroyed...brick erected by them. Now this remains in the land of Siriad to this day." That there were pillars of the kind here described, appears evident from the... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - 1835 - 682 pages
...irater, 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 'he flood, the pillar of stone might remain, aud ei. hibtt those discoveries to mankind ; and. also... | |
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