 ... 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 New Complete Works of Josephus - Page 52by Flavius Josephus - 1143 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | 1836 - 498 pages
...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 be destroyed...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 the Jewish... | |
 | 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...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 the ark, with... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - 1822 - 474 pages
...of the world, and the conduct of Providence in all the first ages. their discoveries on them both, that in case the pillar of brick should be destroyed...erected by them. Now this remains in the land of Siriad to this day. CHAP. III. Concerning the Flood; and after what manner Noah was saved in an Ark, with... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - 1823 - 608 pages
...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 be destroyed...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 DEBARKATION... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - 1825 - 350 pages
...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 be destroyed...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 THE ARK,... | |
 | Henry Dana Ward - 1828 - 428 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - 1830 - 670 pages
...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...remain, and ex.hibit those discoveries to mankind ; aud also in> form them that there was another pillar of brick erected by them. Now this remains in... | |
 | 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...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 circumstance,... | |
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