The first eleven books of the Antiquities of the Jews, with a table of the Jewish coins, weights and measuresFor Thomas and Andrews, Boston, and Isaiah Thomas, Jun., Worcester, 1809 |
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... saw that others perverted the truth of those ac tions in their writings . 2. Now I have undertaken the present work , as thinking it will appear to all the ↑ Greeks worthy of their study ; for it will contain all our antiquities , and ...
... saw that others perverted the truth of those ac tions in their writings . 2. Now I have undertaken the present work , as thinking it will appear to all the ↑ Greeks worthy of their study ; for it will contain all our antiquities , and ...
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... what he and fome others had wickedly done , the people held their peace , both out of fear of what might come upon them , and because they saw that their legiflator was not willing to 174 ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS . [ Book IV .
... what he and fome others had wickedly done , the people held their peace , both out of fear of what might come upon them , and because they saw that their legiflator was not willing to 174 ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS . [ Book IV .
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Flavius Josephus. because they saw that their legiflator was not willing to bring his infolence before the public any farther . or openly to con- tend with him , for he avoided that left many fhould imitate the impudence of his language ...
Flavius Josephus. because they saw that their legiflator was not willing to bring his infolence before the public any farther . or openly to con- tend with him , for he avoided that left many fhould imitate the impudence of his language ...
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... saw his eldest fon to be a tall and handsome man , he gueffed by his comeliness that he was the perfon who was to be their future king . But he was miftaken in judging about God's providence ; for when Sam- uel inquired of God , whether ...
... saw his eldest fon to be a tall and handsome man , he gueffed by his comeliness that he was the perfon who was to be their future king . But he was miftaken in judging about God's providence ; for when Sam- uel inquired of God , whether ...
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... saw him in a cheerful and joyful difpofition , and began to intro- duce a difcourfe about David : " What unjust action , O fath- " er either little or great , haft thou found fo exceptionable in David , as to induce thee to order us to ...
... saw him in a cheerful and joyful difpofition , and began to intro- duce a difcourfe about David : " What unjust action , O fath- " er either little or great , haft thou found fo exceptionable in David , as to induce thee to order us to ...
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Page 15 - They also were the inventors of that peculiar sort of wisdom which is concerned with the heavenly bodies and their order. And, that their inventions 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...
Page 24 - For of the four sons of Ham, time has not at all hurt the name of Chus; for the Ethiopians, over whom he reigned, are even at this day, both by themselves and by all men in Asia, called Chusites.
Page 375 - ... 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 16 - 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.