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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... saying somewhat concern- ing him before hand , though I shall do it briefly ; I mean , because otherwise those that read my books may wonder how it comes to pass , that my discourse , which promises an account of laws and his- torical ...
... saying somewhat concern- ing him before hand , though I shall do it briefly ; I mean , because otherwise those that read my books may wonder how it comes to pass , that my discourse , which promises an account of laws and his- torical ...
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... says of the creation of the world , which I find described in the sacred books . As to this intended work of Josephus's concerning the reasons of many of the Jewish laws and what philosophical or allegorical sense they would bear , the ...
... says of the creation of the world , which I find described in the sacred books . As to this intended work of Josephus's concerning the reasons of many of the Jewish laws and what philosophical or allegorical sense they would bear , the ...
Page 53
... say to Efau , that " Jacob had " thought it wrong to live together with him , while he was in anger against him , and fo had gone out of the country ; and " that he now , thinking the length of time of his absence must have made up ...
... say to Efau , that " Jacob had " thought it wrong to live together with him , while he was in anger against him , and fo had gone out of the country ; and " that he now , thinking the length of time of his absence must have made up ...
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... brother ; and if thou fendeft to our houfe , thou may eft learn whether we are guilty of the leaft falfehood in what we say . 66 66 66 4. And thus did Reubel endeavour to perfuade Jofeph 70 [ Book II . ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS .
... brother ; and if thou fendeft to our houfe , thou may eft learn whether we are guilty of the leaft falfehood in what we say . 66 66 66 4. And thus did Reubel endeavour to perfuade Jofeph 70 [ Book II . ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS .
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... say , that in cafe thou condemneft us , that o- * miffion may be fuppofed to have hurt us , and permitted thee " to take the leverer fide . But in cafe thou fetteft us free , that this may be afcribed to thy own goodness , of which thou ...
... say , that in cafe thou condemneft us , that o- * miffion may be fuppofed to have hurt us , and permitted thee " to take the leverer fide . But in cafe thou fetteft us free , that this may be afcribed to thy own goodness , of which thou ...
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Abfalom Abimelech Accordingly affiftance againſt Ahab alfo alſo altar Amaziah Ammonites Antiq army Babylon becauſe befides Benhadad brought caft called Canaan Canaanites caufe CHAP commanded cubits David death defired deftroyed deftruction Egypt Egyptians enemies facrifices faid fame father feaft feems felf fend fent fervants feven fhall fhewed fhould fight filver fince firft flain flew fome foon foretold ftill ftones fuch fuffer fuppofe gave hath Hebrews himſelf honour houfe houſe hundred Ifrael Ifraelites Jeroboam Jerufalem Jews Joab Jofephus Jofephus's king king's kingdom land laws Mofes moft moſt multitude obferved occafion paffed perfon perfuaded Philiftines pleaſed pofterity prefent preferve priests promifed prophet punishment reafon refolved reft reign Samaria Saul Solomon Syria tabernacle temple thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thoufand told took tribe tribe of Judah uſe whofe wicked wife worship
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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.