Bible Myths, and Their Parallels in Other Religions: Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with Those of Heathen Nations of Antiquity, Considering Also Their Origin and Meaning |
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... speaking of these contradictory accounts of the Creation , Dean Stanley says : " It is now clear to diligent students of the Bible , that the first and second chapters of Genesis contain two narratives of the Creation , side by side ...
... speaking of these contradictory accounts of the Creation , Dean Stanley says : " It is now clear to diligent students of the Bible , that the first and second chapters of Genesis contain two narratives of the Creation , side by side ...
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... speaking of the first account of the Crea- tion , says : 6 . But now the narrative seems not only to pause , but to go backward . The grand and powerful climax seems at once broken off , and a languid repetition appears to follow ...
... speaking of the first account of the Crea- tion , says : 6 . But now the narrative seems not only to pause , but to go backward . The grand and powerful climax seems at once broken off , and a languid repetition appears to follow ...
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... speaking of the first human pair , and of Eon , which seems to be the translation of Havvah ( in Phenician 1 See Chapter xi . 2 Mr. Smith says , " Whatever the primitive account may have been from which the earlier part of the Book of ...
... speaking of the first human pair , and of Eon , which seems to be the translation of Havvah ( in Phenician 1 See Chapter xi . 2 Mr. Smith says , " Whatever the primitive account may have been from which the earlier part of the Book of ...
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... speaking of Hercules , says : " On the Sphere he is represented in the act of contending with the Serpent , the head of which is placed under his foot ; and this Serpent , we are told , is that which guarded the tree with golden fruit ...
... speaking of Hercules , says : " On the Sphere he is represented in the act of contending with the Serpent , the head of which is placed under his foot ; and this Serpent , we are told , is that which guarded the tree with golden fruit ...
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... speaking of clergymen who have " doubts , " said , that any who are not throughly persuaded " that the Scriptures cannot in any particular be untrue , ” should leave the Church . The Rev. E. Garbett , M. A. , in a sermon preached before ...
... speaking of clergymen who have " doubts , " said , that any who are not throughly persuaded " that the Scriptures cannot in any particular be untrue , ” should leave the Church . The Rev. E. Garbett , M. A. , in a sermon preached before ...
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Page 283 - And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart, and was transfigured before them: and His face did shine as the sun, and His raiment was white as the light.
Page 45 - And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven : and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it...
Page 50 - And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
Page 33 - Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 38 - Behold the fire and the wood : but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
Page 461 - But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither : notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee : 23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
Page 77 - And the LORD spake unto the fish and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
Page 313 - Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, "The Master saith, 'My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.
Page 38 - And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: That in blessing I will bless thee...
Page 312 - And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water : follow him. And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples ? And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared : there make ready for us.