| Flavius Josephus - 1794 - 398 pages
...thofe difcoveries to mankind ; and alfo inform them that there was another pillar of brick erefted by them. Now this remains in the land of Siriad to this day. CHAP. * What is here faid of Seth a«d his poflerity, that they were very good and virtuous, and at the fame... | |
| 1836 - 498 pages
...quantity of water, 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...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 historian here... | |
| Flavius Josephus - 1806 - 520 pages
.... > i-it those discoveries to mankind ; and also inform them tint (here was another pillar of btick erected by them. Now this remains in the land of Siriad, to this day. CHAP. IIL Of the Diluge: Nook's preservation in an Ark, and his subsequent Debarkation and Death. THE posterity... | |
| 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...III. Concerning the Flood ; and after what manner Ao«/< was sared in the ark, with his kindred, and aftencards dwelt in flit plain of Shinar. ^ 1. Now... | |
| Flavius Josephus - 1823 - 608 pages
...inventions in astronomy on 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...remains in the land of Siriad, to this day. CHAP. III. OF THE DELUGE : NOAH's PRESERVATION IN AN AUK, AND HIS SUBSEQUENT DEBARKATION AND DEATH. THE posterity... | |
| Flavius Josephus - 1825 - 350 pages
...quantity of water, they made two pillars ;* the one of brick, the other of stone : ttiey inscribed their discoveries on them both, that in case the pillar...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, WITH HIS KINDRED,... | |
| Henry Dana Ward - 1828 - 428 pages
...and quantity of 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...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 may be noticed.... | |
| 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...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, that Josephus... | |
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