Analysis of Researches Into the Origin and Progress of Historical Time, from the Creation to the Accession of C. Caligula: ...T. Cadell jun. and W. Davies, (successors to Mr. Cadell) Sold also, 1796 - 446 pages |
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... tion ; the mean Quantity of Generations , proportionate to the Standard of Natural Life , in the feveral Ages of the World ; Magiftracies , National Epochs , & c . ; and to connect , by an accurate Chronology , the Times of the Hebrews ...
... tion ; the mean Quantity of Generations , proportionate to the Standard of Natural Life , in the feveral Ages of the World ; Magiftracies , National Epochs , & c . ; and to connect , by an accurate Chronology , the Times of the Hebrews ...
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... tion of the Septuagint Bible , and its univerfal ufe , both in the Jewish and Chriftian affemblies , difperfed over the kingdom of the Greeks . IT is , however to be observed , that neither the one party , nor the other knew the ...
... tion of the Septuagint Bible , and its univerfal ufe , both in the Jewish and Chriftian affemblies , difperfed over the kingdom of the Greeks . IT is , however to be observed , that neither the one party , nor the other knew the ...
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... tion derived from antiquity ; and in the manner already fet forth , enlarged the times prior to Abraham , by the addition of 15 fictitious centuries . This is one inftance of fashionable opinions , in their unhappy influence to mislead ...
... tion derived from antiquity ; and in the manner already fet forth , enlarged the times prior to Abraham , by the addition of 15 fictitious centuries . This is one inftance of fashionable opinions , in their unhappy influence to mislead ...
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... tion , which Whiston and certain later writers have ventured once more to explode . Were this verfion , now preferred to the original , in every other respect fuperior to reprehension , in one view it is exceptionable . Mofes was the ...
... tion , which Whiston and certain later writers have ventured once more to explode . Were this verfion , now preferred to the original , in every other respect fuperior to reprehension , in one view it is exceptionable . Mofes was the ...
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... tion . To Adam it was firft of all revealed . Who will venture to deny , that it was , if need were , re- peated to Mofes ? A late tranflator of the primeval history scruples to admit the divine inspiration of the writer . Let him enjoy ...
... tion . To Adam it was firft of all revealed . Who will venture to deny , that it was , if need were , re- peated to Mofes ? A late tranflator of the primeval history scruples to admit the divine inspiration of the writer . Let him enjoy ...
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