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Page 906
... myth and sacred history . The facades of Egyptian temples are covered with tableaus of the gods and depictions of ... mythical events originally belonged in a ritual setting . The func- tion of a wall painting , wall or floor mosaic , or ...
... myth and sacred history . The facades of Egyptian temples are covered with tableaus of the gods and depictions of ... mythical events originally belonged in a ritual setting . The func- tion of a wall painting , wall or floor mosaic , or ...
Page 969
... myth of Kumarbi , but sufficiently distinct to provide assurance that it is an ancient and independent variant of a ... myths , the Baal epic , probably com- posed in the early 2nd millennium BC . ( The order of the separate tablets is ...
... myth of Kumarbi , but sufficiently distinct to provide assurance that it is an ancient and independent variant of a ... myths , the Baal epic , probably com- posed in the early 2nd millennium BC . ( The order of the separate tablets is ...
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... myths into dramatic evidence against polytheism . ( See also JEWISH MYTH AND LEGEND . ) Astrology , magic , and divination . Astrology was a rec- ognized science in the ancient world . The rabbis could not reject it entirely , and some ...
... myths into dramatic evidence against polytheism . ( See also JEWISH MYTH AND LEGEND . ) Astrology , magic , and divination . Astrology was a rec- ognized science in the ancient world . The rabbis could not reject it entirely , and some ...
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