 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...  M. Botta's Letters on the Discoveries at Nineveh - Page xiby Paul Emile Botta - 1850 - 74 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 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... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - 1830 - 670 pages
...flood, the pillar of stone might remain, and ex.hibit those discoveries to mankind ; aud also in> form them that there was another pillar of brick erected by them. Now this remains in the laud of Siriad to this day. CHAP. III. Coneernin/f lite Flood; and after «•/-„/ moaner Noah tra*... | |
 | J. David Parkes - 1839 - 222 pages
...inventors of that peculiar sort of heavenly wisdom connected with the heavenly bodies and their order, and that their inventions might not be lost before they...erected by them ; now this remains in the land of Syriad to this day." Succeeding writers are of opinion that these pillars were erected by Seth, King... | |
 | Jonathan Edmondson - 1839 - 404 pages
...in case the pillar of brick should be destroyed by the flood, the pillar of stone might remain, to exhibit those discoveries to mankind ; and also inform...there was another pillar of brick erected by them." What credit is due to this account, * The passage of Ovid, to which Leland alludes, is the following... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - 1853 - 730 pages
...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...pillar of brick erected by them. Now this remains in tha land of Siriad to this day. CHAPTER III. CONCERNING THE FLOOD } AND AFTER WHAT MANNHR NOAH WAS... | |
 | James Munson Olmstead - 1853 - 428 pages
...Sethites) made two pillars, the one of brick, the other of stone ; they inscribed the discoveries upon them both, that in case the pillar of brick should...was another pillar of brick erected by them. Now," adds Josephus, " this remains in the land of Siriad to this day." If any faith were to be reposed in... | |
 | James Munson Olmstead - 1853 - 378 pages
...Sethites) made two pillars, the one of brick, the other of stone; they inscribed the discoveries upon them both, that in case the pillar of brick should...was another pillar of brick erected by them. Now," adds Josephus, "this remains in the land of Siriad to this day." If any faith were to be reposed in... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - 1857 - 1062 pages
...uioin of this relation might be. Irue, and Adam mi^lil of stone: they inscribed their dîïcoveries OB them both, that in case the pillar of brick should...brick erected by them. Now this remains in the land oí t>i. riad to this day. CHAPTER IIL CONCERNING: THE п.оон; AND AFTEB WHAT HANNEB NOAH WAS SAVED... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - 1857 - 966 pages
...discoveries o» them both, that in rase the pilUr of brick should be destroyed by the flood, the pillnr of stone might remain, and exhibit those discoveries to mankind ; and also inform them that there w«s another pillar of brick erected by them. Now this remains hi the land of Siriad to this day. CHAPTER... | |
 | Albert Gallatin Mackey - 1859 - 546 pages
...the world was to be destroyed at one time by the force of fire, and at another time by the violence of water, they made two pillars, the one of brick,...there was another pillar of brick erected by them."* Jacob erected a pillar at Bethel, to commemorate his remarkable vision of the ladder, and afterwards... | |
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