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" They also were the 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 were sufficiently known, upon Adam's prediction that the world was to be... "
M. Botta's letters on the discoveries at Nineveh [with notes by J. Mohl] tr ... - Page xi
by Paul Émile Botta - 1850 - 90 pages
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The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus: The Jewish Historian ..., Volume 1

Flavius Josephus - 1806 - 520 pages
...their order. And that their inventions might not belost before they were sufficiently known, uponAdam's prediction that the world was to be destroyed at one...discoveries on them both, that in case the pillar of btick should be destroyed by the flood, the pillar of stone might iterations, is exactly agreeable...
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The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus: The Learned and Authentic ..., Volume 1

Flavius Josephus - 1815 - 322 pages
...Adam's prediction that the world was to be destroyed at one time by the force ofjire, and at anoIher time by the violence and quantity of water, they made...discoveries on them both, that in case the pillar * The number of Adam's children, as fays the old tradition, was llility-tliree sous and twenty-throe...
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The Works of Flavius Josephus: The Learned and Authentic Jewish Historian ...

Flavius Josephus - 1835 - 682 pages
...destroyed at one time by the force ofjire, aud nt another time by the violence and quantity of irater, they made two pillars;^ the one of brick, the other...in case the pillar of brick should be destroyed by 'he flood, the pillar of stone might remain, aud ei. hibtt those discoveries to mankind ; and. also...
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Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality

Edward Young - 1852 - 528 pages
...time by the force of fire, and, at another, by the violence and quantity of water. It was supposed that, in case the pillar of brick should be destroyed by the flood, the pillar of stone would survive it. Josephus says it was standing in his own day. But the translator of Josephus, in...
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Night Thoughts on Life, Death and Immortality

Edward Young - 1856 - 536 pages
...time by the force of fire, and, at another, by the violence and quantity of water. It was supposed that, in case the pillar of brick should be destroyed by the flood, the pillar of stone would survive it. Josephus says it was standing in his own day. But the translator of Josephus, in...
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The Pentateuch and Book of Joshua critically examined. (People's ed.). Empty ...

John William Colenso (bp. of Natal.) - 1865 - 474 pages
...the violence and quantity of water, they made two pillars, the one of brick, the other of stone, and inscribed their discoveries on them both, that, in...brick should be destroyed by the flood, the pillar of btone might remain, and exhibit those discoveries to mankind, and also inform them • that there was...
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The Pentateuch and Book of Joshua

John William Colenso - 1873 - 474 pages
...the violence and quantity of water, they made two pillars, the one of brick, the other of stone, and inscribed their discoveries on them both, that, in...brick should be destroyed by the flood, the pillar of Btone might remain, and exhibit those discoveries to mankind, and also inform them that there was another...
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The book of texts of ancient and modern history, &c, Volume 121

Francis Armstrong Power - 1879 - 666 pages
...they were perfectly known, (upon Adam's prediction that the world was to be destroyed at one time by force of fire, and at another time by the violence...discoveries on them both, that in case the pillar of brick sheuld be destroyed by the flood, the pillar of stone might remain, and exhibit these discoveries to...
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The Complete Works of Flavius-Josephus

1901 - 860 pages
...at another time by the violence and quantity of tcater, they made two pillars;» the one of blick, the other of stone; they inscribed their discoveries on them both, that in caso the pillar of brick should be destroyed by the flood, the pillnr of stone might remain, and exhibit...
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Ancient Britain: The Cradle of Civilization

George Herbert Cooper - 1921 - 362 pages
...made two pillars, the one of brick and the other of stone. (This is the great Mexican Calendarstone.) They inscribed their discoveries on them both, that in case the pillar of brick should be destroyed the pillar of stone might remain, and exhibit those discoveries to mankind, and also inform them that...
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