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... Plutarch , Arrian , and Photius , no valid objection can be urged against his catalogue of the kings who reigned between 1. 1 Shuck . con . vol . i . p . 13 , 14 . the first Assyrian king , Nimrod , and Nabonassar ; INTRODUCTORY ESSAY . 23.
... Plutarch , Arrian , and Photius , no valid objection can be urged against his catalogue of the kings who reigned between 1. 1 Shuck . con . vol . i . p . 13 , 14 . the first Assyrian king , Nimrod , and Nabonassar ; INTRODUCTORY ESSAY . 23.
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... Plutarch , Cicero , Tertullian , Plato , & c . , all ascribe them to Thyoth or Taautus of Egypt ; yet " considering that mankind was not planted first in Egypt , after the flood , but emigrated thither from Assyria ; and that a very few ...
... Plutarch , Cicero , Tertullian , Plato , & c . , all ascribe them to Thyoth or Taautus of Egypt ; yet " considering that mankind was not planted first in Egypt , after the flood , but emigrated thither from Assyria ; and that a very few ...
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... 4 : 3. Num . xiii . 22 . 4 5. Herod . lib . ii . , § 99 . 2. Canon Chronicon . p . 22 4. In Phædro . p . 1240 . This . 6. Gen. xii . 14 , and xx . 1 , 2 , & c . 3 fact is also confirmed by the testimony of Plutarch INTRODUCTORY ESSAY . 31.
... 4 : 3. Num . xiii . 22 . 4 5. Herod . lib . ii . , § 99 . 2. Canon Chronicon . p . 22 4. In Phædro . p . 1240 . This . 6. Gen. xii . 14 , and xx . 1 , 2 , & c . 3 fact is also confirmed by the testimony of Plutarch INTRODUCTORY ESSAY . 31.
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R C. Shimeall. 3 fact is also confirmed by the testimony of Plutarch , 1 Philo Biblius , 2 and Porphyry . It is evident , there- fore , 3rd . , that hieroglyphics were not in use in the days of Abraham ; and to this we may add another ...
R C. Shimeall. 3 fact is also confirmed by the testimony of Plutarch , 1 Philo Biblius , 2 and Porphyry . It is evident , there- fore , 3rd . , that hieroglyphics were not in use in the days of Abraham ; and to this we may add another ...
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... Plutarch's observation , Thales ' , vdws ( water ) was not pure elementary water . " " Thus Sanchoniathon argues ; from Chaos he supposes muddy matter to arise ; and thus Orpheus , out of the fluid Chaos , arose a muddy substance ; and ...
... Plutarch's observation , Thales ' , vdws ( water ) was not pure elementary water . " " Thus Sanchoniathon argues ; from Chaos he supposes muddy matter to arise ; and thus Orpheus , out of the fluid Chaos , arose a muddy substance ; and ...
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