Ancient Faiths and Modern: A Dissertation Upon Worships, Legends and Divinities in Central and Western Asia, Europe, and Elsewhere, Before the Christian Era. Showing Their Relations to Religious Customs as They Now Exist |
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... Persians . Conflicting ideas of God in Bible . The source of the Biblical theology . Cyrus . Inquiry into the authenticity of the Avesta . The book condemned . Account of the Medo - Persian faith from Herodotus . Period of introduction ...
... Persians . Conflicting ideas of God in Bible . The source of the Biblical theology . Cyrus . Inquiry into the authenticity of the Avesta . The book condemned . Account of the Medo - Persian faith from Herodotus . Period of introduction ...
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... Persian angels . Mithra winged . Angels in Persia twelve in number . Job , the work of a Persian Jew . Angels referred to therein . Darius had a consecrated table . Babylonian belief . Daniel . Greece and Rome . Gods , demigods , angels ...
... Persian angels . Mithra winged . Angels in Persia twelve in number . Job , the work of a Persian Jew . Angels referred to therein . Darius had a consecrated table . Babylonian belief . Daniel . Greece and Rome . Gods , demigods , angels ...
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... national legends ; that its myths can now be readily traced to Grecian , Babylonian , and Persian sources ; that its miracles are as apocryphal as those told of Vishnu , Siva , and other deities ; and its prophecies absolutely 4.
... national legends ; that its myths can now be readily traced to Grecian , Babylonian , and Persian sources ; that its miracles are as apocryphal as those told of Vishnu , Siva , and other deities ; and its prophecies absolutely 4.
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... Persian fantasies . In fine , we showed , that the Hebrews could not sustain the claim they made to be the especial ... Persians , Egyptians , Hindoos , Chinese , or the more modern Mahometans . With all this we indicated that there was ...
... Persian fantasies . In fine , we showed , that the Hebrews could not sustain the claim they made to be the especial ... Persians , Egyptians , Hindoos , Chinese , or the more modern Mahometans . With all this we indicated that there was ...
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... Persians , and Greeks ; and we adverted to the fact that the laws of the Persians , and those of him , whom we would designate " the fictitious Moses , " were remarkably similar ; and we showed that everything in the Old Testament ...
... Persians , and Greeks ; and we adverted to the fact that the laws of the Persians , and those of him , whom we would designate " the fictitious Moses , " were remarkably similar ; and we showed that everything in the Old Testament ...
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