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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Page vii
... further , it was manifest that certain things were by him taken for granted ; and it was held to be culpable to inquire into the reality of those assumptions . In fine , it was evident , that there was a Bluebeard's closet in the house ...
... further , it was manifest that certain things were by him taken for granted ; and it was held to be culpable to inquire into the reality of those assumptions . In fine , it was evident , that there was a Bluebeard's closet in the house ...
Page 6
... further , we proved that the Jews had no idea whatever of a future state , and were in utter ignorance of heaven or hell ; that they regarded the Almighty as punishing crime or rewarding goodness in this world alone , and , consequently ...
... further , we proved that the Jews had no idea whatever of a future state , and were in utter ignorance of heaven or hell ; that they regarded the Almighty as punishing crime or rewarding goodness in this world alone , and , consequently ...
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... the impotent laws which were introduced into the so - called Mosaic code , that the Hebrew family was to the full as bad and vile as were the nations around them . We further showed that there was a marked difference in 9.
... the impotent laws which were introduced into the so - called Mosaic code , that the Hebrew family was to the full as bad and vile as were the nations around them . We further showed that there was a marked difference in 9.
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... further showed that there was a marked difference in the thoughts , the doctrines , the laws , the knowledge , the writings , and the form of worship amongst the Jews after they had come into contact with the Babylonians , Persians ...
... further showed that there was a marked difference in the thoughts , the doctrines , the laws , the knowledge , the writings , and the form of worship amongst the Jews after they had come into contact with the Babylonians , Persians ...
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... further , it became clear , after our arguments , that if the stories of the creation of man , the fall of Adam , the life of Noah , of Abraham , of Moses , the tale of Sinai , and the supremacy of Judah , are mythical— if the prophetic ...
... further , it became clear , after our arguments , that if the stories of the creation of man , the fall of Adam , the life of Noah , of Abraham , of Moses , the tale of Sinai , and the supremacy of Judah , are mythical— if the prophetic ...
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