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Page vi
... daughter of Pharaoh ; here we have an account of his attachment to pagan women , and of his fall into idolatry . Here also we have the glaring wickedness of Jeroboam in making the golden calves ; and the wretched Baasha , who continued ...
... daughter of Pharaoh ; here we have an account of his attachment to pagan women , and of his fall into idolatry . Here also we have the glaring wickedness of Jeroboam in making the golden calves ; and the wretched Baasha , who continued ...
Page ix
... daughters or women once in their lives had to make a sacrifice of virtue to that goddess , SUCCOTH - BENOTH . ' And LEMPRIERE says of her : ' A surname of Venus , among the Assyrians , in whose temples all the women were obliged to ...
... daughters or women once in their lives had to make a sacrifice of virtue to that goddess , SUCCOTH - BENOTH . ' And LEMPRIERE says of her : ' A surname of Venus , among the Assyrians , in whose temples all the women were obliged to ...
Page xi
... daughter of the mountain ; and sometimes the mountain nymph , who cap- tivated Síva from a course of ascetic austerities . " The Babylonians and Assyrians worshipped what by the Greeks and Romans was termed Paλλòs , or Priapus . The ...
... daughter of the mountain ; and sometimes the mountain nymph , who cap- tivated Síva from a course of ascetic austerities . " The Babylonians and Assyrians worshipped what by the Greeks and Romans was termed Paλλòs , or Priapus . The ...
Page 12
... Fear not ; for whosoever injures Chin- nan , I will injure . " VI . 4 . - There were giants in the earth in those days ; and also after that , when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men , and they bare children to 12 GENESIS .
... Fear not ; for whosoever injures Chin- nan , I will injure . " VI . 4 . - There were giants in the earth in those days ; and also after that , when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men , and they bare children to 12 GENESIS .
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... daughters ; the one called Athe , and the other called Tithe ; from the former came the gods , but from the latter the giants . Those giants or demi- gods were " nine cubits in height , and performed the most astonishing works : " and ...
... daughters ; the one called Athe , and the other called Tithe ; from the former came the gods , but from the latter the giants . Those giants or demi- gods were " nine cubits in height , and performed the most astonishing works : " and ...
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Adam Clarke alluded allusion amongst animals Babylon beasts beautiful believe body Boothroyd Brahma Brahmin burning called Calmet cast ceremonies Ceylon CHAP child cholera daughter dead death deity dust earth East Eastern Edom Egypt enemies evil eyes face familiar spirit father favour fear feet fellow female fire fruit give gods gold gone ground hair hath head heathen heaven Hebrew hence Hindoos holy husband idolatry idols Imaus India Israel Jehovah jewels Jews Kandian war king lingam look Lord margin marriage Moab moon mother mountains mouth Nebaioth never night offered ornaments Parvati person Priapus priest rain reference rice sacred says Scanda Purana seen Septuagint serpent servant Siva soon sorrow speak stars stone taken Tamul translation temple thee thing thou shalt tree unto verse vessel Vishnoo wicked wife wind woman word worship Yama