Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, Volume 8David Patrick, William Geddie W. & R. Chambers, limited, 1926 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... Greek coins , used as a symbol of mystery , perfection , or of the uni- verse by Pythagoreans , Neoplato- nists , and Gnostics . It occurs on Abraxas Stones ( q.v. ) , and was used as the device of various secret socie- ties , some of ...
... Greek coins , used as a symbol of mystery , perfection , or of the uni- verse by Pythagoreans , Neoplato- nists , and Gnostics . It occurs on Abraxas Stones ( q.v. ) , and was used as the device of various secret socie- ties , some of ...
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... Greek MSS . , are no sound criteria of diversity of source . Against this , however , it must be observed that the divine names , a very conspicuous clue in the early days of biblical criticism ( from 1753 ) , led to the discovery of ...
... Greek MSS . , are no sound criteria of diversity of source . Against this , however , it must be observed that the divine names , a very conspicuous clue in the early days of biblical criticism ( from 1753 ) , led to the discovery of ...
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... Greek age it was to be Zeus - would be anathema . There might be a world - wide Yahweh , a religious universalism ( Mal . i . 11 ) , but Jerusalem must be the centre ( Is . ii . 3 ) , and extreme intensive steps were the road to any ...
... Greek age it was to be Zeus - would be anathema . There might be a world - wide Yahweh , a religious universalism ( Mal . i . 11 ) , but Jerusalem must be the centre ( Is . ii . 3 ) , and extreme intensive steps were the road to any ...
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... Greek states was peculiar . Since the time of the Persian invasion she had been the leader of the confederacy formed to resist the attacks of the powerful enemy , and the guardian of the confederate treasury kept in the isle of Delos ...
... Greek states was peculiar . Since the time of the Persian invasion she had been the leader of the confederacy formed to resist the attacks of the powerful enemy , and the guardian of the confederate treasury kept in the isle of Delos ...
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... Greek writers . The north - western part of Iran , anciently called Media ( q.v. ) , was at the earliest period known to the Greeks a part of the Assyrian empire , but the Medes revolted , and in 708 B.C. , under Dejoces , established ...
... Greek writers . The north - western part of Iran , anciently called Media ( q.v. ) , was at the earliest period known to the Greeks a part of the Assyrian empire , but the Medes revolted , and in 708 B.C. , under Dejoces , established ...
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