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... Phoenician . The Persian story substitutes a terrible winter escaped by Yima in his “ enclosure , " to which a bird ( as in the Chaldean story ) brings the first news of spring . But the Flood story was known also to the Celts in Europe ...
... Phoenician . The Persian story substitutes a terrible winter escaped by Yima in his “ enclosure , " to which a bird ( as in the Chaldean story ) brings the first news of spring . But the Flood story was known also to the Celts in Europe ...
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... I . ) — probably traceable to the age of Cyrus . The Celtic story is not traceable to any great age . The Greek deluge of Deucalion was derived ap- parently from the Phoenicians . B 1 CHAPTER II . THE PATRIARCHS . WHEN history first.
... I . ) — probably traceable to the age of Cyrus . The Celtic story is not traceable to any great age . The Greek deluge of Deucalion was derived ap- parently from the Phoenicians . B 1 CHAPTER II . THE PATRIARCHS . WHEN history first.
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... Phoenicia , and with Sinai . They brought gold - dust from Upper Egypt , and sailed round the whole of Arabia . They had a calendar of twelve lunar months , and a complete system of writing . They knew all the metals , and carved in ...
... Phoenicia , and with Sinai . They brought gold - dust from Upper Egypt , and sailed round the whole of Arabia . They had a calendar of twelve lunar months , and a complete system of writing . They knew all the metals , and carved in ...
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... no allusion in Genesis to later cities , such as Tirzah or Samaria ; and it is remarkable that among Phoenician towns Sidon stands alone , and its 1 See note , p . 32 . later rival Tyre is unnoticed . Tyre , however ,
... no allusion in Genesis to later cities , such as Tirzah or Samaria ; and it is remarkable that among Phoenician towns Sidon stands alone , and its 1 See note , p . 32 . later rival Tyre is unnoticed . Tyre , however ,
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... Phoenician tradition of a later age traced the origin of this kindred Semitic race of the Syrian shores to the same region near the Persian Gulf ; and it is clear that any tribe which meant to enter Canaan from Chaldea must have crossed ...
... Phoenician tradition of a later age traced the origin of this kindred Semitic race of the Syrian shores to the same region near the Persian Gulf ; and it is clear that any tribe which meant to enter Canaan from Chaldea must have crossed ...
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