History of the Jews of all ages, by the author of History in all ages1832 - 12 pages |
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... PERSIAN AND MACEDONIAN GOVERNMENT . The pollution of the High - Priesthood . The danger and deliverance of the Jews . The visit of Alexander to Jerusalem , and its conse- quences . The constancy of the Jews , and the disasters of the ...
... PERSIAN AND MACEDONIAN GOVERNMENT . The pollution of the High - Priesthood . The danger and deliverance of the Jews . The visit of Alexander to Jerusalem , and its conse- quences . The constancy of the Jews , and the disasters of the ...
Page 79
... Persian empire . " Whatever was the intention of the Jewish historian in adducing such a circumstance in such a form , the force of his argument is totally destroyed by the lucid narrative of Strabo , who merely states , that Alexander ...
... Persian empire . " Whatever was the intention of the Jewish historian in adducing such a circumstance in such a form , the force of his argument is totally destroyed by the lucid narrative of Strabo , who merely states , that Alexander ...
Page 164
... the Affghans , a powerful oriental nation , north - west of Hindostan , claim to be the descendants of Saul , and possess a Persian history of that monarch . SECTION III . THE ACCESSION OF DAVID . HOW did 164 HISTORY OF THE JEWS .
... the Affghans , a powerful oriental nation , north - west of Hindostan , claim to be the descendants of Saul , and possess a Persian history of that monarch . SECTION III . THE ACCESSION OF DAVID . HOW did 164 HISTORY OF THE JEWS .
Page 235
... Persians , who , under the command of Cyrus , were at that very moment ready to burst in overwhelming numbers upon the voluptuous inhabi- tants of Babylon . When the Assyrian empire was annihilated by the Medes and the Persians , Darius ...
... Persians , who , under the command of Cyrus , were at that very moment ready to burst in overwhelming numbers upon the voluptuous inhabi- tants of Babylon . When the Assyrian empire was annihilated by the Medes and the Persians , Darius ...
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... Persian trumpets had resounded in the halls of its royal palaces , and the threatened judgments of God had been inflicted upon " the glory of kingdoms , the beauty of the Chaldees ' excellency , " a new æra arrived for this oppressed ...
... Persian trumpets had resounded in the halls of its royal palaces , and the threatened judgments of God had been inflicted upon " the glory of kingdoms , the beauty of the Chaldees ' excellency , " a new æra arrived for this oppressed ...
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