The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideLittle, Brown, 1902 |
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Page vii
... regard this reference seriously . On the contrary , the scholarship of to - day regards the fifth millennium B.C. as well within the historical period for such nations as the Egyptians and the Babylonians . It has come to be fully ...
... regard this reference seriously . On the contrary , the scholarship of to - day regards the fifth millennium B.C. as well within the historical period for such nations as the Egyptians and the Babylonians . It has come to be fully ...
Page viii
... regard to the changed conception as to the age of the earth , it is necessary to recall that this came about through the efforts of the paleontologists and geologists , with only indirect or incidental aid from the archeologists . The ...
... regard to the changed conception as to the age of the earth , it is necessary to recall that this came about through the efforts of the paleontologists and geologists , with only indirect or incidental aid from the archeologists . The ...
Page xiii
... regard the history of the Egyptian sojourn as mythical ; yet it cannot be denied that Egyptian records , corroborating at least some phases of the Bible story , would have been a most welcome addition to our knowledge . Some recent ...
... regard the history of the Egyptian sojourn as mythical ; yet it cannot be denied that Egyptian records , corroborating at least some phases of the Bible story , would have been a most welcome addition to our knowledge . Some recent ...
Page xiv
... regard it with entire composure . From the standpoint of the historian even greater interest attaches to the records of the Assyrian and Babylonian kings when compared with the historical books of the Old Testament . For some centuries ...
... regard it with entire composure . From the standpoint of the historian even greater interest attaches to the records of the Assyrian and Babylonian kings when compared with the historical books of the Old Testament . For some centuries ...
Page xvi
... regard the so - called " Heroic Age " as a prehistoric period regarding which nothing definite was known , or in all probability could be known . It was ably argued by Sir George Cornewall Lewis , in connexion with his inquiries into ...
... regard the so - called " Heroic Age " as a prehistoric period regarding which nothing definite was known , or in all probability could be known . It was ably argued by Sir George Cornewall Lewis , in connexion with his inquiries into ...
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