The Story of Media, Babylon and Persia: Including a Study of the Zend-Avesta Or Religion of Zoroaster; from the Fall of Nineveh to the Persian War, (continued from "The Story of Assyria")G.P. Putnam's sons, 1888 - 447 pages |
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... WORSHIP DAKHMA , " OR TOWER OF SILENCE . 117 119 99 127 66 " " ANCIENT DAKHMA NEAR TEHERAN IN PERSIA 129 VIEW IN AUDERBEIDJÂN 143 VIEW IN AUDERBEIDJÂN 145 ASSYRIAN ALTAR • 149 66 RUIN OF ATESH - GAH " AT FIRÛZABAD 151 RESTORATION OF THE ...
... WORSHIP DAKHMA , " OR TOWER OF SILENCE . 117 119 99 127 66 " " ANCIENT DAKHMA NEAR TEHERAN IN PERSIA 129 VIEW IN AUDERBEIDJÂN 143 VIEW IN AUDERBEIDJÂN 145 ASSYRIAN ALTAR • 149 66 RUIN OF ATESH - GAH " AT FIRÛZABAD 151 RESTORATION OF THE ...
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... worship of the one true God , and a horror of any kind of polytheism — a form of belief which , surely , should win them a place among monotheists , as must be shown by a brief re- view of their religious tenets and practices . 3. It ...
... worship of the one true God , and a horror of any kind of polytheism — a form of belief which , surely , should win them a place among monotheists , as must be shown by a brief re- view of their religious tenets and practices . 3. It ...
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... worship fire as a deity , but admired and honored it as the pure- est and most perfect emblem of the Deity . * They I. A PARSI GENTLEMAN ( MODERN ) . * The Parsi writer quoted above , in vindicating his brethren from the charge of ...
... worship fire as a deity , but admired and honored it as the pure- est and most perfect emblem of the Deity . * They I. A PARSI GENTLEMAN ( MODERN ) . * The Parsi writer quoted above , in vindicating his brethren from the charge of ...
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... , Physical , and Moral Ideas of that Lawgiver , the Ceremonies of the Religious Worship Es- * See " Story of Chaldea , " pp . 102-105 . tablished by him , and Several Important Traits Bearing on A NOTABLE RELIGIOUS SURVIVAL . II.
... , Physical , and Moral Ideas of that Lawgiver , the Ceremonies of the Religious Worship Es- * See " Story of Chaldea , " pp . 102-105 . tablished by him , and Several Important Traits Bearing on A NOTABLE RELIGIOUS SURVIVAL . II.
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... worship they were taught . But he was told that on their higher clergy rested the obligation to study the ancient dead languages of their race , so as to hand down from generation to generation the sense and spirit of their religious ...
... worship they were taught . But he was told that on their higher clergy rested the obligation to study the ancient dead languages of their race , so as to hand down from generation to generation the sense and spirit of their religious ...
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Agbatana Ahura Ahura-Mazda Akhæmenian Amesha-Spentas ancient Anshan army Aryan Asia Assyria Astyages Âtar Avesta Babylon Babylonian Bardiya battle called Chaldea corpse daêvas Dakhmas Dareios death deities divine earth Egypt empire Erân Eranian evil faithful father fire followers Fravashis Gâthas give gods Greek hand Haoma heavenly Herodotus holy hymns India Indo-Eranian inscription Kambujiya Kambyses king Kroisos Kurash KURUSH Kyaxares Kyros land light living Lord Lydian material Mazda Mazdayasnian Mazdeism Medes Median ment Mithra mountain myth mythical Nabonidus nations nature Nebuchadrezzar original palace Parsis PERSEPOLIS Persian prayer priests probably prophet provinces race reign religion religious river royal sacred sacrifice Sardis Sassanian Scythians sea Vouru-Kasha Semitic silver soul spirit Sraosha Story of Assyria Story of Chaldea Susa tablets temple thing thou tion Tishtrya Turanian unto Váruna Vendîdâd walls waters words worship Yasna Yazatas Yesht Yima Zarathushtra Zoroaster Zoroastrian
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Page 177 - And if I say, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name...
Page 176 - As I live, saith the Lord, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence...
Page 180 - He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans, that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.
Page 184 - Tyre : every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled : yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyre, for the service that he had served against it : therefore thus saith the Lord God...
Page 406 - ... where were white, green, and blue hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black marble.
Page 178 - I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.
Page 360 - To the state he thus falsely declared : " I am Bardes the son of Cyrus, the brother of Cambyses." Then the whole state became rebellious ; from Cambyses it went over to him, both Persia and Media, and the other provinces. He seized the empire ; on the pth day of the month Garmapada,* then it was he thus seized the empire.
Page 184 - Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people.
Page 175 - He taketh up all of them with the angle, he catcheth them in his net, and gathereth them in his drag: therefore he rejoiceth and is glad.